Fayoum Festival launches the Qaroun platform to train and teach the governorate’s youth the arts of filmmaking



Thursday 21/November/2024 – 06:03 PM

Announce Fayoum International Film Festival for Environmental Films and Contemporary Arts The Qaroun platform, for training and education, was officially launched during the first session of the festival, which runs from November 25 to 30, and aims to enhance the skills of young people from Fayoum in the field of film industry, in cooperation between Fayoum University, the Drosos Foundation, and Red Star Company.

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Director Tamer Ragab, trainer of the mobile film making workshop, stated in a press release that the platform focuses on modern photography techniques, especially mobile phones, which have become among the most widely used tools at the present time, with the aim of enabling young people to master their use and exploit the ongoing developments in them.

He added that the program seeks to rediscover the youth of their city, Fayoum, by photographing archaeological, heritage and environmental sites, and highlighting its beauty and history.

While the artist Sayed Abdel Khaleq, director of the Fayoum Film Festival for Environmental Films and Contemporary Arts, said that the workshops and training for the Qarun platform were launched at Fayoum University during the past weeks, and that during the festival activities, the platform’s activities and training will be intense and the platform will be officially launched, and the films he implemented will be shown. Trainees at the end of the festival.

Abdel Khaleq continued that the training programs witness the organization of a group of workshops for children in cooperation with the Egypt Society for Culture and Development and the Irtiqaa Foundation under the leadership of Dr. Dina Kazem, noting that Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari, Governor of Fayoum, directed that all facilities be provided to support young people’s endeavors in learning the arts of photography and recreating the arts. Discover the secrets of their city.

Fayoum Film Festival

The program also aims to direct the energies of university students towards developing and developing their personal skills. The administration of Fayoum University, headed by Dr. Yasser Magdy Hatata and the Vice President of the University, Dr. Essam Al-Essawi, affirmed its commitment to supporting student activities that contribute to developing and directing the energies of young people, in a way that enhances their capabilities and provides them with opportunities. Promising for the future.

It is noteworthy that the Fayoum Film Festival for environmental films and contemporary arts is organized by the Masar Foundation for Culture and Arts and is held under the patronage of Fayoum Governorate, Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari, Governor of the Region, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Environment, Fayoum University, the National Cinema Center, the Tourism Promotion Authority, and Red Star Company.

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