Aswan International Women Film Festival’s Nut Forum discusses female filmmakers current challenges

 One topic that Aswan International Women Film Festival’s Nut Forum, headed by Dr. Azza Kamel, will be adding to the extensive list of discussions hosted over the years, are the challenges female filmmakers are facing currently in the cinematic field.

Among the challenges female filmmakers are facing is how civil society organizations cooperate with the government to achieve the maximum benefit for women in Egypt, with the participation of researchers and writers in the field of women's issues in Egypt and the world during the sixth edition of the festival which will kick off from February 23 to 28.

Dr. Azza Kamel said that the sixth edition of Aswan International Women Film Festival coincides with the Egyptian government announcement that 2022 is the year of "civil society", and the Aswan Festival, through Nut Forum was the first to adopt civil society issues. , focusing on women's issues, not only as topics, but as the actual presence of individuals of civil society in all the festival's activities.

Kamel added that this year Nut Forum is interested in clarifying how art integrates with citizens and civil society, therefore the festival management decided that most of the events would be part of Nut Forum.

This year’s Nut Forum will discuss many important themes, including: “Art and reproductive health issues”,  "Women's Mental Health", "Challenges facing filmmakers", "How filmmakers see the reality of women and how they employ it in their films", as well as the presentation of the third edition of the report on the image of women in Arab cinema.

Kamel pointed out that the Nur Forum will launch, in the sixth edition of the festival, a document for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, and it will be signed by the festival's guests.

This document comes within the festival's belief in the importance of protecting its guests as well as those dealing with it, and all workers in the institution that runs the festival, and this policy aims to create a safe work environment free from violence and sexual exploitation for both male and female workers.