A total of 1,686 shorts arrived at the “Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival”. After an appropriate initial selection, the following remained:
- 698 videos in the “Live action up to 10 minutes” category.
- 93 videos in the “Live action up to 1 minute” category.
- 163 videos in the “Animation shorts up to 10 minutes” category.
- 28 videos in the “Animation shorts up to 1 minute” category.
- 117 videos in the “Video Musicals up to 1 minute” category.
Videos from 116 countries around the world arrived at the festival. The top 10 are:
- India (287)
- Iran (125)
- Italy (94)
- United States of America (82)
- Brazil (80)
- Spain (59)
- Turkey (59)
- France (47)
- Argentina (40)
- Bangladesh (37)
The 10 most used languages were:
- English, with 340 videos
- Spanish, 268 videos
- Persian, 117 videos
- Portuguese, 64 videos
- Hindi, 56 videos
- Italian, 56 videos
- Bengali, 46 videos
- Arabic, 45 videos
- Tamil, 43 videos
- French, 38 videos.
Also noteworthy are the 30 silent shorts.
