Science Film Festival — Events — Ethiopian Movie Database

As usual, the Goethe-Institut Äthiopien, in collaboration with Alliance Ethio-Française Dire Dawa, the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (EAS), Kelem International School and their network of public, private, international, and PASCH schools will host the Science Film Festival 2026 in Ethiopia and South Sudan between October and mid-December 2026.

Since its launch in 2005, the Science Film Festival has grown into a globally renowned initiative for science communication. The festival reached 953,828 viewers across 20 countries in 2025 alone and was presented with the Special Achievement in Children’s Media Award by PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL, the world’s leading organisation dedicated to children's and youth media. In 2026, the Science Film Festival returns with a selection of outstanding films from across the globe, presenting the important ethical, social, and environmental questions surrounding Artificial Intelligence. As usual, the Goethe-Institut Äthiopien, in collaboration with Alliance Ethio-Française Dire Dawa, the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (EAS), Kelem International School and their network of public, private, international, and PASCH schools will host the Science Film Festival 2026 in Ethiopia and South Sudan between October and mid-December 2026. Thanks to strengthened cooperation with Alliance Ethio-Française Dire Dawa and the Goethe-Institut’s growing school and civil society networks, the festival shall continue its work across Ethiopian cities like, Dire Dawa, Gondar, and Debre Berhan, in Juba at the Juba Film Festival in South Sudan, and possibly in Eritrea and Djibouti.