The Cultural Development Fund sector opens the activities of the thirteenth session of the Cairo International Animation Forum, at 6:00 pm, in the Hanager Theater Hall in the Opera Square, and will continue until the 24th of the same month.
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The activities of the forum, according to Fathi Abdel-Wahab, head of the Fund sector, start with the opening of an exhibition of animation work and include honouring the great artist Sami Maghawry, the illustrator Hani Abdel-Khaleq, the director and producer Attia Khairy, the writer and distributor Sharif Nour, the artist Islam Ahmed, and other individuals. The name of the recipient of the grant provided by the fund of 50,000 pounds to develop a short film will then be announced, and the opening ceremony events will be concluded by the screening of the winning films in the branches of the forum contests.
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Ahmed Hano, the General Forum, confirmed that the current session is witnessing an unprecedented participation, competing for the forum awards from 32 countries outside of Egypt, including the UAE, Algeria, France, Bulgaria, Germany, India, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States of America, presented 133 films, and this year also saw the participation of a number of Egyptian institutions, including the Egyptian TV, the National Center for Cinema, Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, and the Egyptian Film Institute.
The Clay Workshop at the Freedom Center for Creativity in Alexandria will follow. He also mentioned that a number of workshops will be held as part of the forum’s activities, beginning on October 18 and running through October 24. These workshops include “2D Stir” and “Slames Workshop” at Talaat Harb Cultural Center, “Cat Out” and “Story Board Design Workshop” at the Technical Creativity Center, and “Story Board Design Workshop” and “Slames Workshop” at Talaat Harb Cultural
the 13th Cairo International Animation Forum’s events got underway on Monday
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