Some facts about the "Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival"

After almost a year of preparation, the wait for the "Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival" is over. Here are some facts to know about the world’s first Salesian film festival.

A total of 1,686 shorts arrived at the “Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival”. After an appropriate initial selection, the following remained:

  • 698 videos in the “Live action up to 10 minutes” category.
  • 93 videos in the “Live action up to 1 minute” category.
  • 163 videos in the “Animation shorts up to 10 minutes” category.
  • 28 videos in the “Animation shorts up to 1 minute” category.
  • 117 videos in the “Video Musicals up to 1 minute” category.

Videos from 116 countries around the world arrived at the festival. The top 10 are:

  • India (287)
  • Iran (125)
  • Italy (94)
  • United States of America (82)
  • Brazil (80)
  • Spain (59)
  • Turkey (59)
  • France (47)
  • Argentina (40)
  • Bangladesh (37)

The 10 most used languages were:

  • English, with 340 videos
  • Spanish, 268 videos
  • Persian, 117 videos
  • Portuguese, 64 videos
  • Hindi, 56 videos
  • Italian, 56 videos
  • Bengali,  46 videos
  • Arabic, 45 videos
  • Tamil, 43 videos
  • French, 38 videos.

Also noteworthy are the 30 silent shorts.

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