The 21st annual Cairo International Children's Film Festival opens at the Cairo Opera House on March 23, with Greece as the guest country of honour and the participation of 60 countries. The guest personality at this year's Festival, which runs through March 30, is renowned Greek sociologist, children's books author and criminology professor at Reading University, Dr. Eugene Trivizas.
The opening ceremony will take place on March 23 at the Cairo Opera House's main hall. The competition section of the Festival contains 30 feature films for children up to 14 years of age (fiction), 30 short documentary and educational films and 55 cartoon films from around the world produced in the last two years.
Greek film screenings will include "The Child and the Tree" by Panagiotis Reppas and Eugene Trivizas, "The Children are Not Playing" by Angeli Andrikopoulou and Argyris Tsepelikas, and "The Village" by Stelios Polychronakis.
A dedication to Greek children's cinema will be held in the contest of the Festival, with a selection of 11 of the best Greek films for children of the last few years to be screened at several venues in the Egyptian capital, in collaboration with the Greek Center for Cinema, while workshops for children will also be held. While in Cairo for the Festival, Trivizas will meet with pupils of the local Greek Schools at a special event. (AMNA)
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