Osiris to host Ahmed Shawky’s workshop

CAIRO – 7 January 2018: Osiris will host a workshop by the acclaimed cinema critic Ahmed Shawky scheduled for 6 p.m. on January 24.

In this one day workshop, Shawky will explain the principles of film criticism. He will tackle the difference between watching the movie as a critic and watching it as an ordinary person, as well as the difference between normal scenes and master scenes in each movie.

Shawky will give the workshop attendees the needed tips on how to analyse each scene in the movie.

Shawky is an Egyptian cinema critic, trainer and scriptwriting supervisor. He regularly writes for Al-Qahera newspaper and Filfan Art website, in addition to other publications. Shawky wrote a number of books, such as “Helmy Halim... Hekaya men Baldna” (Helmy Halim...A story from our Country) and “Mohawarat Yousry Nasrallah” (Yousry Nasrallah’s discussions), as well as many others. He has participated as a jury member in a number of prominent international film festivals, such as the Cairo International Film Festival, Luxor International Film Festival and Oran International Arabic Film Festival.