The Screening…

It was last Monday afternoon, at 6 pm when the AWOL screening took place at the NDU auditorium. Frankly, I was expecting something exactly different of what I have seen. I was expecting to see the traditional AWOL shot list just translated into edited in-order work as we did during shooting. But, maybe to my lack of experience in the field of documentaries’ and short film making, I fell into the thinking of doing things just in-order without breaking the boundaries and opening a hole that allows the viewer’s vision extend to touch his feelings.

I admit Brigid’s tendency and not only that but her success to break the frame and allow the vision and expectations of the audience rise and rise and in away shock them or touch their feelings as it happened to me, especially at the level of the bathroom scene. It was well done, I admit, and I am very proud of being part of it.

Not only that, but there is also a fine piece of art in the work. If any one realized a small cockroach creeping away outside the frame and a professionally-held NOURA following it. The scene then leaves the poor cockroach goes away and ends with a wide shot of the desert-like horizon. I am really complemented and uplifted with it.

The Q & A took place, it was smooth, but his Excellency Mr. Dr. acted fake, showing off infront of everybody, trying to communicate his message:

He said: “Do you mind if I find a media sponsor for the work;” (directing his words to Brigid)
Brigid replied: “no problem with me”;

I personally didn’t understand what he really wanted, and I found later that neither me nor others including Brigid got a word of what he was saying. So, he was complicating things in order nobody in the room to understand and included the word “media” in order to show himself as a network of links to media outlets, without whom, as if, AWOL wouldn’t find its way to the audience.

That’s all I can say, I am bored of speaking; but yalla, better than keeping them inside.