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RIAD: The Saudi Film Commission has introduced a new initiative, Cinamaa, to promote films studies and support people entering the industry.

On Wednesday a launch event was held at the Cultural Palace in Riyadh, organized by the Commission and the National Film Archive.

The Cinamaa website, a platform aimed at helping to educate candidates for filmmakers, critics and cinema enthusiasts, which allows them to share work, gives users access to articles, research studies, discussions, workshops and short films related to cinema.

After a discussion panel in which he talked about the importance of film studios at the Academy, Salma Tarek, professor of literature in the French language department at the University of Cairo, told Arab News: “We need distinguished between academic studies, which Aimsoit-Helvels-Levels-Levels Education Education and Filmmakers.”

The latter is very important and widely aviable, he said, but there are still film and university level studies.

“Abroad, for example, children in primary school have reading and literacy programs that include a section on how to ‘read’ a movie. They learn what a photo is, what the camera movement means, because they have become part of the basic language of how we interpret the world around us,” Tarek said.

“Cinema is no longer just an art form; it is a form of speech. It is constantly exhibited, and it is very important that we learn to decode its messages.”

Tarek said the thesis are messages that are constantly sent to spectators, who must receive them openly and reflectively.

“The university is the most appropriate institution to play this role.”

When asked what can be done to boost this agenda, the professor said that first, there must be a conviction in the value of film studios, a task that said “is not simple.”

The entry point, however, is in interdisciplinary studies.

“For example, literature departments can take courses on the relationship between performance art and cinema. In history departments, there may be a film and history course. Graduately, thesis borders will open, and we will begin to develop a cinemato.” “

These institutions will then be the capabilities and the foundation to establish dedicated departments for film studies, what Tarek said it is the “final objective.”

The panel also discussed the need for a more original Arab content in addition to the translation of foreign films.

Tareq al-Khawaji, film critic and cultural advisor at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, said that Saudi young people interested in script writing have a great opportunity to develop Scentic Sente in the cinemato to reinforcements to reinforce

The launch of Cinamaa was followed by the signing of two memoranda of understanding between the Saudi Film Commission and its partners, the Saudi broadcasting authority and the International Federation of Film Critics.

The CEO of the Commission, Abdullah Al-Qahtani, touched the stage with Mohammed Fahad al-Harthi, CEO of the SBA and former editor in Chief of Arab News, and the CEO of Fipresci Ahmad Shawky.

The establishment of the Cinema critics association, the first independent professional entity dedicated to cinematographic criticisms in Saudi, was also announced.

At the end of the night, the doors opened to welcome the guests to an exhibition on cinematographic history in the Arab world.