Children's International Film Festival

{{see also|New York International Children's Film Festival}}

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Children's International Film Festival has been conceptualised by The Film Studio FZ LLC, which is a company based out of Dubai Studio City.{{Cite book|last1=Beeler|first1=Karin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6DUBQAAQBAJ&q=Children's+International+Film+Festival&pg=PA151|title=Children's Film in the Digital Age: Essays on Audience, Adaptation and Consumer Culture|last2=Beeler|first2=Stan|date=2014-11-19|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1840-1|language=en}} Children's International Film Festival, is commonly known as CIFF is the United Arab Emirates' first national level Children's Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Children's international film festival in Dubai|url=http://arabia365.com/childrens-international-film-festival-in-dubai/|publisher=arabia365.com|accessdate=20 October 2014}} CIFF over a period of time has attracted significant attention from schools, parents, families and filmmakers - locally, regionally and globally.{{cite web|title=Children's International Film Festival in Dubai|url=http://www.timeoutdubai.com/films/features/51530-childrens-international-film-festival-in-dubai|publisher=timeoutdubai.com|accessdate=20 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Children's film festival opens today in the UAE|url=http://www.thenational.ae/blogs/scene-heard/childrens-film-festival-opens-today-in-the-uae|publisher=thenational.ae|accessdate=20 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Children's International Film Festival (CIFF)|url=http://www.dubaicity.com/childrens-international-film-festival-ciff/|publisher=dubaicity.com|accessdate=20 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Children's International Film Festival 2014 to Begin in UAE|url=http://enme.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1025308/childrens-international-film-festival-2014-to-begin-in-uae|publisher=blouinartinfo.com|accessdate=20 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Children across UAE get thinking caps on for movie-making action|url=http://www.thenational.ae/uae/education/children-across-uae-get-thinking-caps-on-for-movie-making-action|publisher=thenational.ae|accessdate=20 October 2014}}

CIFF has had 4 editions held during the last week of April from the years 2014 to 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.festivalfocus.org/news.php?uid=2187|title=Children's International Film Festival|publisher=festivalfocus.org|accessdate=20 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424072704/http://www.festivalfocus.org/news.php?uid=2187|archive-date=24 April 2015|url-status=dead}}