Dubai Children's International Film Festival

About

It is our objective to set an internationally recognised standard of excellence in film and video for children. It is further our mission to support and encourage the work of talented and dedicated filmmakers by showcasing international films of the highest quality and provide a professional forum through which quality children’s films and video gain increased distribution and access to wider audiences.

Along with this, the festival has some of the most famous, award winning filmmakers from around the world who are going to screen their films at the festival. These movies are what a good children’s film should be – entertaining, clean, hugely inspiring and chock full of moral values.

Awards

• Audience Choice Award - International Short-film 
• Audience Choice Award - International Documentary 
• Audience Choice Award - International Feature-film

Rules

• Running time of Short-film(s), including titles & credits, should not be more than 30 minutes. Short-film(s) that run for more than 30 minutes will be summarily disqualified;
• Running time of Documentaries, including titles & credits, should not be more than 30 minutes. Documentary(ies) that run for more than 30 minutes will be summarily disqualified;
• Minimum running time of any short-film or documentary shall not be less than 1 minute; including Titles and Credits;
• Running time of Feature-film(s), including titles & credits, should not be less than 60 minutes. Feature-film(s) that run for less than 60 minutes will be summarily disqualified.

Short-films and documentaries should be submitted in Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080p) or better in .mp4 or .mov format.

The shortlisted feature-films shall be submitted in Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format only.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement