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Hurghada Youth Film Festival launches tourism film competition - Screens - Arts & Culture
The Hurghada Youth Film Festival will launch a tourism film competition in its third edition, taking place from 25 to 30 September 2025.
The new initiative complements the already existing three categories of competitions taking place during the festival, awarding the best feature films, short films, and student projects.
The competition will be open to both short and feature films produced in 2024 and 2025, and welcomes submissions from both Arab and international filmmakers, explained Atef Abdel-Latif, a tourism expert and head of the Tourism Film Competition jury.
The competition will award the best film that best supports and promotes tourism in its respective country.
In an official statement, Abdel-Latif emphasized the importance of this competition in supporting and promoting tourism through cinema, highlighting the significant role films play in showcasing key tourist destinations around the world.
He noted that many countries have successfully leveraged cinema to benefit both their film and tourism sectors, adding that Egypt, with its unique natural and archaeological attractions, ranks among the world's top tourist destinations year-round.
Screenwriter Mohamed El-Basousi, the festival's president, announced that the festival will also host a seminar titled "Tourism and Cinema: Integration or Conflict?"
The seminar will feature a large group of Arab and international filmmakers, as well as tourism experts who are festival guests.
Hurghada Youth Film Festival
The festival, organized by the Fnon Foundation for Culture and Media, is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Red Sea Governorate, the Tourism Promotion Authority, the Syndicate of Cinematic Professions, and the General Union of Arab Artists, in partnership with several entities.
In 2024, the festival's second edition featured 47 films across its various competitions, more than double the 20 films screened in the inaugural edition.
The festival organizers are yet to reveal the films to take part in the event's third edition, featuring competitions for youth films, either debut works by their directors and writers or movies that tackle youth-related issues.
This will include both short and feature categories, a student film competition, and the newly introduced tourism film competition.
Additionally, the festival will present a special Green Award, which will be granted to films that promote environmental and climate awareness.
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