Higher Institute of Cinema

The Higher Institute Of Cinema (Arabic:المعهد العالي للسينما), also known as the Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema, Cairo Higher Film Institute, and other variants, is a film school in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of several institutes making up the Academy of Arts.

History

The Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo, Egypt,^[1] also known as the Cairo Higher Film Institute,^[2][3] also translated as the Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema^[4] or Cairo Higher Cinema Institute,^[5][6] was founded in 1959 by government decree as one of several arts institutes affiliated to the Ministry of Culture.^[1]

In 1969, the Academy of Arts was created by the government, and the Institute of Cinema became one several attached to the academy.^[1]

In 1981, the academy underwent a reorganisation.^[1]

In 2019, it was decided that a branch of the Academy of Arts would be established in Alexandria. This new academy will incorporate all of the educational facilities in Princess Faiqa Ahmed Fouad Palace.^[7]

In March 2024, it was announced that a decision was awaited regarding the establishment of another campus of the Academy of Arts, including the Higher Institute of Cinema, the Conservatory, the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts, and the Higher Institute of Ballet, in El-Shorouk, northeast of Cairo.^[7]

Description

The Higher Institute of Cinema is part of the Academy of Arts^[1] affiliated to the Ministry of Culture.^[1]

As of 2019^[update] the institute offered courses for both cinema and television in the following subjects:^[1]

• Screenwriting
• Film production
• Directing
• Scene and costume designing
• Cinematography
• Sound design
• Montage : It includes Cinema and T.V. montage.
• Animation

It offered the following degrees:^[1]

• B.A. in cinematic arts, majors in one of the above-mentioned subjects
• Post-graduate diploma in the arts of cinema in one of the above-mentioned subjects
• Master's degree
• Ph.D. in arts or in philosophy of arts in the above-mentioned subjects
• D.A.

People

Staff

Ahmed Kamel Morsi was head of direction at the Institute. Helmi Halim taught scriptwriting there from 1959 until his death in 1971.^[2]

Alumni

Graduates of the institute have included:

• Hicham Abou al-Nasr^[2]
• Mohamed Abou Seif^[2]
• Kamla Abou Zikri^[2]
• Inas al-Deghidi^[2]
• Radwane al-Kachef^[2]
• Mohamed Kamal al-Kalioubi^[2]
• Marwan Hamed^[2]
• Said Hamed^[2]
• Mohamed Mostafa Kamal^[2]
• Sandra Nashaat^[2]
• Ahmed Nader Galal (directing, 1997), actor, son of Nader Galal and grandson of Mary Queeny and Ahmed Galal.^[8]
• Ahmed Zaki (1974)^[9]

References

1. "Academy Of Art". Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
2. Roy Armes (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
3. Hillauer, R. (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American University in Cairo Press Series. American University in Cairo Press. p. 1986-IA1. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
4. Lipska, M.; Talarczyk, M. (2021). Hope Is of a Different Color: From the Global South to the Lodz Film School. Museum under Construction. Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. p. 278. ISBN 978-83-64177-93-4. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
5. Ginsberg, T.; Lippard, C. (2020). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
6. Armes, R. (2018). Roots of the New Arab Film. Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-253-03173-0. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
7. "New branch of Egypt's Academy of Arts to open in El-Shorouk City". Ahram Online (in Arabic). 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
8. "Ahmed Nader Galal - Director Filmography، photos، Video". elCinema.com. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
9. "Ahmed Zaki, 55, Leading Man in Egyptian Films, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

External links

• Academy of Arts