Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
Higher Institute of Cinema (
Arab
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ic:المعهد العالي للسينما) was founded in 1957 as the first of its kind in the
Middle East
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and
Africa
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, and is affiliated to the ministry of culture. The institute is a member of the International Organisation For Cinema Colleges and Institutes. Over years the institute participated in many international festivals and gained many awards and honour certificates. Beside the bachelor's degree, the institute grants master's and
PhD degree
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s in the art and science of cinema.
Ahmed Kamel Morsi
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Etymology
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was head of direction at the Institute.
Helmi Halim taught scriptwriting there from 1959 until his death in 1971. Graduates of the Institute have included
Hicham Abou al-Nasr,
Mohamed Abou Seif,
Kamla Abou Zikri,
Inas al-Deghidi,
Radwane al-Kachef,
Mohamed Kamal al-Kalioubi,
Marwan Hamed
Marwan Hamed ( ar, مروان حامد; born May 29, 1977) is a young Egyptian film director.Adil M. Asgarov, 'Hamed, Marwan (1977–)', Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa'. He is the son of author Wahid Hamed an ...
,
Said Hamed,
Mohamed Mostafa Kamal and
Sandra Nashaat.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130509164128/http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/cairo/index.html
Education in Cairo
Film schools in Egypt
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