Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival’s CineGouna Bridge kicks off its 4th edition

CAIRO - 26 October 2020: Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival’s CineGouna Bridge kicked off its 4th edition.

CineGouna Bridge is a platform of workshops, panel discussions and master classes with key industry professionals and experts on several cinematic topics.

To manage this year’s exceptional circumstances, some of the CineGouna Bridge activities will be held virtually.

The program will include four panel discussions on “Women’s Empowerment in Film” and “Digital Media in the Wake of a Global Pandemic”, while two virtual panel discussions will tackle “The Role of Film Festivals in the Time of Covid-19”

and “Filmmaker›s Journey from Film Lab to VOD Platform, Presented by IEFTA”. 

This is in addition to the “Netflix’s Master Class by Christopher Mack” virtual event.

The CineGouna bridge program also includes two master classes with world-renowned Bollywood star Ali Fazal, and established DOP Ahmad Al Morsy. Al Morsy’s master class will be on “Choosing How to Tell a Story Visually and Having the Flexibility to Adapt to Changing Conditions”.

There will also be two workshops on “Short Film Screenwriting” by the U.S. Embassy and Film Independent, and “Acting: Beyond the Method”, a workshop by leading acting coach Gerald James.

The programs and activities of CineGouna Platform will take place at the TU Berlin, El Gouna Campus from October 25 to 29, 2020.