DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO

marya zarif and andré kadi

canada france 2022 73 min

Dounia is 6 years old. She lives in Aleppo, a thousand-year-old legendary city in the heart of the world. But one day, war breaks out… So she leaves Aleppo with a few nigella seeds in her hand. With the help of the princess of Aleppo, Dounia makes the journey to a new world…

• About the film

  French Title Dounia et la princesse d’Alep

  Arabic Title دنيا وأميرة حلب

  Directed by Marya Zarif André Kadi

  Screenplay Marya Zarif

  Voices Rahaf Ataya Manuel Tadros Elsa Mardirossian Mohsen El Gharbi

  Music Pierre Yves Drapeau

  Editing André Kadi

  Production Tobo Media

• Festivals & Awards

  Annecy International Animation Film Festival
  2022 | Official Selection — World Premiere

  Festival Cinéma en Famille de Québec
  2023 | Official Selection
  Best Feature Film — Youth Jury
  Best Screenplay — Youth Jury
  Best Music — Youth Jury

  LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers
  2022 | Official Selection
  Best Feature Film — Age 8+

  Japan Prize
  2022
  Grand Prize
  Primary Division Prize

  Festival International de Cinéma d’Animation de Meknès (FICAM)
  2023 | Long Feature Competition
  Best Animated Feature Film
  Audience Award

  Festival Voir Ensemble – Grenoble
  2023 | Official Selection
  Jury Prize — Sociocultural Category
  Jury Prize — Children’s Category

  Festival « Au cinéma pour les droits humains »
  2023 | Official Selection
  Children’s Jury Award

  Mon Premier Festival
  2022 | Official Selection
  Young Audience Film Music Award — Pierre Yves Drapeau

  Asia Pacific Screen Awards
  2022
  Nomination — Best Animated Film

  New York International Children’s Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection
  Finalist

  Arab Film Fest – USA
  2023 | Official Selection
  Jury Special Mention

  Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
  2022 | Official Selection

  Ajyal Film Festival – Doha Film Institute
  2022 | Official Selection

  Marrakech International Film Festival
  2022 | Official Selection

  Red Sea International Film Festival
  2022 | Official Selection

  Gijón International Film Festival
  2022 | Official Selection

  Göteborg Prisma Film Festival
  2022 | Official Selection

  JuniorFest
  2022 | Official Selection

  Thessaloniki International Film Festival
  2022 | Official Selection

  Festival des 3 Continents
  2022 | Official Selection

  Cinepänz – Film Festival for Young Audience Cologne
  2022 | Official Selection

  Cinemamed – Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival
  2022 | Official Selection

  Piccolo Grande Cinema Festival
  2022 | Official Selection

  IFFF Dortmund+Köln
  2023 | Official Selection

  Arabisk Filmfest Bergen
  2023 | Official Selection

  Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
  2023 | Official Selection

  Festival du Film et Forum International sur les Droits Humains (FIFDH)
  2023 | Official Selection

  Zlín Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Pesaro Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  SAFAR Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Hong Kong Kids International Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  BUSTER Filmfestival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Divercine – International Festival of Children’s and Youth Cinema
  2023 | Official Selection

  Rural Encounters Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Tromsø International Film Festival Junior
  2023 | Official Selection

  FANTOCHE – International Animation Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Kids Kino International Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Animest Bucharest
  2023 | Official Selection

  Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth
  2023 | Official Selection

  Discovery Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Festival International du Cinéma d’Auteur de Rabat
  2023 | Official Selection

  Athens International Children’s Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Abidjan Animation Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  AlUla Cinema Days
  2023 | Official Selection

  MANARAT Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Rotterdam Arab Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Cinemagic International Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Cinekid Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Human Rights Film Festival Lugano
  2023 | Official Selection

  ReAnimania
  2023 | Official Selection

  Women’s Worlds Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  KinderKinoFest Düsseldorf
  2023 | Official Selection

  Gaztefilm Fest
  2023 | Official Selection

  Bulbul Children’s International Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Festival du Film Francophone de Grèce
  2023 | Official Selection

  San Diego Arab Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Festival Films Femmes Afrique
  2023 | Official Selection

  Milwaukee Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  San Francisco Arab Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  New Zealand International Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Jordan Children’s Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection
  Audience Award

  Prix Iris – Québec Cinéma
  2023
  Nomination — Most Successful Film Outside Quebec