Sharjah — Thirty-four films will be making their Middle-Eastern premiere at the sixth edition of the 6-day Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival (SICFF 2018) commencing on Oct. 14.

During the opening ceremony, ‘The Giraffe’ a feature film that was shot in Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany will be screened.

Aside from feature films, a few students are also marking their work in the Middle East with wonderful shorts. From Ireland, ‘Growing Alice’ is a story about a girl transitioning into a woman and all this is portrayed from the perspective of her mirror on the wall. From Lebanon, an animation about two completely different people who share something beautiful with the title, ‘Bloom’ shouldn’t be missed. From France, shorts ranging from science fiction to comedy will be premiered. First there is ‘Children of Neptus,’ a science-fiction, where a dystopic world without water is depicted; ‘Temptation’, is an animated-comedy; ‘The Curiosity Show,’ a thriller; ‘GP-to’, a drama; ‘Overrun’, an animation; and lastly, a fantasy where everything is about being symmetrical titled, ‘Twin Islands.’ From USA, ‘Pet Peeved,’ is a comedy that has a boss-bunny; ‘Aki’, a drama set in feudal Kyoto, Japan about a servant girl and her dog; and ‘The Chocolate Soldier,’ a short war film. There is also a short drama from Russia titled ‘To My Sister,’ and an Egyptian documentary comedy titled, ‘A Journey in search of Abul Arabi.’

From the category of International Shorts, there is a wonderful film from Spain, ‘Room to the Stars,’ that narrates a tale of a sick grandmother who requests her granddaughter to bring back the night time stars that are hidden throughout the house. There is also an Indian short where a broom spells trouble for its owner, titled ‘The Black Cat.’

In the animation category, there is a long list of premieres that seeks to warm and titillate audience’s soul.