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The theme “Moved by Hope” inspired hundreds of short film submissions from young people from across the world to a new Catholic-run international film festival.
The festival strives to embrace, encourage and empower every young person to become the voice of hope and solidarity.
“You, young people, are the architects of the future, signs of hope. And we have great hope in all of you. With you, we want to dream and build a better tomorrow,” said Salesians head, Fr Angel Fernandex Artime to potential paricipants.
“With your creativity, you can truly help to change the world. I invite you, come and participate in this festival of short films. This is your festival, come and let us move the world with hope,” he said.
Conceived in December 2020 and premiering last week, the first annual Don Bosco Global Film Festival received 1,686 short film submissions from 116 countries.
Chosen by an international jury, the best films were streamed last week in 135 different countries.
The film festival sought short film submissions from filmmakers aged 15 to 30. The films could be in any genre within five categories: One-Minute Short Films, 10-Minute Short Films, One-Minute Animated Shorts, 10-Minute Shorts and Music Videos.
Entrants competed for the top spots in all five categories, which awarded prizes amounting to 100,000 euros. A diverse jury of professional filmmakers from around the world was lined up to judge the films.
In addition, films were awarded cash prizes in categories such as global bests, continental bests and category bests – such as narrative, screenplay, sound design and editing.
In addition, there were individual awards for best actor and actress, best writer and best director.
The festival was organized by the Salesians of Don Bosco, whose aim was to create “a world-class film festival platform to showcase … young creative filmmaking talents.”
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