Award-winning director Tamer Shaaban has released the director’s cut of his cinematically epic ad showcasing the Saudi Red Crescent Authority’s (SRCA) state-of-the-art emergency response system. Titled 'A Matter of Life and Life,' the :90 film portrays two true-to-life emergency response missions in action-packed detail – from first responders at the ground level to the Red Crescent’s high-tech fleet of Level 1 Trauma helicopters.
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Inside the Craft of Editing
Tamer Shaaban shares thoughts for LBB Online on the craft of editing in short form.
Pause Online Premiere
Release of the award winning film Pause now online for the public. Watch it here.
SYNOPSIS
A young woman, suffering from depression stands on a ledge ready to end her life when she's interrupted by an uninvited visitor.
Musicbed Film Challenge
As part of the Musicbed Film Challenge, Tamer Shaaban was selected alongside many esteemed Hollywood and Film Industry leading professionals to sit on a panel of judges for the 2023 Musicbed Film Challenge as filmmakers are challenged to make a film that fits into one of these categories: Documentary, Spec-ad, or Narrative. Industry-leading judges will review every film and give personal feedback to category winners.
Film My Design Mentorship
The Emerging Local Talents (ELT) is an online mentorship program that targets Egypt-based, aspiring designers and filmmakers. The program will support creatives in developing their practice by working closely and receiving mentorship from professionals in the creative industry.
Upon acceptance, each team of participating designers and filmmakers will work hand-in-hand to produce eye-opening, educational, impactful and inspiring short films that respond to the program's theme “Mission Green!”. The theme explores the intersection of design, architecture, and city life with the environment and climate change. Each team will work for a period of 7 months (from November 2022 to May 2023) to shoot, edit and produce a film along with a trailer. The assigned program mentors, Mohamed Elshahed (Independent Author and Curator) and Tamer Shaaban (Film Director) will advise the participants on all aspects of their film production, including concept development, shooting, editing and post-production.
The final films will be screened at the 3rd edition of the FMD festival in 2024