tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006811846942160386.post2708258699343709496..comments2023-06-06T16:39:00.343+03:00Comments on حياة في السينما Life in Cinema: المهرجانات السينمائية: أفكار وتساؤلاتUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006811846942160386.post-31052851153454038352008-08-21T01:10:00.000+03:002008-08-21T01:10:00.000+03:00i would like to thank you first for your informati...i would like to thank you first for your informative blog that somehow replaces the need for an arabic cinema magazine specialy with the lack of freedome of expression that is widely existing in our societies. what i would like to share here is the issue of geting european funds for arab filmmakers to help them achieve their projects and i am merely asking questions more than giving answers. in a country like egypt where we produce an average of 50 films per year , do we realy lack the fund to make films or is it more the case that the films that some filmmakers would love to make arent fundable because they do not comply with the rest of the pact , they arent comercial enough. isnt it true that cinema in particular and art in general are the mirror of their societies ? and since those 50 films are in fact comercialy successful. . isnt that an indication that they miror the mood and aspiration of our society ? so why are we seeking foreign funds ? to make films that cant be made with local money ? for viewers that dont care to see them in the first place ? isnt it more logical to make very low budget films with the means we have than run endlessly for funds that may or may not come ? mentioning the above i need to admit that i made 2 no budget films and when i wrote freely without thinking of the budget as an issue i wrote a film that will definitly need a foreign budget. . . so i am writing the above as a refernce i can come back to one day if i manage to get the fund or not and if i manage to make the film i am dreaming to make or not. ibrahim el batout 20th of august 2008.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006811846942160386.post-23074144566967541562008-08-18T03:53:00.000+03:002008-08-18T03:53:00.000+03:00مما لا شك فيه ان هناك تدنى فى مستوى المهرجانات الع...مما لا شك فيه ان هناك تدنى فى مستوى المهرجانات العربيه فلدينا فى مصر مهزله تدعى مهرجان القاهرة اعتقد انه لافائدة له على اى مستوى ,و لكنى مع ذللك ارفض شكل الوصايه التى تتخذها المهرجانات عى دول العالم الثالث فهم ابدا لن يحررونا من الرقابه بلنحن من سيحرر انفسنا!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com