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The festival runs two official competitions, each with its own spirit:

• Human creationAwareness Video through Human CreationAuthentic Awareness… When Creation Speaks with the Human VoiceDiscover
• Artificial intelligenceAwareness Video through Artificial IntelligenceInnovative Awareness… When Technology Serves the Human MessageDiscover

Both competitions in detail

To keep pace with changes in creativity, media and technology, the festival opened two complementary tracks, one with artificial intelligence and one through human creation. The aim is not to champion one medium over another: in both, the awareness idea remains the essence of the work and the basis of its evaluation.

The festival’s vision The spirit of evaluation

Artificial intelligence. Works are made with AI techniques: writing, visual design, animation, or the generation of images or sounds.

Human creation. Works rely on direct human creation, with no generative AI tool to write the content, craft the scenes or generate sounds, images and visual elements.

Human creativity: what is allowed. In the human creativity competition, the idea, filming, performance and direction remain the work of human beings. Simple assistive tools, such as colour correction and audio clean-up, are permitted. The participant declares the filming device used, such as a phone or a camera, without being required to provide detailed technical data about the device.

Classification rule. A participant in the artificial intelligence competition declares the tools used and briefly explains how they were used for writing, images, sound or video, and undertakes to hold the right to use the elements contained in the work. Works that contain scenes or voices generated by artificial intelligence are entered in the artificial intelligence competition.

The human creation competition The artificial intelligence competition

No. The festival board emphasizes that the use of artificial intelligence is not in itself a criterion of excellence; the value of the awareness idea, the strength of the message and the depth of its human and societal impact remain the true basis for evaluating the participating works.

The artificial intelligence competition

In the human creation competition, the awareness idea is the supreme criterion. It is judged on five points:

1. The strength and depth of the idea
2. The clarity of the awareness message
3. The human or societal value of the subject
4. The originality of the treatment and its capacity to make an impact
5. The quality of persuasion and of raising awareness

In the artificial intelligence competition, the value of the idea, the strength of the message and the depth of its human and societal impact form the basis of the assessment. In both cases, the technical means alone does not make excellence.

The supreme criterion of evaluation The jury

The final version is submitted in MP4 or MOV format, at a resolution of no less than Full HD 1920 × 1080. The video must be horizontal, in landscape format, with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Vertical videos in portrait format are excluded, as they are not compatible with the screening format adopted for giant screens and partner television channels.

The video must not exceed six minutes. No minimum duration is required.

Running time and technical specifications

Videos are accepted in any language. If the dialogue is in a language other than Arabic or English, the video must include written subtitles in Arabic or English that make its content understandable. No additional subtitles are required for a video in Arabic or English.

Language and subtitles

A participant may submit more than one video in the same competition; a separate file is submitted for each work.

Participation and competitions

A work entered in the official competition must be original and made specifically for the International Festival of Awareness Videos, and must not have taken part in a previous edition of the festival or in another festival. Should the contrary be established, the festival administration may exclude the work from the official competition and from evaluation by the jury.

Where it considers that the work carries awareness content, the administration may select it for screening on the sidelines of the festival and include it in the audience award, without this entailing its inclusion in the official competition or its evaluation by the jury.

The terms of participation

Pornographic content, incitement to violence, hatred or discrimination, and partisan or electoral propaganda are prohibited. Social and humanitarian issues may be addressed within the framework of the festival’s awareness message.

Advertising for any trademark or brand is prohibited in the videos.

The image must be clear and the sound audible, and the file must be free of technical defects that impede understanding or screening of the work. Music and sound effects are used in the service of the message and the artistic treatment.

The participant undertakes that their name, contact details, status, information about the work and declared rights are accurate. After verification, the administration may exclude the work if it is established that materially false information was provided.

The terms of participation

The participant grants the festival administration the right to screen the video in full or use excerpts from it on the festival’s YouTube channel and official social media pages, through the festival’s partner television channels and radio stations, at other festivals, and on any platform or at any venue chosen by the festival administration. Ownership rights in the work remain with its owner.

Within the limits of the licensed uses and insofar as this does not contravene the law, the participant may not object to such screening or request deletion of the video from the festival’s channel or partners’ platforms. This article applies subject to the rights exceptions set out below and shall not be construed as a waiver of third-party rights or of rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

The participant may not withdraw the video after its selection, except by a reasoned request where a rights-related issue arises. The festival administration reserves the right to review the request and take the appropriate decision. It may also withdraw or exclude the video if a defect in ownership rights comes to light or if it is established that the submitter does not have the right to submit it. If an objection or complaint concerning rights is received, the administration may temporarily suspend screening and request the documents needed to prove the rights. After verification, it decides whether to resume screening or exclude the work, having regard to the applicable legal requirements.

Original or licensed music may be used. The participant undertakes to hold or obtain the rights and licences necessary to use the music, images, footage, voices and all other elements contained in the work, so as to permit the uses granted to the festival.

The participant undertakes to obtain the necessary consents from the persons appearing in the video and to comply with the legal requirements relating to their image and performance, including the consents required where children appear.

The registered person who submits the video declares that they hold the necessary rights or are authorized by the rights holders to submit the work and grant the licences set out in these terms. They are responsible for the accuracy of this declaration and for obtaining the necessary consents from the production team and the rights holders. The festival administration deals with the registered person who submitted the video as the point of contact, the person responsible for the file and the recipient of the prize. It does not adjudicate internal disputes between the producer, the director, the actors or other team members. This does not cancel the legal rights of third parties or prevent them from claiming those rights.

The terms of participation The agreement signed before submission

1. 1Submission — videos are submitted on the platform, in one of the competitions;
2. 2Pre-selection — a committee checks eligibility against the rules and draws up the list of works;
3. 3Assessment — the jury scores each work on a common grid, competition by competition;
4. 4Awards — the jury names the winners of its prizes, on the criteria announced for each competition.

The selection committee selects the videos taking part in the official competition. The owners of the works are notified of the selection result by email. The festival administration is not obliged to give reasons for rejecting works.

The participant may not announce their participation before the festival has announced it.

Audience award. The audience award is calculated on the basis of views, likes and comments on the festival’s official Facebook and Instagram pages, with equal weight for each type: one point per counted view, like or comment, with the total aggregated across both platforms during the announced voting period. The festival administration verifies views and interactions before the results are announced. It does not count those resulting from paid advertising or artificial engagement, including automated comments or comments generated for manipulation purposes. The jury plays no part in determining the winner of the audience award.

Selection and jury

In 2026, 26 prizes were awarded. In each competition: three top prizes (with a joint third prize in artificial intelligence) and three audience awards. Special prizes in human creation: idea, script, music, cinematography, editing, best actor and best actress, encouragement; in artificial intelligence: idea, script, music, direction, encouragement to creation.

The 2026 awards All awards since 2021

All of the festival’s coverage is sorted by edition: pick a year to see its reports and press pages in pictures, or browse its press review item by item.

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1. 20211st edition

   14 press items

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   72 press items

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   44 press items

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   79 press items

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   56 press items

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Media coverage Coverage, edition by edition

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