"Meeting with an expert" A series of sessions starting from the El Gouna Festival. Find out its details
El Gouna Film Festival launched the “Meet the Experts” program. Within the Cine Gouna Initiative for Emerging Talents, which was designed to bridge the distances between young cinematic talents and professional experts in the film industry, locally, Arably and internationally.
The program comes to embody the festival’s deep commitment to nourishing creative roots and supporting the new generation of filmmakers with knowledge and experience. And direct interaction with the professional world.
Participants in the Cine Gouna Emerging Talent Program will have the opportunity to sit face-to-face with an elite group of professionals in various fields, including directing, acting, editing, and music composition, in a series of live meetings and interactive sessions that allow learning, asking questions, and engaging in real discussions that are not reduced to Lectures, rather, are based on attendance, interaction, and personal and professional experience.
Names of the experts participating in the program:
Abdullah Danwar, Ahmed Amer, Ahmed Nabil, Ahmed Sabour, Ahmed Toaima, Amal El-Qalati, Andrew Mohsen, Céline Rostan, Joanna Duncombe, Karim El-Shenawy, Luke Lehner, Madeleine Reddy, Maryam El-Tahawy, and Salma Malhas, Mina Sami, Mohamed Taymour, Rashid Abdel Hamid, Reem El Adl, Sameh Alaa, Sidqi Sakher, Siza Zayed, Solly Gharbia, Tariq Ibrahim, Theo Lionel, Soraya Ismail, Yannis Guy, Yasser Naeem, Ahmed Magdy, Youmna Khattab, and Zeina Abdel Baqi.
It is scheduled to launch a podcast series that will be made available to the public, and will include selected recordings from The sessions will become a living reference for everyone who seeks to understand the world of cinema from the inside. After the end of the program, the participants will also receive a special booklet containing focused summaries, basic ideas, and practical advice from what was said and done in each session.
In his comment on the initiative, Amr Mansi, Executive Director of the El Gouna Film Festival, said: “We strive through… Initiatives such as a meeting with an expert, to create real bridges between the rising generation of filmmakers and experienced professionals in the field, so that we do not only aspire to transfer knowledge, but rather to create human and professional connections that may change the course of the creative journey of many participants. We hope that the podcast will become a live extension of these sessions, and a reference for aspirants outside the festival’s borders.”
For her part, Marianne Khoury, the festival’s artistic director, commented: “Cinema goes beyond the boundaries of the craft; It is an act of communication and exchange. Meet an expert sessions provide a rare space for listening, questioning, and inspiration. We hope that these meetings will spark new ideas and projects that enrich Arab and international cinema.”
In turn, Hayat Al-Juwaili, head of the Cine Gouna Emerging Talents Program, said: “At Cine Gouna; We believe that the most valuable gift of any film festival lies not in the films alone, but in the bonds that are created between the participants. Over the past two sessions, expert meetings have clearly demonstrated this fact. Many participants found job opportunities, vocational training, and even career mentors to guide them in the long term.
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