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Tuesday 11 August 2009 - 02:16 PM

‘Cinema and Television Kottab’

Last week, the Art Creativity Center celebrated the production of short documentary movies of Arab Film, TV School, came across Egypt’s first online cinema and television school

By Amira El-Noshokaty

In the heart of Islamic Cairo lies Qaiet Bey’s Kottab, the premises of Egypt’s first online cinema and television school in Arabic.

The free Arab Film and TV School (AFTS) materialized under the umbrella of the Ministry of Culture in 2002 at the premises of Qaiet Bey’s Kottab (an old method of schooling from shiekhs) that was built some 500 years ago. The school teaches cinema themes such as editing, script writing, directing and sound editing to over 40,000 students, half of which are Egyptians.

"Unlike the Cinema Institute, we provide notes that are taught through multimedia via audio visuals and provide students extracts from films to supplement what they are reading," explained Mona el-Sabaan, the founder and director of AFTS, as well as professor at the High Cinema Institute.

El-Sabaan noted that out of an average of two to three thousand students who apply to the High Cinema Institute, only 64 students are picked annually, due to the limited capacity of the institute. “Yet I realized that there are some eight thousand registered members at the Cinematic Professions Syndicate, which means that most of the people working in television and cinema may not have studied," she said.

Hence came the idea of a school that caters to those denied the chance to study at the High Cinema Institute as well as those living outside of Cairo.

Initially created as an educational tool that teaches basic rules of cinema language, AFTS does not have the accreditation to certify students with exams. “We cannot match the teaching of the High Cinema Institute," she said.

"Whoever succeeds at AFTS will know the meaning of cinema language. It's an essential background, given the fact that most of photo editors (montage) working in television for example have only attained their vocational schooling," el-Sabban added.

One young carpenter named Ali Salem missed his chance to study at the Higher Cinema Institute because he was older than the allowed admission age, which leads him to AFTS. “It was a great opportunity for me to study online where all the available material is free of charge and in Arabic. There is even extracts from the movies online for elaboration," he added. Currently Salem, who studied script writing, has joined el-Sabaan’s workshops, directed two documentary films and is currently editing his latest work.

“Who would have thought that when Qaiet Bey built this Kottab 540 years ago, that it will be a kottab for cinema and television studies?" wondered el-Sabban.

For more information visit HYPERLINK "http://www.arabfilmtvschool.edu.eg/" www.arabfilmtvschool.edu.eg

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