By Aleen Anderias<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 American University of Sharjah Mass Communication and Film student Nourin Zakaria presented Solo<\/em>, <\/em>her most recent film, to more than 200 people at a screening at VOX Cinemas in City Centre Al Zahia on May 23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Interviewed Sept. 5, Zakaria said that she was \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by the praise she\u2019s received since the premiere. She shared her thoughts on the path of curating the film, saying, \u201cIt was worth all the pain that I went through especially with the editing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now a second-semester junior, she said that the most memorable feedback was from Film and Multimedia Assistant Professor Mohammed Mamdouh, who taught her in a film production class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Interviewed by email, Mamdouh called Zakaria \u201ca hardworking and passionate filmmaker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe has already excelled as a filmmaker,\u201d he added, \u201cand is a gifted storyteller who has a bright future ahead of her. I could not be prouder of her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to receiving positive reviews, Zakaria said she had submitted her film to more than 30 international film festivals and organizations, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Cannes Film Festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While waiting to hear back from those festivals, Zakaria said Pinewood Studios screened her film in London, and the Student World Impact Festival (SWIFF) in the U.S. awarded her a certificate. Their accompanying letter said that Solo<\/em> was \u201chighly appreciated\u201d and \u201csucceeded in stirring thoughtful dialogue amongst jury members, which is a testament to its profound impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Demanding schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n While making Solo<\/em>, Zakaria said she experienced burnout due to her demanding university and filming schedules. She added that editing the footage took much longer than shooting it did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI should\u2019ve started to film earlier, but I was filming for 10 days and 12 hours of shooting each day,\u201d Zakaria added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The distances between many filming sites in Dubai added to the difficulties she faced during production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Upcoming plans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Zakaria highlighted the pleasure of working with MCM and Theatre student Noel Ceriani, who played the protagonist, by praising her work ethic and talent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI would film every project with her if I could,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said that she plans to cast Ceriani in her next project. Zakaria, now writing a script for it, said it will involve, for her, an unexplored genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis time it\u2019s going to be different since my focus has always been on societal and daily struggles,\u201d Zakaria said. \u201cIt won’t be tragic or dramatic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Aleen Anderias UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 American University of Sharjah Mass Communication and Film student Nourin Zakaria presented Solo, her most recent film, to more than 200 people at a screening at VOX Cinemas in City Centre Al Zahia on May 23. Interviewed Sept. 5, Zakaria said that she was \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by the praise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,34,30],"class_list":{"0":"post-4646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-aus","9":"tag-caad","10":"tag-cas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}