Curator’s Statement
The difference between what is fiction and what is true cannot be measured, for what is true? A film, whether documentary or fiction, represents the truth in one way or another, but what happens in reality can be far beyond belief. Is a person free if he/ she is not imprisoned? Are people free when they can decide on certain matters? Or are they free when they can do whatever they please?
Personal freedom may be a real quest but in the end, is anyone really ever free? There is always truth in fiction and a lot of reality is too unacceptable to be conceived as true. This program represents reality, where what is real may seem unreal to many. We hope you touch reality in these films and that for this one hour you feel freer …
Personal freedom may be a real quest but in the end, is anyone really ever free? There is always truth in fiction and a lot of reality is too unacceptable to be conceived as true. This program represents reality, where what is real may seem unreal to many. We hope you touch reality in these films and that for this one hour you feel freer …
Biography
Hala Galal is a film director, script writer and producer, and founder and executive director of SEMAT Production & Distribution.
She has directed more than 18 films and produced more than 15. Her long documentary ‘Women ChitChat’ won the Silver Prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2006. Hala has been a member has participated in several local and international film festivals in recent years, and has been a guest speaker and lecturer in many festivals, conferences and workshops. Moreover, she is a member of the Cinema Committee in the Egyptian National Higher Council of Culture in Egypt.
Ayman Hussein is an Egyptian Filmmaker who learned filmmaking through a strong passion and workshops.
Since 2005 Ayman has worked for Semat Production & Distribution as a director, producer, and editor of several films and was in charge of different activities. He directed seven shorts, four of which won eight awards at National and international film festivals, and wrote the scripts for all his films.
He curated programmes for film festivals and different events and has been working for the past six years, as a volunteer representing Semat, with over 70 NGO’s and civil society organizations on the issue of street children in Egypt.
She has directed more than 18 films and produced more than 15. Her long documentary ‘Women ChitChat’ won the Silver Prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2006. Hala has been a member has participated in several local and international film festivals in recent years, and has been a guest speaker and lecturer in many festivals, conferences and workshops. Moreover, she is a member of the Cinema Committee in the Egyptian National Higher Council of Culture in Egypt.
Ayman Hussein is an Egyptian Filmmaker who learned filmmaking through a strong passion and workshops.
Since 2005 Ayman has worked for Semat Production & Distribution as a director, producer, and editor of several films and was in charge of different activities. He directed seven shorts, four of which won eight awards at National and international film festivals, and wrote the scripts for all his films.
He curated programmes for film festivals and different events and has been working for the past six years, as a volunteer representing Semat, with over 70 NGO’s and civil society organizations on the issue of street children in Egypt.
