“The actor is part of his story.” Khaled Al-Nabawy talks about his career at the Cairo Short Film Festival symposium
The Cairo International Short Film Festival held a symposium this evening by film star Khaled El Nabawy, in the presence of a large audience inside the Cinema of the Artistic Creativity Center at the Egyptian Opera House. It was moderated by film critic and researcher Mohamed Ramadan Hussein, director of the festival’s Dialogue Department.
 
Al-Nabawi began his speech by joking with the audience, saying, “Evening of light.” Named after his son, the star Nour Al-Nabawi, and this greeting has become an alternative to good evening.
Al-Nabawi talked about his artistic beginnings and how he entered the world of art, saying, " I entered the Higher Institute for Agricultural Cooperation and I loved it, but the field of acting was not in my mind.”
The Prophet said, “The actor is part of his story, a story from reality that touches people, or an imagined story that touches people’s imagination and makes them have the ability to imagine and imagine, just as the actor is a part.” From the story.
Stressing that the character tools presented by the actor must be available. In the Imam series, he did not find the character except after cooperating with a person called “Uncle Zakaria.” 70 years old, he tied his turban to the character of Imam Al-Shafi’i, and thus he found the character and felt that the character was complete with its prestige.
As for young people, Al-Nabawi advised any young man who wants to be an actor to make sure, “This is your serious job and what you will earn a living from.” Since he has lived through, and continues to witness, people who entered the film institute and are suffering greatly, the young actor must feel signs that confirm that he is… The road.
Khaled Al-Nabawi continued that the young actor must be careful of fame, and he remembered his role in the series “Halwani’s Gate,” where he presented the character of Hamza Al-Halwani and succeeded at the level of the industry and the public, and in the street people were calling him by his name, but after about 4 months People in the street were trying to remember his name, so Al-Nabawi advised the actor to be careful of fame and that he had a backlog of works.
He also learned from Youssef Chahine how to present a scene richly on the level of emotions, Pointing out that director Ridley Scott wants the actor to live the moment and the experience, while Martin Scorsese always wants to squeeze the actor to get the desired performance from him.
Al-Nabawi added that he works for 8 hours even if he does not have work to film, pointing out that He rehearses and trains on the level of voice and thought and always evaluates himself, stressing that the actor must read and listen to music and watch different and varied films and experiences, as he reads the script 7 times before filming, two times very, very slowly to comprehend the work. Completely.
Al-Nabawi hoped to complete work on Mustafa Mahmoud’s film to be shown in the coming period, after the project stopped.
Regarding the influence of social media, Al-Nabawi confirmed that it could benefit or harm the artist, explaining: "Nour al-Sharif was subjected to a moral assassination attempt via social networking sites." With its family and individuals.
The activities of the Cairo International Short Film Festival continue until December 21st, including a number of international short films as a premiere, in addition to a master class and five competitions in various artistic fields.
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