Ismailia Festival activities will be held from 17 to 23 March (Festival Media Office)
It will be held on the sidelines of the 23rd edition of the festival Ismailia International For documentaries and short films in Egypt, scheduled to be launched from the 17th to the 23rd of this March, program for children It is being held for the first time in the festival, during which 12 animated films are shown.
These films are “Black and White” directed by Jesús Perrier, Jared Jokl, and the film monitors the story of tolerance towards strangers, through the story of a black sheep that is excluded from the herd, but when this herd is faced with danger, there is only this brave excluder who defends everyone And the film “Deodore” by director Basil Vogt, its story revolves around a worker who is surprised following a shocking situation, when his skeleton is separated from his external body.
The program also includes films of a philosophical nature contrary to reality through the movie “Koop” by director and screenwriter Nils Hedinger, and it tells regarding a small frog that grows quickly following being left alone, and despite the loneliness, there is a lot that he discovered in the pond in the winter waiting for change in the spring.
Directed by Simon Gambaolo, with his film “Just a Child,” a screenplay by Severn Collis-Suzuki, regarding a child who makes a frustrated plea as a warning to work for the future of the planet. .
What distinguishes the program, according to a media statement issued by the festival, headed by Saad Hindawiis the difference in addressing the themes, where the film “Colored Birds” by director and screenwriter Oana Lacroix also participates, which revolves around the life of one-colored birds in the great forest, where all the birds find their places on the trees that look exactly like them, but only the two-colored bird suffers Trouble finding a tree that resembles him.
Also participating is Veronical El-Montano-Joebel Hoffmann’s “Ice Nose”, whose story revolves around the life of Boomoko in a cold and snowy world, with a rubbery nose who blames the ice and begins to melt it with a stove.
As for “Miles Goes Away” by Barbara Brunner, it tells regarding Miles, a young boy with his best tree friends, who go on all adventures together, and have a perfect day on a road trip that ends with a visit to a fun fair on a summer’s day.
In the program, the film “Hot Sunday”, directed by and screenwriter Neil Stubigs, is shown, and it tells regarding a hot day on a penguin in the Antarctic where he lives, so he tries to get rid of the feeling of fatigue and searches for recovery.
The film “The Fox and the Bird”, directed by Samuel Gillum, participates in Frederick Gillum, and his story revolves around a fox wandering alone in the woods in search of food. Destiny leads him to a small bird chick that has just emerged from its egg, and in seconds the fox turns into a father for this bird before fate imposes his word one more time.
As for the film “The Little Bird and the Bees” by Lena von Dohren, it tells of the happy little bird, which grows buds on its tree, and the funny buzzing of bees around it everywhere prompts it to explore, and places all its focus on the bees, oblivious to the presence of the red fox at its feet.
