These artists aim at spreading good art and helping art practitioners, especially young ones, to open up to the good types of art. They also help the artists by helping them to produce their films and various artistic works in film industry as well as the plastic and visual arts, in addition to organizing artistic manifestations and various exhibitions for plastic arts for the artists from Egypt and the world.
The French Short Film Festival is being held since 1999, and this is the 22 June 2020 Edition.
The festival is a great success, not only at the level of France, but also at the level of the many countries that it has participated in and participated in for 20 years.
Egypt joins the list, with the participation of the French Institute in Alexandria.
The festival is organized in Egypt by Reem Lotfy Saad, the official representative of the festival in the Arab Republic of Egypt
The festival is held in Egypt since 2015
The 2015 session
The opening ceremony and performances take place at the Greek Campus in Cairo and a number of projection halls including Zawya Cinema
The artist Fahey Abdel Wahab and director Yousry Nasrallah were the guests of the opening, while the participation of the artist Basma and Professor / Laila Fakhry, head of animation department at the Higher Institute of Cinema as well as the director of animation / Ahmed Fawzi
Attendance exceeded 500 person, during only three days (duration of the festival in Egypt).
The 2016 session
was held in the cinema of Hanager as well as several halls, including the DAL and the Contemporary Image Center
In addition to the theater of the French Institute in Alexandria and Cairo
A number of seminars were held on the sidelines of the festival, in addition to the Egyptian performances on the sidelines of the festival, which lasted for ten days during Ramadan, between the two cities
The number of attendees in the two cities ranged between 700 and 750 person
The 2017 session
was held in several halls, including the DAL and the Contemporary Image Center, as well as the Theater of the French Institute in Alexandria
A number of seminars were held on the sidelines of the festival, in addition to the Egyptian performances on the sidelines of the festival, which lasted for 10 days during Ramadan, between the two cities
The number of attendees in the two cities ranged between 700 and 750 person
The 2018 session
was held in several halls, including the DAL and the Contemporary Picture Center, and the Jesuite Animation School
In addition to the theater of the French Institute in Alexandria
A number of seminars were held on the sidelines of the festival, in addition to the Egyptian performances on the sidelines of the festival, which lasted for ten days during Ramadan, between the two cities
The number of attendance in the two cities ranged between 800 and 850 person
It is noteworthy that the festival has been awarded certificates of participation to participants in the local Egyptian shows
The 2019 session
The main objective of the festival in Egypt last session was to expand attendance and present the festival, while increasing local shows, in preparation for participation in the Egyptian films in the official competition of the festival, during the next edition of 2020.
There have also been many courses and seminars held around the short film and its current importance with the proliferation of online arts, short interactive art, response to the spirit of the times and films that suit young people.
These seminars was held at the French Cultural Center in Alexandria.
We are also aim to create opportunities for cooperation with partners to embrace this idea and give more opportunities to produce such films and workshops for their production.
