Mass Communication and Media Department at GUST OrganizesSecond Annual Cultural Industry Conference:“THE SCRIPT”
Kuwait City, 12th April 2015– The Mass Communication and Media Department (MCM), along with the student-led Media Club at the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) will host an award ceremony at the university campus in Mishref. The event will pay tribute to some of Kuwait’s best-known screen legends:Abdulhussain Abdulredha, Mohammed Al Mansour, Hayat Al Fahad, Souad Abdullah, and Saad Al Faraj with Lifetime Achievement Awards.
The award ceremony kick starts aweeklong conference organized by students and faculty whose goal is to celebrate local cultural icons, emerging talent, and inspire the next generation to discover their inner talents and appreciate the achievements of their predecessors. It is organized in collaboration with the student-led Media Club whose mission is to embrace youthfulness, and help develop students’ talent and creativity in the service of public interest. The remainder of the conference from April 13-16 will host prominent speakers and events that are free to the public. Speakers include filmmakers Abdullah Bushahri and Khaled Amin, Marina FM’s EmanNajem and Ali Najem, specialists Dr. Jamshid Malekpour and Dr. Khalefah Al Hajri, Sahar Al Lail TV series writer Fahad Al-Olaiwa, and others. In addition, the conference will feature a festival of Kuwaiti shortfilms, followed by open discussions with selected actors, producers and directors. The three-day film festival will be moderated by AbdulSattarNaji – film, theater, and drama critic from Annahar Newspaper.
On April 16 at 12:30, the non-profit NGO, INJAZ-Kuwait and in collaboration with GUST, will also host a “Business Leaders Campaign” panel discussion featuring film industry expertsZeyad Al Husaini, Abdullah Bushahri, and Nadia Ahmed, which will be moderated by “Launch on Fire” presenter, Khalid Al Zanki.Attendees seeking a hands-on approach to film can pay a small fee to attendworkshops on documentary filmmaking or sound engineering for TV and Film. Workshop details and registration, as well as a full schedule of the conference events, areavailable at https://script.gust.edu.kw.
MCM Department Chair, Dr. Fahed Al-Sumait, said, “Tonight’s event is the culmination of many months of hard work and planning. This has been an invaluable learning experience for all of the students involved, and I am proud to see what they can accomplish. The enthusiasm and dedication our team has shown is proof that the upcoming generation is well on its way to achieving great things.”
The MCM Department and its students organized the conference as the second in a three-year sequence. Each annual conference is dedicated to an area of emphasis within the department’s Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Mass Communication. These include Visual Communication, Radio and TV Broadcasting, and Public Relations and Advertising. The previous conference, “THE SEEN”, was held in 2014 and focused on visual communication in Kuwait. Next year’s conference will be dedicated to public relations and advertising.
