A New
Partnership Between The Royal Film Commission – Jordan and
The Malmö Arab Film Festival in the Field of Training
Amman, 1st of July 2021
The Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC) continues to forge new
international partnerships in the field of local training in the art
of filmmaking. The RFC will cooperate with the Malmö Arab Film
Festival (MAFF), with the support of the Swedish Institute, in
organizing a new training program entitled the “Voices Amplified”
project for producing short narratives. The project will take place
from September 2021 to February 2022 in Amman.
As
the Commission seeks to expand its network of international
cooperation with the aim of providing the best training
opportunities to Jordanian filmmakers and residents in Jordan, four
short narrative projects will be selected to participate in the
“Voices Amplified” project to tell stories around the theme of
“Cultural Heritage”.
The project aims to build the filmmaking capabilities of the
participants throughout the different stages. It will also provide
them with mentorship for script development, production and
post-production by professional Swedish and Jordanian filmmakers.
To
complete the production of the four selected short narratives and to
publicly screen the films in Jordan, “Amplified Voices” will grant
4,000 Jordanian dinars for each project.
At
a later stage, the RFC and MAFF will resume their cooperation in the
same project to produce four short documentary films.
Mohannad Al-Bakri, the RFC’s Managing Director, stressed the
importance of local, regional and international partnerships in
raising the level of the training programs organized by the
Commission in the field if filmmaking, and thus the quality of the
produced films through the various workshops.
He
added: “We value our partnership with the Malmö Arab Film Festival
and the support of the Swedish Institute. The importance of this
partnership stems from the prestigious status of this festival; it
is considered one of the most important Arab film festivals in
Europe and the only festival in Scandinavia that highlights cinema
and talents from the Arab region. Providing a platform through the
festival’s 12th edition, where films that tell our Jordanian stories
and reflect our cultural heritage will be screened to an
international audience, is a great support for local talents.”
Mouhamed Keblawi, Founder and Head of the Malmö Arab Film Festival,
commented: “We at the Malmö Arab Film Festival are proud of the
cooperation with the Royal Film Commission - Jordan, and this is not
the first cooperation, as the festival has previously worked, but
briefly, with the Commission in three important projects, with
funding from the Swedish Institute. Today, through the “Amplified
Voices” project, this cooperation will take its best form and result
in the production of eight short films, which will be hosted at two
future editions of the festival. This project will give an
opportunity to see stories we have not seen before from Jordan’s
various Governorates and will contribute to building the capacity of
young people across Jordan in the art of filmmaking. We are very
happy to be part of this project.”
It
is worth mentioning that the RFC has multiple partnerships in its
local and regional training programs in filmmaking, including:
Drosos Foundation, The European Union and The EU National Institutes
for Culture (EUNIC), Producers Guild of America, The Writers Guild
Foundation - USA, The United Nations, Educational, Scientific &
Cultural Organization (UNESCO), The Embassy of France in Jordan and
The U.S. Embassy in Jordan.
On
another hand, the Commission also cooperates with local entities in
the Film Centers managed by the RFC in seven Governorates,
including: Al Hussein Fund for Excellence, Zain, Aqaba Special
Economic Zone Authority, King Abdullah II Fund for Development,
Petra Development & Tourism Region Authority, Mafraq Youth
Directorate, Yarmouk University, King Abdullah II Cultural Center,
Zarqa Cultural Directorate and Anis Mouasher House in Salt.
Applications to the “Amplified Voices” project are open.
For more information, please visit the website:
www.film.jo , or contact the Royal
Film Commission – Jordan at:
workshops@film.jo |