2023-10-11 15:18:15
Shahnaz Al Bastaki: A romantic and social story that celebrates human values
A dose of knowledge and entertainment rich in aesthetic content, human values, and features of cinematic creativity, with which the Emirati and Arab film “Behind the Scenes,” by Emirati writer and poet Shahnaz Al Bastaki, and directed by Qais Dahoul, enriches the minds and ideas of audience members in the Emirati community and the Arab countries, with the launch of its screenings in local cinemas. And Al Arabiya on October 24 at Reel Cinema, then at Vox Cinema on the 26th, at Mall of the Emirates and Festival City in Dubai, at Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi, and Al Zahia Mall in Sharjah.
Screenings of the film, whose visions were inspired by the collections “Enriching the Self” and “Stay Human” by author Shahnaz Al Bastaki, will begin in Egyptian cinemas on November 1, and then in Saudi Arabia the next day.
The start and dates of showings in cinemas, and its details and story, were announced on Wednesday, during an event that included a press conference at Reel Cinema in Dubai Mall, in which the heroine of the work Nesma Qazamel, actor Mohamed Ghobashi, artistic director Ahmed Rizk, and director Qais Dahoul participated, in the presence of prominent figures, to… Along with the film’s heroes, actors, and a group of creative specialists, intellectuals, and media professionals, the conference was followed by the first opening showing of the film, at Reel Cinema.
Shahnaz Al Bastaki said: “I wanted the film to be attractive and contain a rich structure in its content, to promote peace, values and humanity. It is necessary to have intensive strategies and directions for creating the content of rich films that are balanced in their content and that reflect the central social issues that may fall into a new category of films.”
She continued: “In this category, basic elements that serve the content of the film must be added, including knowledge, consolidating values and principles, promoting human values, addressing social issues, and contributing to raising the level of civilization of peoples, to ultimately form, with the support of modern technology, suspense methods, and art, a harmonious and precious mixture that plays a role.” It is pivotal in the physical change of the human being and transports the individual to a new level of civilization. It also adds another dimension to the role of cinema. Therefore, I hope that these trends will receive broad support from all of us. I hope that the specialists and the arbitration committees will set basic standards for these elements and trends.”
Shahnaz added: “My writing and production of the film started from that vision, as I tried to search for a different path in its content and form and build in its architecture a mixture of art with its rich contents, especially since I poured these visions in a harmonious way within the plot and details of the film, which represents a romantic and social story, full of events.” Surprises also contain the blossoms of literature and poetry.”
She concluded her speech: “Unlike some popular songs, films, and content contexts that glorify material things, the film establishes true spiritual beauty. It also deliberately celebrated simple craftsmanship, which has an effective role in social balance. It also touched on poignant events and angles that shake the human conscience. It also focused on… It involves revealing the ABCs and roots of temptation and methods of corruption and fraud, while ensuring that the events are sequential and effective.”
Advanced technologies
The film’s participants, including actors and technicians, spoke during the conference regarding its scenes and worlds, as filming took place in the United Arab Emirates, and its crew includes a group of Emirati and Arab stars who succeeded in embodying the scenario in a creative way, as the work is characterized by high directing techniques, and it In his mechanisms of work, he employs all techniques to enrich and reflect the main idea around which it revolves, which is to consolidate goodness and positivity and spread justice, truth and beauty.
Interesting plot
The main events of the film, which was produced in 2022, take place on the campus of a university, where the stories, actions, discussions, and lives of a group of male and female students, along with their professors, interact and dialogue within the threads of its plot, within the various halls, corridors, and corners of the university. In this regard, the character of Dr. Mona emerges as a The main character in the film, as she is active and active and seems to have many projects and ideas. This makes her colleague, Dr. Rashid, feel jealous and envious, so he tries to obstruct her and warns her repeatedly once morest continuing the momentum of her activity, using many incorrect arguments.
In light of these worlds, the film takes us to look at a romantic story, a true love story, between the student Ahmed and his colleague Rana, which puts them together in the crosshairs of being monitored and tracked by the two students, their colleagues, Haifa and Randa, who we find igniting the fires of conspiracies, machinations and evil plots. Out of jealousy and envy.
Then the events continue and their paths escalate at a dramatic and suspenseful pace that attracts us greatly to immerse ourselves in them and experience feelings full of pleasure and suspense while we live the atmosphere of competition, conflicts, jealousy and the discrepancies between the thoughts, feelings and actions of the characters.
But the film leads us, in all these details and worlds, to an important conclusion, the essence of which is that goodness and love are the most lasting and what sustain societies and guarantee the happiness and well-being of everyone.
The film is unique in an important and rare feature, as it contains rich cultural and literary content, narrated and intensified by cultural lecture stations, poetry evenings, and cultural competitions in which we follow the participation of students and professors within the university, as these events provide us with packages full of knowledge, values, advice, stories, and good trends, and full of human features.
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