The Egyptian American Film Festival “EAFF” ( For Cinema and Arts) is an annual event held in New York City.
The first edition was held in November 2021 at San Francis College over three days, with the participation of 11 countries in a variety of films, including feature films, short films, and documentaries.
40 films were screened over the three days of the festival.
The Egyptian American Film Festival “EAFF” ( For Cinema and Arts) was founded with the main goal of linking science with art by selecting outstanding scientific figures from around the world who have contributed to humanity.
The festival was also held in American universities, in confirmation of the importance of science in serving art.
In the first edition, artists were honored for their artistic value and their message to the peoples. The second edition was held in 2022 from 4 to 6 November in three American universities: New York University, Middlesex University, and City Tech College, with the participation of 22 countries in five different sections of the competitions: long movies, short movies , documentaries, mobile cinema movies , and student movies(graduates of universities and film and media institutes).
The Egyptian American Film Festival “EAFF” ( For Cinema and Arts) has idealistic goals that are linked to reality, including supporting creativity and innovators, encouraging filmmakers and talented people, opening communication channels between artists and innovators, adopting social and humanitarian issues, and setting up art workshops in acting, directing, music, and screenplay writing.
The result of this was the adoption of many talents, where in the opening and closing ceremonies of this edition, many singing, acting, and musical talents were presented, which were praised by the audience and the various media.
We believe that art and culture are the main engine of the renaissance of peoples.
The Egyptian American Film Festival “EAFF” ( For Cinema and Arts) has allocated a special section for American cinema, which sheds light on the history of cinema, its most important representatives and pioneers, and the most important issues it has adopted.
The Egyptian American Film Festival “EAFF” ( For Cinema and Arts) opens the doors of dialogue and exchange of ideas and cultures between peoples.
The Egyptian American Film Festival “EAFF” ( For Cinema and Arts) has also allocated a section called the “Panorama of Egyptian and Arab Cinema” , which displays the most important films in the history of cinema.
In addition, a cinema club in Egypt and a cinema club in New York were established to screen the films of the participants and the classics of world cinema throughout the year.
An association called EAFF was also founded, which includes all filmmakers, innovators, and directors to help each other , as we believe that one hand can’t clap.
Over two consecutive editions, 30 awards have been awarded to our young creators from different countries around the world.
The award categories are as follows:
* Best film
* Special Jury Prize
* Best Director
* Best Screenplay
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best soundtrack
* Best Directorial Debut
We are proud to support the next generation of filmmakers and artists, and we hope that these awards will help them to continue to create great work.
