Walking into a packed movie theatre full of family and friends of the young aspiring Egyptian directors whose films were to be screened, as well as film and art enthusiasts alike, I made my way to my seat and listened to film director Bassam Mortada explain how the evening will go. Sitting in what used to be known as Cinema Dunia Karim – and is now Zawya Cinema’s new official venue – the second day of the Fifth Edition of Zawya’s Short Film Festival had six short films for us in store, ranging between six to 21 minutes in duration. Mortada explained that following the screening of the six short films, the audience would get the opportunity to participate in a Q & A (question and answer) session with each of the six aspiring filmmakers. Audience members also got polling forms for each film in order to rate every project and determine which of the films screened would win the EGP 10,000 Film Clinic Audience Award, which is one of the festival’s four award categories. I am a Bedouin by Ghada Eissa The first film of the night was a 10…
Spending a Day at the Fifth Edition of Zawya’s Short Film Festival
January 31, 2020
