Ahmed Abdallah meeting

not believe in teaching people how to be filmmakers - people learn as they do it. but what could offer is 1 day film making workshops, using phones and laptops not fancy equipment
he would be happy to do workshops
have weekly workshops - each week with a different filmmaker - some are workshops, and some film showings

make deals for renting space. re: the idea that people who cannot afford to rent would pay in kind eg by offering workshops - he said this was a risk and could be difficult, cannot be 100% sure that they know what they are doing running a workshop
re rental of editing space etc - better to have a long term deal so not to have a headache - will not make money out of lots of small films - need some deals of 6 months
rental would need to be available thro the night

have a line of short films - produce and sell them - how would this fit with principles of creative commons, open source etc
good way to make money: subtitling service - we get the film and add the subtitles

see Maktabat Alex - young filmmakers pay LE5000 for programme and in the end Maktabat Alex owns the films, can sell them etc

similar spaces in Alexandria: el-teatro and el-kabina -- both near or on shara3 fouad

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