The Egyptian National Film Festival announced this year's winners and to no surprise, the film "La Mo2akhza," which means "Excuse My French," took home the highest number of awards.

"La Mo2akhza," which was directed by famed director Amr Salama, revolves around a Christian student hiding his religious beliefs from his Muslim teachers and classmates.

The film went home with the Best Production, Best Script, Best Music, and Best Sound Effects awards.

The Egyptian rendition of the Hollywood blocbuster film "Night At the Musuem", which was called "Harb El 3alaemya El Talta," won the Best Make Up award while the Best Actor and Best Actress awards went to Karim Abdel Aziz and Nelly Karim for their performance in " Feel El Azraq ."

Though the films viewed during the festival set high expectations for the upcoming generation, the festival failed to meet expectations due to the fact that a lot of hopeful participants failed to submit their films on time. Nevertheless, the panel, along with film fanatics, remain hopeful that next year, all submission will be done on time.

Good news kids, this film festival is all about you!

Under the theme of "power their imagination", the third Sharjah International Children's Film Festival launched Sunday .

Throughout the festival, interactive workshops and information sessions will provided children with the opportunity to develop skills in scriptwriting, photography, filmmaking, and other media-related arts with the goal of educating children and adults.

SICFF will run for six days and will feature 175 films from more than 20 countries from regions as diverse as Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia.

"This year the films will be screened publicly in seven cities, as opposed to last year’s five, and will feature in Al Dhaid, Khor Fakkan, Kalba, as well as around the city in Sahara Centre and Al Qasba," Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammad Al Qasimi, manager of the festival and wife of Sharjah's ruler, said, according to Gulf News.

Awards will be presented during the festival in the following categories: best short movie, best epic, best animated movie, best fictional film, best documentary, and the best children-produced movie. Winners will receive monetary awards totaling 50,000 AED.