We are delighted to announce at the Jesuit Cultural Center:

Masterclass
With the renowned cinematic scenic designer, Mr. Ansi Abou Seif

The great artist, Mr. Ansi Abou Seif, is one of the most prominent set designers and scenic artists in the history of Egyptian cinema and among the most influential of his contemporaries. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1967, beginning his artistic career as an assistant set designer in The Mummy (Al-Momia), directed by the late Shadi Abdel Salam.

Within just one year, his exceptional talent as a scenic designer emerged in Diary of a Country Prosecutor (Yawmiyyat Na’ib fil-Aryaf). Since then, he has enriched Egyptian cinema with his creativity across dozens of films that have become landmarks. Director Dawoud Abdel Sayed even described him as “the artist of Egyptian cinema” in a dedication at the beginning of El-Kit Kat, a film whose visual world was greatly enhanced by Mr. Ansi Abou Seif’s designs, bringing its details to life and reinforcing the credibility of its characters and their dramatic motivations.

Among his most notable works, vividly remembered in Egyptian cinema, are:
Alexandria Again and Forever, Days of Sadat, El-Kit Kat, Messages from the Sea, Ibrahim the White, Dreams of Hind and Camelia, The Wife of an Important Man, Love in the Cell, Land of Fear, Why, Violet?, Beggars and Noblemen, Land of Dreams, Harafish, A Sweet and Bitter Day, Adieu Bonaparte, The Last of the Honorable Men, The Traveler.

📅 Date: Friday, May 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM
📍 Location: Garage Theater

Accepted applicants will be contacted via email to confirm attendance.

Attendance is free after filling out the form.

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