SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH
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SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH

SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH

Information

PO Box 272 SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Activity

Film Festival

Description

Sharjah International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFF) was launched in 2013. It is the first children & youth film festival in the country and the region, and it is a project of FANN, an organization established by Sharjah government (under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah). The festival is dedicated to enhance the media literacy of children and youth, and foster children’s & youth’s creativity.

Objective

- To educate children and youth of UAE about film and cinema. - To expose children and youth to international cultures and traditions from all over the world through cinema - To train children and youth to be future filmmakers by exposing them to creative and inspirational filmmakers. - To foster local filmmakers and motivate them to produce films for the children and youth of the UAE