CAIRO - Many filmmakers are now preparing to give their cameramen the cue to start shooting movies in praise of the youth revolution. Veteran director Magdi Ahmed Ali says that he's busy with the script for the film Al-Midan (The Square), inspired by the dramatic events which began to unfold on January 25. Ali discloses that, as soon as the revolution erupted and the young demonstrators started camping out in Al Tahrir Square, he grabbed his camera and rushed there to start filming. Unsurprisingly, Al-Midan will star young actors who were in the frontline in Al Tahrir Square, including Mona Hala and Ahmed Magdi. Meanwhile, scriptwriter Nasser Abdel Rahman has shut himself up in his office to put the finishing touches to the script for “The Street is Ours”, which will highlight the fact that the Egyptian nation controls the political street. According to Abdel Rahman, The Street is Ours will be directed by Khaled Youssef, who will soon be meeting with producer Kamel Abu Ali, before the cast are summoned to start shooting. In the meantime, Al-Adl Film Production Group, owned by Al-Adl family, have been no less busy. One of the three brothers running the group, Medhat Al-Adl, has been assigned to do the script for a new film inspired by the January revolution. Medhat, who accompanied his children to Al Tahrir during the revolution, has suggested Back Street as a suitable name for the new film, adapted from a novel written by late man-of-letters Abdel Rahman el-Sharkawi, in memory of the heroes of the revolt against the British occupation in 1935. "This revolt of nearly 80 years ago was spearheaded by late political leader Abdel Hakam el-Garhi, who was a student at the time. Likewise, the January 25 Revolution was launched by young people. "What has just happened in Egypt was unpredictable. We shouldn't hurry. We should be patient and wait some time before revealing our impressions about what happened on January 25 and its consequences. Hastily made films will be funny and fraught with mistakes," he warns. Documentary filmmakers are also busy, with scriptwriter Mohamed Hefzi confirming that he's going to produce and direct a documentary film about the events which started on January 25.
