DON BOSCO GLOBAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL

DBGYFF

(ANS – Los Angeles) - The grand finale of DBGYFF in Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world took place on Friday evening, 13 October at the Don Bosco Youth Centre, with the participation of noted dignitaries, young people and the announcement of the global winners of the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival, season 2.    Read More

Timor-Leste - October 2023 - On 14 October, the Social Communication team in the Salesian Vice-Province of Timor-Leste (TLS), organised the participation of young people and students in the final phase of the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival 2023, streamed live from Los Angeles. The theme of this second edition of the DBGYFF focuses on love that builds peace and solidarity. The students come from the São Francisco de Sales Philosophical Institute and the Escola Maria Auxiliadora Comoro.    Read More

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - October 2023 - On 14 October, over two hundred people attended the screening of the short films of the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival 2023 at the Paradise Cinema, Vision City, in Port Moresby. The event's chief guest was Archbishop Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez, Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Fr Gregorio Bicomong, Superior of the Salepresided oversian Vice-Province of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (PGS), Fr Lawrence Arockiaraj, Salesians, Sisters, parishioners, students, media personnel and film lovers came together to celebrate the young people as they reflected on "Love builds peace and solidarity".    Read More

For 48 hours from Friday, 13 October, the spotlights of the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF) were turned on in the hundreds of officially registered Salesian Family venues around the world. A great many people gathered to watch the screening of the short films and all the creativity of young people expressed through the means of the "seventh art". The DBGYFF was a dream become a global reality, uniting young people under the theme "Love builds peace and solidarity".    Read More

(ANS – Los Angeles) - It is with great excitement that news of the Salesian Congregation’s Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF.com) will host its global finale in Los Angeles, California! The meaningful and strategic location for this year’s finale is the fruit of a close working collaboration between the Interamerican Regional Fr. Hugo Orozco, Councilor for Social Communication Fr. Gildasio Mendes and the Provincial of USA West Fr. Mel Trinidad. Fr. Gildasio expresses his gratitude to the USA West Province, “Thank you for your decisive generosity towards the Congregation!”    Read More

(ANS – Rome) – With exactly seven days to go before the start of the international screenings of the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF), expectations are growing throughout the Salesian Family at a global level for what promises to be a great celebration of young people, their talents and their being ambassadors of a message of hope for the world.    Read More

(ANS – Rome) – Since the second edition of the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF) was officially launched on 31 January, the work of the world-class Salesian youth film festival has proceeded silently but effectively. Now that the collection and first selection phases of the short films sent have been completed, the festival organisation is preparing to coordinate the final stages, with the intervention of the Grand Jury that will be called upon to identify the works that have best expressed the theme of this new edition: "Love builds peace and solidarity".    Read More

(ANS - Rome) - Preparatory activities for the "Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival" (DBGYFF) - Season 2, the world-class Salesian youth film festival conceived and proposed by the Sector for Social Communication of the Salesian Congregation, are proceeding at a rapid pace. On this monthly commemoration of Mary Help of Christians, 24 March 2023, the coordination team of the festival informs widely about the state of progress of the work: all the processes are well underway, the digital portal is completed in all sections and languages, the digital registration module to participate is already available. But, above all, the atmosphere is cordial and enthusiasm is high on the part of everyone: Salesians, young people and members of the Salesian Family.    Read More

(ANS - Rome) - After the great success of the first edition of the "Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival" (DBGYFF), carried out worldwide in November 2021, the Social Communication Sector of the Salesian Congregation has decided to propose the second edition of the world-class Salesian youth film festival, aimed also in this case at bringing together and involving young people from all over the world, and especially this time those from Salesian environments, to be bearers of a message of peace and hope and to be protagonists of the change the world needs. "Love builds Peace and Solidarity" is the guiding motto of this second edition, scheduled for 13-14 October.    Read More