Acclaimed directors Lynzee Klingman and Richard Pearce arrived in Egypt to conduct a number of workshops with some of the best young filmmakers in Egypt. “I expected to feel like a Martian, but there’s no foreignness between artists. We have the same values, the same soul. It has been a joy to work with Egyptian filmmakers, and all of them have beautiful projects with great futures,” said Klingman shortly after arriving in Egypt and conducting several workshops. The award-winning directors partnered with documentary-maker Marouan Omara and Fig Leaf Studios’ Mark Lofty for a two-day workshop as part of Alexandria’s innovative Cinedelta program. “In these workshops, we had conversations as good and nuanced as any I’ve had anywhere in the world. These are thoughtful documentarians and filmmakers, and our workshops gave us a chance to try out new ideas that they may have not have thought about before,” said Pearce. Following the workshop in Alexandria, Klingman, who has previously won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing and was nominated for an Academy Award, conducted intensive workshops and one-on-one sessions with teams of young directors and editors in Cairo. Meanwhile, Pearce worked with…
