a creative hub for minds and markets which will nurture promising Egyptian and Arab cinema projects & filmmakers and help them find artistic and financial support will be an important part of the El Gouna Film Festival’s activities.The CineGouna Platform, will present programme initiatives such as the CineGouna Springboard and the Cinegouna Bridge that will provide an opportunities for learning through film making workshops, panel discussions, roundtables and masterclasses with experts in the field of Cinema.
At the CineGouna Springboard, some of the most promising new Arab projects that are in development as well as ‘work in progress’ films from Arab world will be presented to invited experts for their feedback and thus provide the creators of new Arab projects a unique opportunity to evaluate and enhance the international potential of their work and find co-production partners.
Cinegouna Bridge, aims to be meeting-point and platform for dialogue between different cinematic voices and serve as a link between filmmakers from the Arab world and their international counterparts.