the Knight and the Princess /taxonomy/term/328136 en ‘The Knight and the Princess’: Saudi-Egyptian animated film champions Arab voices, stories /node/1563031/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/nourhan-tewfik">Nourhan Tewfik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2019-10-02 14:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> CAIRO: “The Knight and the Princess,” Egypt’s first animated feature film, created by a Saudi company, recently had its world premiere at the third edition of the El Gouna Film Festival and will soon make its way to the 9th Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden.</p> <p> Scripted and directed by prominent screenwriter Bashir El-Deek and co-directed by Ibrahim Mousa Mostafa, with character designs by late cartoonist Mustafa Hussein, this long-awaited action-adventure animated comedy is the latest production from leading Saudi-led animation company, Alsahar Animation.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/10/02/1779616-1545315979.jpg" width="838" height="468" alt="" title="The animation is a fictionalized account of the adventures of 7th century Basra-born warrior Mohammed Bin Alkassim. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/lifestyle/art-culture">Art &amp; Culture</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/328136">the Knight and the Princess</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/animated-film">animated film</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/egypt">Egypt</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/culture-and-entertainment">Culture and Entertainment</a></div></div></div> Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:43:25 +0000 saffiyanews 1563031 at