SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi

SCHLiNGEL is an international film festival for children and young audiences, founded in 1996 in Chemnitz, Germany. Annually, the festival gives an overview of the latest international productions in the area of children and youth films. The high quality of the films represented is guaranteed by international professional juries, FIPRESCI among them. SCHLiNGEL is organized by the Saechsischer Kinder und Jugendfilmdienst e. V. (Saxon Children and Youth Films Association in Chemnitz) in Chemnitz with the support of the Saechsische Landesanstalt fuer privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (Saxon Institution for Private Broadcasting and New Media). Patron of the Festival is the Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony.

The Festival has been internationally active for years, presenting and curating German productions in multiple children and youth festivals worldwide, e.g. the International Children's and Youth Film Festival SMILE in New Delhi, the Montreal International Children's Film Festival FIFEM, the Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children in Egypt or Shum Bola Children's and Youth Film Festival Tashkent in cooperation with the Goethe-Institute Uzbekistan.

For the 1st time the festival is coming to the UAE. Organized by the Goethe-Institute Gulf Region in cooperation with The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, German children and youth films and a program of short films will be presented to the young audiences of Abu Dhabi. The festival will take place from June 6 to 8 at the Arts Center at NYUAD.