The Release of the Official Poster for the Festival and the Launching of Its 2nd Ismailia Co-production Platform
17th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts Opens the Call for Film Submissions in 2014
Cairo, Egypt | Monday- 3 February, 2014:
The 17th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts opened the call for film entries on January 25th, 2014, and will close by the end of March, 2014. The 17th round of the festival will start this summer from June 3rd until June 8th, 2014.
Kamal Abdel Aziz, Festival President and Director of the National Cinema Center, has revealed the official poster of the festival that will be running during summer this year.
After the great success of the first edition of Ismailia Co-production Platform last year, the Festival Director Mohamed Hefzy, who's also a Producer and Scriptwriter, announced that the platform will continue its activities in 2014 edition as well.
The Ismailia Co-production Platform is the first Arab co-production forum primarily dedicated to documentaries. It provides filmmakers with opportunities to have meetings with industry experts, sales agents, and funders. Filmmakers from all over the world, who have a project with "an Arab connection" (director, producer, co-producer, main talent, location, subject matter, etc...) are encouraged to apply with feature-length creative documentaries either at the development or post-production phase, and all applications must be in English.
The Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts is one of the Arab world's major film festivals, and the first to be exclusively dedicated to documentaries and shorts. The festival was first launched in 1988 under the jurisdiction of the National Cinema Center, to continue afterwards as one of three film festivals coordinated by Egypt's Ministry of Culture.
Several Arab and international pioneers of documentary filmmaking participated in last year's edition. Some of these distinguished figures were appointed as heads or members of the festival's Juries such as Michelle Driguez, who was appointed as festival's Jury President of the Short Fiction and Animation competition last year and the jury member of the Short Fiction section at Cinemed International Mediterranean Festival of Montpellier since 1979, Chadi Zineddine, Lebanese Filmmaker and Programmer at the Doha Film Institute who was also appointed as a jury member of Short Features and Animation Films Competition at the 16th edition of the festival last year, Director Hania Mroueh, Founder and Director of Metropolis Art Cinema in Lebanon and co-founder of Beirut DC who also served as a jury member at the Ismailia Co-Production Platform last year. In addition, Egyptian actor Khaled El Nabawi was part of the 16th edition of the festival through a panel and his short film Odd, as well as the acclaimed Egyptian Director Tahani Rached who was a festival honoree in recognition of her extensive cinematic record.
On the other hand, the festival's guest list included a large number of distibuished filmmakers and professional experts in the documentary and short filmmaking scene such as Frank Albers, Project Manager at the Germany- based Robert Bosch Stiftung, Antoine Khalife, Programmer and International Relations Manager at Dubai International Film Festival and Special Advisor to ART corporation and Beirut Cinema Days, Egyptian Director Kamla Abu Zekri, Filmmaker and Festival Programmer Khalil Benkirane, Tunisian Producer Nadim Cheikhrouka, Egyptian Director Ahmed Abdallah, Producer Manger Claudia Romdhane, who has programmed the Arab Film Festival in Berlin, Paul Baboudijan, Executive Director of Screen Institute Beirut, Jad Abi Khalil from Docmed and Egyptian Director and Producer Amira Mashhour, Founder of Red Carpet Productions. Moroccan Scriptwriter and Art Director Yehia Raggad, Founder of the first Arab Film Distribution in Tunisia in 2012 was also present as well as Mohamed Ossama El Sheikh from MBC Group, Karim Gamal El Din and Mona Asaad from Studio Misr, Tunisian Karim Al Ramady founder of Link Production and Days of New Tunisiain Canada, and Jessica Khouri, who is also an Art Director and Producer with wide experience in film production and distribution.
Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts includes four main sections:
- Long Documentary Films Competition (52 minutes or longer)
- Short Documentary Films Competition (Less than 52 minutes)
- Short Feature Films Competition (Less than 60 minutes)
- Animation Films (Cartoon - Puppets - Computer Graphics)
The awards presented are:
- The Golden Tablet and a sum of $ 3000 will be awarded to the director of the best film in each section of the competition.
- A Jury Prize will be given to two films in each section of the competition and is of the sum of $ 2000.
- An audience award that will be given to the winning film.
The submission form and the regulations are on the festival's official website: www.ismailiafilmfest.com Films included in the official competition must be an Egyptian premiere.
Ismailia city has hosted the festival for sixteen years and it's considered one of the most charming cities in Egypt. The quiet city is situated on the coast of the Suez Canal, which links between the Red and Mediterranean seas, functioning as a link between civilizations, exactly the same as the Suez Canal for nearly 150 years.
Coinciding with the construction of the Suez Canal, Ismailia city was established in 1869 by Khedive Ismail, after whom the city is named. Nowadays you still can find many buildings that date back to the time of the city's construction during the French involvement in the Canal. Ismailia inhabitants work in tourism, agriculture and works related to the Suez Canal; however the festival has become part of the social-cultural environment of the place.
Kamal Abdel Aziz, Festival President and Director of the National Cinema Center, has revealed the official poster of the festival that will be running during summer this year.
After the great success of the first edition of Ismailia Co-production Platform last year, the Festival Director Mohamed Hefzy, who's also a Producer and Scriptwriter, announced that the platform will continue its activities in 2014 edition as well.
The Ismailia Co-production Platform is the first Arab co-production forum primarily dedicated to documentaries. It provides filmmakers with opportunities to have meetings with industry experts, sales agents, and funders. Filmmakers from all over the world, who have a project with "an Arab connection" (director, producer, co-producer, main talent, location, subject matter, etc...) are encouraged to apply with feature-length creative documentaries either at the development or post-production phase, and all applications must be in English.
The Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts is one of the Arab world's major film festivals, and the first to be exclusively dedicated to documentaries and shorts. The festival was first launched in 1988 under the jurisdiction of the National Cinema Center, to continue afterwards as one of three film festivals coordinated by Egypt's Ministry of Culture.
Several Arab and international pioneers of documentary filmmaking participated in last year's edition. Some of these distinguished figures were appointed as heads or members of the festival's Juries such as Michelle Driguez, who was appointed as festival's Jury President of the Short Fiction and Animation competition last year and the jury member of the Short Fiction section at Cinemed International Mediterranean Festival of Montpellier since 1979, Chadi Zineddine, Lebanese Filmmaker and Programmer at the Doha Film Institute who was also appointed as a jury member of Short Features and Animation Films Competition at the 16th edition of the festival last year, Director Hania Mroueh, Founder and Director of Metropolis Art Cinema in Lebanon and co-founder of Beirut DC who also served as a jury member at the Ismailia Co-Production Platform last year. In addition, Egyptian actor Khaled El Nabawi was part of the 16th edition of the festival through a panel and his short film Odd, as well as the acclaimed Egyptian Director Tahani Rached who was a festival honoree in recognition of her extensive cinematic record.
On the other hand, the festival's guest list included a large number of distibuished filmmakers and professional experts in the documentary and short filmmaking scene such as Frank Albers, Project Manager at the Germany- based Robert Bosch Stiftung, Antoine Khalife, Programmer and International Relations Manager at Dubai International Film Festival and Special Advisor to ART corporation and Beirut Cinema Days, Egyptian Director Kamla Abu Zekri, Filmmaker and Festival Programmer Khalil Benkirane, Tunisian Producer Nadim Cheikhrouka, Egyptian Director Ahmed Abdallah, Producer Manger Claudia Romdhane, who has programmed the Arab Film Festival in Berlin, Paul Baboudijan, Executive Director of Screen Institute Beirut, Jad Abi Khalil from Docmed and Egyptian Director and Producer Amira Mashhour, Founder of Red Carpet Productions. Moroccan Scriptwriter and Art Director Yehia Raggad, Founder of the first Arab Film Distribution in Tunisia in 2012 was also present as well as Mohamed Ossama El Sheikh from MBC Group, Karim Gamal El Din and Mona Asaad from Studio Misr, Tunisian Karim Al Ramady founder of Link Production and Days of New Tunisiain Canada, and Jessica Khouri, who is also an Art Director and Producer with wide experience in film production and distribution.
Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts includes four main sections:
- Long Documentary Films Competition (52 minutes or longer)
- Short Documentary Films Competition (Less than 52 minutes)
- Short Feature Films Competition (Less than 60 minutes)
- Animation Films (Cartoon - Puppets - Computer Graphics)
The awards presented are:
- The Golden Tablet and a sum of $ 3000 will be awarded to the director of the best film in each section of the competition.
- A Jury Prize will be given to two films in each section of the competition and is of the sum of $ 2000.
- An audience award that will be given to the winning film.
The submission form and the regulations are on the festival's official website: www.ismailiafilmfest.com Films included in the official competition must be an Egyptian premiere.
Ismailia city has hosted the festival for sixteen years and it's considered one of the most charming cities in Egypt. The quiet city is situated on the coast of the Suez Canal, which links between the Red and Mediterranean seas, functioning as a link between civilizations, exactly the same as the Suez Canal for nearly 150 years.
Coinciding with the construction of the Suez Canal, Ismailia city was established in 1869 by Khedive Ismail, after whom the city is named. Nowadays you still can find many buildings that date back to the time of the city's construction during the French involvement in the Canal. Ismailia inhabitants work in tourism, agriculture and works related to the Suez Canal; however the festival has become part of the social-cultural environment of the place.
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