Hespress Art and Culture Photo: Hassan Farhat (Shadia Khadir’s page) Hespress – Manal LotfyTuesday 30 April 2024 – 07:00
Shadia Khedir, a Tunisian producer and media researcher in the cultural field, participates in the activities of the Mediterranean Cinema Festival in Tetouan as a member of the criticism jury for the works participating in the twenty-ninth session of this artistic event.
Khadir said that cinema is a language through which directors were able to convey the concerns of their countries and the concerns of their generation, highlighting that it is a soft force that carries people’s dreams and views towards this world, which culture cannot ignore given the important role it plays.
The same speaker continued, in an interview on the sidelines of the festival, that Tunisian cinema carries many elements of success and strength thanks to the presence of an elite group of Tunisian filmmakers whose experiences are distinguished by diversity and difference, as well as the excellence of Tunisian technicians in the field of image and sound, explaining that it is “similar to the rest of the Arab countries.” It still needs a qualitative leap to raise it to the status of a cultural industry in the fullest sense of the word, and with the good seeds it carries, it needs more regulation of the sector through laws and regulations, as well as institutions and partnerships between the private and public sectors, regulation of professions related to the cinema sector, and opening the door to competition. To develop cinematic production and make it not limited to state support only, but rather to revenues that can guarantee the frequent production of cinematic works, and comfortable financial stability for all workers in the cinema sector.
The Tunisian journalist recorded that festivals are the main window through which films look at the world, and they are the interface through which these films are presented to meet their audiences, stressing that the more there are festivals with a clear imprint and a different approach, the more cinema flourishes. Therefore, the latter constitutes, in her view, an important link within the cultural industry.
Regarding the names that she considers inspiring in the history of world cinema, Shadia Khedir pointed out that American director Martin Scorsese is considered the most free from the pressure of the film lobby in Hollywood. Because he is committed to human issues wherever he is, and he has a special interest in portraying the cruelty and vicissitudes of life, adding that “he chooses the topics of his films with great care, and he does not care that these topics are consistent with the general mood of Americans; Like his last film, “The Killers of the Moonflower,” he is skilled at managing actors and writing characters that seem unique and realistic, reflecting a daily struggle for survival in an environment controlled by corruption, gangs, and the world of crime.
She continued that there is also Pedro Almodovar, the director with colorful characters who celebrates difference, and who holds high the hat of magical and realistic cinema, whose films triumph for mothers, women, and women in general. In addition to director Youssef Chahine, who marked Egyptian and Arab cinema with works that distinguished him from those of his generation.
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