“Today”… female students are happy with their first steps towards the film industry in the Kingdom

Small dreams were born in the hearts of Saudi girls in their final years at King Abdulaziz University, who found in films, photography and directing a parallel world to which they traveled to convey their culture to the world, to produce short films of great duration in their meanings, after they had overcome the challenges of debuting by producing films nominated for festival awards. University student films.
“Today” monitored the inspiring stories of some girls who participated in directing films for the first time, to identify the most prominent challenges and their feelings in presenting the directors of their first steps in the world of cinema.

Red Ribbon movie

Graduate and director Rima Al-Fayez, who directed the film Red Ribbon, said that her passion for filmmaking began when she was young, and the story of her film depicts a girl in her twenties trapped inside a box trying to get out of it.

After this specialization was opened, Rima joined King Abdulaziz University and found great support at the university and in the Kingdom. She added that the film Red Ribbon was her second experience, from which she learned a lot, with the help of her teachers at the university, with whom she overcame many challenges, especially since she is the writer and director, and the film was completed. In about a month and a half.

Obsession movie

Student and director Ghazal Khoja, producer of the film Obsession, explained that she worked on the film from idea to production, and it tells the life of a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder and how he overcomes the challenges of his illness through human strength and good company, adding that she feels very happy about nominating her first work for the film festival. Students, so that the film becomes a positive step towards the film industry.

She pointed out the challenges and pressures that she overcame to produce her first film, work on the script, idea, manage photography, arrange the shots, etc., explaining that she overcame this fatigue after directing the film, thanking everyone who helped her in directing the film.

The two students, Shahad Ezzedine and Raghad Al-Nazlawi, who recently graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communications, worked on producing and directing the film “Dream Lens,” and they feel honored and privileged to have their first film nominated, which was accompanied by many adventures, fun, and some challenges, and was inspired by a real-life story.