16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Inaugural edition of Port Said Film Festival accepts submissions to screenwriting workshop - Screens - Arts & Culture
The management of the Port Said International Film Festival, headed by film critic Ahmed Assar, announced that it would organise a specialised workshop in screenwriting within the festival's first edition from 18 to 22 September 2025.
Led by screenwriter Nasser Abdel-Rahman, the workshop, held for two days during the festival, aims to refine the skills of young writers and allow them to benefit from the expertise of renowned screenwriters in Egypt and the Arab world.
Interested scriptwriters can apply via this link.
The workshop will focus on three main pillars of screenwriting: the idea, the story, and the cinematic treatment. It will also cover character development and conclude with an exploration of time in cinema and how it can be used to support dramatic structure.
Screenwriter Abdel-Rahman won the Locarno Festival Award for the film Al-Madina (The City, 2000) and the Best Screenplay Award from the Oran Festival in Algeria for the film Genainat El-Asmak (Fish Garden, 2008). Many of his other films were nominated for several international awards.
Among his other scripts were those of Dokkan Shehata (2009), Chaos, This Is (2007), Granoita (2001), TV series Gabal Al-Halal (2014), El-Dawly (2018), and Settohom (2023).
The Port Said International Film Festival is a new film festival launching in Port Said, Egypt, from 18 to 22 September.
It is named in honour of the late Egyptian actor Mahmoud Yassin and will feature Egyptian and international films alongside workshops, seminars, and panel discussions. The festival is organised under the patronage of the Governor of Port Said and the Minister of Culture. Film critic Ahmed Assar serves as its president
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