With a few nigella seeds delicately held in the palm of her hand, six-year-old Dounia embarks on a journey from Aleppo, guided by the Princess of Aleppo, as they set off towards a new and unknown world.
Cast
- Rachaf Ataya
- Elsa Mardorissian
- Manuel Tadros
- Raïa Haidar
Crew
Screenwriter: Marya Zarif
Cinematography: Marie-Michelle Laflamme
Sound: Pierre-Yves Drapeau
Original Title: Dounia et la princesse d'Alep
Production Company(ies):
Tobo Studio
Producer(s):
Judoth Beauregard
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival (Official Selection), France
- Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia
- Ajyal Film Festival - Doha Film Institute, Qatar
- LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers, Germany
- Gijon International Film Festival, Spain
- Göteborg Prisma Festival, Sweden
- JuniorFest, Czech Republic
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
- Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco
- Red Sea Festival, Saudi Arabia
- Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada
- Festival des 3 Continents, France
- Arras Film Festival, France
- Festival Voir Ensemble, France
- Mon Premier Festival, France
- Festival Cinéfilou, France
- Hivernal Festival, France
- Cinemamed Festival, Belgium
- Piccolo Grande Festival, Italy
- Le Grand Bivouac, France
- Cinepänz - Film Festival for Young Audience, Germany
- Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh
- Cineteca di Bologna, Italy
- New York Children International Film Festival, United States
- Meknès International Animation Festival, Morocco
- Oslo Arab Film Days, Norway
- Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, Canada
- Festival cinéma en famille de Québec, Canada
- Francofilm Festival Dubai, UAE
- 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
- Cinéma pour les droits humains, France
- 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
- 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
- Quebec Cinema Awards, Canada
- Pune International Film Festival, India
- Festival du Film Francophone de Grèce (Greece)
- San Diego Arab Film Festival
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- 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)
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- Jury Special Mention at Arab Film Fest, United States
- LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers, Germany
- Grand Prix Japan Prize, Japan
- Finalist Asian Pacific Screen Awards, Australia
- Finalist New York Children International Film Festival, United States
- Meknès International Animation Festival, Morocco
- Festival cinéma en famille de Québec, Canada
- Kids Choice Festival Au cinéma pour les droits humains, France
- Audience Award at Jordan Children’s Film Festival, Jordan
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