Ahmed Abdallah meeting

• ADEF board member and filmmaker
• meeting: 23rd feb 12

• sound studio should be small - it is a good size

• 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

• self-sustainability

Have a line of short films. Produce and sell them. Create own projects. Music album, soundtrack, musicians, record, and sell them for revenue - - how would this fit with principles of creative commons, open source etc Subtitles - especially if it comes with a file - title, credits, telecorrection, graphics, effects

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

• Places in Cairo and Alexandria he strongly suggests visiting as examples of successful community spaces

Makttabat Alexandria El-Teatro - in Alexandria on Shara3 Fouad - space for filmmaking El Kabina - downtown Alexandria - close to Sharia Fouad Ghamet - in Moqattam

• Contacts for possible workshop facilitators

Hesham Saqr - editing, set design, sound design, posters Sahma Radwan - sound editing

• Contact for help with pricing of rental spaces

Hany Saqr - brother of Hesham Saqr