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Report: Marwa Al-Soury
Under the patronage of the Minister of Culture, His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Fouad Hanno, the National Cinematheque, headed by Director of Photography Dr. Hussein Bakr, organized a film screening and seminar on the occasion of Science Day within the framework of joint activities held monthly at the Dokimisr Public Library.
Dr. Hussein Bakr confirmed the Science Day, saying: This year, the National Cinematheque chose to celebrate the festival at the Egyptian Public Library, a large building considered a window to science and knowledge.
The film “The Journey of Al-Aqbawi” by director Ayman Safwat was also screened during the event, and the story of the film revolves around his life history of the family of Muhammad Al-Aqbawi, a famous snake catcher. “The Film Occupation” stated that the idea came to his friend, Dr. Sherif Abdullah, the executive director, because keeping birds and reptiles was considered a hobby of his. Once, he was invited to go hunting with him. He thought it would be a fishing trip, but to his surprise, it turned out to be a journey to hunt snakes and scorpions in Fayoum in two days. He knew that this was an identity for many people living in the Egyptian desert. In fact, he decided to take it on a trip and met the most famous snake hunter “Mohammad Al-Aqbawi” in it, and he liked his character, he was an old man with experience in hunting with children. He decided to pick up a camera and started working on the idea and began to get to know this beautiful world, which is a little scary for some people, but his differences and not knowing much about it made him realize the importance of entering… The experience took place over a period of more than three years. During this period, he filmed the work and followed the family’s journey step by step. He spent two days in the province of Fayoum and one day in Abu Rawash, in the house of Mohammed Akbawi and on the farm inside his residence.
The film also won the Best Documentary Award at the Casablanca Film Festival in Morocco, the Best Documentary Award at the Medenine Short Film Festival in Tunisia, the Best Short Film Award at the Palais de Cinema Forum, the Audience Award at the Youssef Chahine Film Festival, and the Best Environmental Film Award at the Qena Short Film Forum. The awards ceremony was attended by Ambassador Raouf Al-Ridy, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Egypt’s Public Libraries. They praised the quality of the purposeful films screened by the National Cinematheque and its diversity for all target groups.
After the film screening, a seminar was held, where Prof. Dr. Sahar Abdel-Al, a physician and consultant at the Suez Medical Center, and Dr. Maysa Abdel-Hay, Director of the Center for Gifted Children, spoke about (nurturing scientific talent in pioneer groups) and how to care for innovators, and the director of the center, Dr. Hussein Bakr, also discussed with the film director how he faced the difficulties of filming snakes and scorpions in these dangerous environments.
It is noteworthy that the joint event with the Doki Misr Public Library is part of the external activities of the Film and Cultural Center, 36 Sharif Street, affiliated to the National Film Center, which is supervised by writer Amal Abdel Majeed, director of the Film and Cultural Center.
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