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  • Age 6+ | 
  • Family | 
  • Film - Animation - 73 minutes
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Dounia is the story of a little girl and her grandparents, who have to leave in search of a new home when war breaks out in their country. With sensitivity and poetry, without ignoring the dark moments, the Dounia series tells the story of a migration from a child’s perspective, while exploring the themes of identity, resilience and the dialogue of cultures.

Awards and festival selections

  • Prizes:
    – Winner – Festival International de Cinéma d’Animation de Meknès (2 prizes) (Morocco)
    – Winner – LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers (Germany)
    – Winner – Grand Prix et Primary Divison Prize at the Japan Prize Awards (Japan)
    – Winner – Kids Jury at Festival « Au cinéma pour les droits humains » (France)
    – Winner – Festival Voir Ensemble (2 prizes) (France)
    – Winner – Festival DellecJr (2 prizes) (France)
    – Winner – Festival cinéma en famille de Québec (4 prizes) (Québec)
    – Winner – Best music at Mon Premier festival (France)
    – Finalist – New York International Children’s Film Festival (USA)
    – Finalist – Asian Pacific Sceen Awards (Australia)
    – Finalist – Prix Iris Québec Cinéma (Québec)
    – Special mention – Arab Film Fest (USA)

    Festivals Selections:
    – Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France)
    – Festival du nouveau cinéma (Canada)
    – Ajyal Film Festival – Doha Film Institute (Qatar)
    – Le Grand Bivouac (France)
    – Festival Voir ensemble (France)
    – LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers (Germany)
    – Festival Göteborg Prisma (Sweden)
    – Festival Picolo grande (Italy)
    – Mon premier festival (France)
    – Japan Prize (Japan)
    – Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Australie)
    – International Film Festival of Marrakech (Marocco)
    – Gijon International Film Festival (Spain)
    – Red Sea Festival (EAU)
    – JuniorFest (Czech Republic)
    – Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece)
    – Festival des 3 Continents (France)
    – Cinepänz – Film Festival for Young Audience Cologne (Allemagne)
    – Festival Cinemamed (Belgium)
    – New York Children International Film Festival (USA)
    – Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke (Canada)
    – IFFF Dortmund+Köln 2023 (Germany)
    – Arabisk Filmfest Bergen (Norway)
    – Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Germany)
    – Festival du film et forum international sur les droits humains (Switzerland)
    – Cinema Club Jaramana (Syria)
    – Winner Kids Choice Festival Au cinéma pour les droits humains (France)
    – Institut français de Tunisie (Tunisia)
    – Zlín Film Festival (Czech Republic)
    – Pesaro Film Festival (Italy)
    – SAFAR Film Festival (UK)
    – Hong Kong Kids International Film Festival (Hong Kong)
    – BUSTER Filmfestival (Denmark)
    – Divercine (Uruguay)
    – Rural Encounters Film Festival (Lebanon)
    – Tromsø International Film Festival Junior (Norway)
    – FANTOCHE – International Animation Film Festival (Switzerland)
    – Kids Kino International Film Festival (Poland)
    – Jury Special Mention at Arab Film Fest (United States)
    – Animest Bucharest (Romania)
    – Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth (United Arab Emirates)
    – Discovery Film Festival (Scotland)
    – Festival International du Cinéma d’Auteur de Rabat (Morocco)
    – Athens International Children’s Film Festival (Greece)
    – Abidjan Animation Film Festival (Ivory Coast)
    – AlUla Cinema Days (Saudi Arabia)
    – Hayy Cinema (Saudi Arabia)
    – Children’s Animation and Cinema Week (Brazil)
    – New Zealand International Film Festival (New Zealand)
    – MANARAT Festival (Tunisia)
    – Rotterdam Arab Film Festival (Netherlands)
    – Cinemagic International Film Festival (Northern Ireland)
    – Cinekid Festival (Netherlands)
    – Human Rights Film Festival Lugano (Switzerland)
    – ReAnimania (Armenia)
    – Barbican Center – London (UK)
    – Women’s Worlds Film Festival (Germany)
    – KinderKinoFest Düsseldorf (Germany)
    – Gaztefilm Fest (Spain)
    – Bulbul Children’s International Film Festival (India)
    – Festival du Film Francophone de Grèce (Greece)
    – San Diego Arab Film Festival (United States)
    – Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (Norway)
    – Festival Films Femmes Afrique (Senegal)
    – Milwaukee Film Festival (United States)
    – San Francisco Arab Film Festival (United States)
    – Irish Film Institute (Ireland)
    – Celebrating Syria Festival + Horizon Festival (UK)

Partners

Other projets

Dounia – Book & Mobile App

Storydome – Dounia

Dounia 2 : The Great White North