Dubai: “The Gulf”
Gulf art directors and producers were recommended as key tools and pillars for this work, emphasizing the importance of the content of the artwork and its honesty in conveying the reality, customs, traditions and environment in which it is produced. Awards, including the Oscars, are now the best opportunity for Arab artworks. Nomination and access to this international award and other major awards from previous years.

Within the activities of the “Youth Media Forum”, “What does an Arab film need to reach the Oscars?” It came during the session.

The session was moderated by Emirati film producer Badina Qasim, founder of “Cinema Aqil”, the first local cinema in the Emirates and the Gulf region, which was attended by director and producer Abdullah Boushahri and Emirati director and producer Nahla Al-Fahd.

At the beginning of the session, Boudina Kasem asked about the possibilities of relying on international festivals to showcase the success of Arab films? While stressing the importance of the Oscars, he emphasized that there are other ways to determine the extent to which a film deserves awards and public interest, such as digital platforms and social media.

He also spoke about Arab film’s journey with the Oscars: “Many Arab films have applied and been nominated for the Oscars over the years, but none of them have won,” stressing that we need stories and narratives that reflect us. Reality, our experiences and our originality.

Abdullah Busheri said: Oscar is a dream for any director and producer, but in my opinion it is a station, not the final destination. A stop on the winning streak, simply being nominated or winning it is considered a quality leap in the artistic career of any director or producer, and before the Oscar race, content and filmmaking should be the main focus. The tools for success are so that the story or novel is honest and reveals the reality, the environment and the human environment. , and reflects his human suffering to reach the world.

Emirati director and producer Nahla Al-Fahd touched on the tools that help an Arab film reach and succeed at the Oscars, the most important of which is exposure, and good publicity and media marketing for it both domestically and internationally. Her documentary, Hijab, won several awards and was shown extensively in the United States. , along with a huge media and advertising campaign there, and he added: An Arab film winning an Oscar is still far away, but it is difficult not impossible.

By: Kamal Abdel Nasser

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Many artists had a will that he recommended before his death, which he directed his heirs to carry out. Our 10 Greatest Artists Have Ten Wills, including a strange one, which the comedy star suggested. Naguib al-Rihani 15 days before his death, he suggested his relatives and friends to put a picture of him as the famous “Kashkish Bey” character on his grave, as he explained that he did not taste success until he played this character..

Comedian, Saeed Saleh, before his death, suggested that his wife and daughter be buried in his hometown in Menofia Governorate. In fact, he was buried in Maheria village in Menofia. He requested the same bequest late. Artist Farouk El-Fishawi suggested that he be buried next to his father, mother and siblings in the family cemetery in Sars El-Lyan town in Menofia Governorate..

As for the strange wills, they were made by artist Saba, who asked that no one mourn her death and that those at her funeral should sing and dance. Her departure was not meant to be a happy day, but a sad one, as artist Ahmed Ramsi suggested before his death that she be buried at sea in one of the cemeteries on the north coast where she spent the last years of her life.

The artist Warda Al-Jaziria also suggested something unusual, as she asked the writer Mahmoud Marouf to dedicate herself to writing a series about her life story, and she stipulated that the singer Angam or Amal Maher should deliver it because she was so impressed by their voices. He suggested burial in his native Algeria. .

A strange will was left by artist Amar Munib to his wife Iman al-Alfi, where he asked his sister Amina not to allow him to attend her funeral or console her until she repented to God. Amina Munib was involved in 4 fraud cases for seizing more than £20 million under the pretext of trading money she extorted from her victims in Dubai and Egypt to save her respectable family name..

One useful will that we hope all artists will do is the will of the late artist Sana Jamil, who suggested that her belongings, including tapes of her films, plays, serials and costumes, be placed in the Library of Alexandria. , which is exactly what her husband, the late great author Lewis Gries, actually practiced. .

Artist Laila Murad asked her family not to spread the news of her death before she was buried and suggested that she should pray at the Sayeda Naqisia Mosque and no strangers should pray. However, it is strange that Husein Sedgi, who starred in Laila Murad’s famous film “The Beach of Love”, advised the family to burn his pictures, according to the artist’s choice. Except for Saif al-Islam Khalid bin al-Walid,” said his wife, Fatima al-Maghribi.

Paris – (AFP)