Effat University’s Students Celebrate Their Film Creations on YouTube
29 June 2020
Media Center
Under the patronage of her Royal Highness Princess Lolowah AL Faisal, the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and General Supervisor of Effat University, YouTube has hosted thirty different films that has been created by female students of Effat University during the course of the past seven years.
The
films varied between documentaries and animation films that represent an
innovative of Saudi culture. Yesterday,
the curtain fell on the seventh session of this festival, which was launched
virtually on the Internet, following social distancing measures due to the Corona
Virus pandemic.
Dr.
Haifa Reda Jamal Al-Lail, President of Effat University, stated that the
festival, organized by the School Cinematic Arts, is the first Arab cinematic
event to be launched online since the start of the Corona Virus pandemic, and
the ceremony was also a celebration of the Ministry of Education's approval of
the new program in the school of cinematic arts, which is the first of its kind
in the Gulf to teach film production and animation.
The
President of the Student Council at the School of Cinematic Arts, student
Joanna Al-Fitni, commented that this year's festival was a tribute to the
students of the visual and digital production department at the university,
which, after 7 years of age, turned into a stand-alone school that contributes
to shaping the cultural and cinematic scene in our beloved Kingdom. She added,
"We are marked by the Ministry of Culture headed by His Royal Highness
Prince Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud, which contributes to empowering women in the
age of cinema and making their voices heard." Student Hadeel Muharram
Media Coordinator at the Student Council, confirmed that “our films seek to
share ideas that we hope will reach people's hearts and interact with them,
because those films have changed our vision of the world and of each other,
wishing they will inspire other people as well”. While the student Lama Al
Sharhan, Student Council Advisor, relied on the role of the Ministry of Culture
in supporting cinematic arts students to draw a realistic picture of the
Kingdom and introduce the world to it honestly.
