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25 January Film Festival

Leiden - Revolutionary film festival

Edition n°2 - 2023

From 06/30/2023 to 07/02/2023

Selection’s announce date 16 June 2023

Oegstgeest, NETHERLANDS

Entry fees Entry fees
25 January 2011, the day when the Egyptian revolution was born, flowers have bloomed in Egypt's streets. The Egyptian revolution is not just a revolution, it's a symbol of resistance, a vibe that everyone still feel when we walk downtown Cairo, you see it on the walls, on the faces of people and hear it in the unspoken words.
12 years passed since the glorious revolution of the 25th of January. We are bringing the memory of the revolution and let it live forever in the heart of film makers; that's why we make this film festival, you can submit your film in the festival as long as it fit with the criteria of the film genres and it has a revolutionary idea.
What makes 25 January not just a festival, It's more than that:
- The strength and the weight of our jury. The festival has a very experienced jury that would definitely give credit to the official selection submitted films.
click here for more information about the Jury
- The submitted films will have a chance to be screened in different halls and theatres in Leiden city in the Netherlands for three days the duration of the festival. We will announce the locations soon.
- The submitted films will have a chance to be broadcasted on at least 2 TV channels, a Dutch and an Arabic TV channel. We will also announce the names soon.
- The Submitted films will have the chance to be broadcasted on our website and in addition to that there will be an evaluation video made by a professional filmmaker to analyse the film.
* The broadcasting or screaming films will only occur after a permission issued by the filmmaker.


Who are the jury members?
Our Jury members are high experienced artists, journalists and film makers:
1- Wagdy El Araby from Egypt
2- Rena Netjes from the Netherlands
3- Asaad Taha from Egypt
4- Madeleine Leroyer from France
5- Teun Castelein from the Netherlands
more info about juries:
https://25januaryfilmfestival.nl/juries

- There will be letters send to the submitted films who make it to the official selection.
- There will be a special award awarded to the winning film makers.
- There will be financial prizes awarded to the makers of the winning films.
For more info about the festival please visit:
www.25januaryfilmfestival.nl

A) The documentary’s duration must be longer than 50 minutes.
B) The resolution of the film must be at least 1080q.

Selection criterias

Valid condition
Production's date (Min)

2021

Valid condition
Duration (Min)

50’

Subtitles requested

Screening copy :

If the film isn’t in English mandatory subtitling in English

Screener :

If the film isn’t English mandatory subtitling in English

A) The documentary’s duration must be between 20 minutes to 50 minutes.
B) The resolution of the film must be at least 1080q.

Selection criterias

Valid condition
Production's date (Min)

2021

Valid condition
Category

Documentary

Subtitles requested

Screening copy :

If the film isn’t in English mandatory subtitling in English

Screener :

If the film isn’t English mandatory subtitling in English

A) The documentary’s duration must be shorter than 20 minutes.
B) The resolution of the film must be at least 1080q.

Selection criterias

Valid condition
Production's date (Min)

2021

Valid condition
Duration (Max)

20’

Valid condition
Category

Documentary

Subtitles requested

Screening copy :

If the film isn’t in English mandatory subtitling in English

Screener :

If the film isn’t English mandatory subtitling in English

A) The film’s duration must be longer than 50 minutes.
B) The resolution of the film must be at least 1080q.

Selection criterias

Valid condition
Production's date (Min)

2021

Valid condition
Duration (Min)

50’

Subtitles requested

Screening copy :

If the film isn’t in English mandatory subtitling in English

Screener :

If the film isn’t English mandatory subtitling in English

A) The film’s duration must be shorter than 50 minutes.
B) The resolution of the film must be at least 1080q.

Selection criterias

Valid condition
Production's date (Min)

2021

Valid condition
Duration (Max)

50’

Subtitles requested

Screening copy :

If the film isn’t in English mandatory subtitling in English

Screener :

If the film isn’t English mandatory subtitling in English

A) The film can be feature or documentary.
B) The duration of the film or documentary must be shorter than 20 minutes.
C) The quality must be at least 480q.

Selection criterias

Valid condition
Production's date (Min)

2021

Valid condition
Duration (Max)

20’

Subtitles requested

Screening copy :

If the film isn’t in English mandatory subtitling in English

Screener :

If the film isn’t English mandatory subtitling in English

Festival palmares

999 Geen Dienst Studio Boerhaaveplein 61, 2343LT Oegstgeest, Netherlands

Phone number

+31610467142

Email

info@25januaryfilmfestival.nl