In decisions expected to play a major role in obstructing or at least delaying the completion of many Egyptian dramas, some of which are facing an unknown fate, a number of Arab artistic unions called on the makers of Arab drama between Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, to be very careful and postpone filming many scenes, Especially the collective ones, or those that will be photographed in collective places.
The Syndicate of Representative Professions in Egypt postponed filming the collective scenes of the dramas that are being worked on at the present time, and stopping all activities that require human gatherings, and then lingering in the implementation of scenes that require a large number of actors and workers, especially not to travel to remote filming sites Or endemic locations, in addition to following precautions and preventive procedures in filming locations, and adhering to preventive medical procedures issued by the Ministry of Health for individuals, such as sterilizing hands with alcohol disinfectants and drinking water, and sterilizing filming sites by preventive medical methods Approved by the Egyptian Ministry of Health.
The captain of the acting professions in Egypt, Dr. Ashraf Zaki, in a telephone interview compiled by the Egyptian journalist Amr Adib in the “Story” program on MBC, drew attention to the value of the protection of artists that the Egyptian Artists Syndicate is committed to and the protection measures taken by the union in this The purpose, saying: «Undoubtedly, the union issued a precautionary statement in this purpose taking into account a number of precautionary measures, such as group scenes that are advised to be postponed in the current period, and not to photograph in remote and remote places that could be more vulnerable to any contamination of the virus, and to disinfect and sterilize the imaging areas, Existing labor sterilization and na He sees it from other preventive steps. ”He excluded what technical sources reported about the possibility of stopping the filming of Ramadan series entirely in Egypt due to the Corona virus, saying:“ In Lebanon, stop filming, but we, God willing, we will not resort to it. ”
Tight measures in Lebanon
On the other hand, and contrary to the technical measures taken in Egypt, the technical unions in Lebanon issued an official statement calling for dramatic production companies to double the precautionary measures, and “to take the necessary preventive measures and suspend the activity for a period of two weeks on all Lebanese lands, while following the developments in order to preserve the health of Artists and workers in these works ». The decision of the eight technical unions in Lebanon came to face a growing infection in Lebanese society.
With this decision, the Ramadan marathon became suspended until further notice, and the decision to comment became a real obstacle for Arab drama makers to complete the dozens of Ramadan series that they are currently busy filming, which raises several questions about the fate of the Ramadan dramatic and programmatic map this year, in light of the repeated calls and public reservations it is taking. Arab countries to prevent the risk of the spread of the emerging corona virus. Ended and “pending” workshops while a number of drama and cinema makers in Egypt struggle to catch up with time, and finish filming their competing works in Ramadan. A number of dramatic and cinematic art workshops in Egypt supervised the completion of filming all of its internal and external scenes, most notably The series of the Egyptian star Amir Karara and Dina Fouad, "The Choice", which will be shown in Ramadan 2020, and the series "Valentino", which has been long awaited since the last Ramadan season, and which leader Adel Imam enters from the Grand Gate this time, to refute all the rumors about his deteriorating health. Finally, he withdrew from the marathon The drama last year, according to various technical sources.
On the other hand, it was also announced that the filming of the movie star Kareem Abdel-Aziz, “Some go to the authorized twice” and the movie “Al-Aref”, which addresses this year's championship, include a group of movie stars in Egypt such as Ahmed Ezz and Ahmed Fahmy, which is slated for release in the theaters of the Eid Al-Fitr season. Next.
On the other hand, according to the agendas of the companies that produce various new artworks, a group of other Egyptian stars are distributed among the various photography sites, which are still bent on completing their own scenes, most notably the artist Ahmed Fahmy, Akram Hosni and Bayoumi Fouad, the stars of the new comedy series «Timon and Pumba», and stars "Al-Fatwa" series, the artist Yasser Jalal, Riyadh Al-Khouli, and the star Mohammed Ramadan, Rogina and Edward, the stars of the "Prince" series, in addition to the stars of the series "Cairo" Tariq Lutfi, Khaled Al-Sawy, Fathi Abdel Wahab and others.
The makers of the series “The Game of Oblivion” star Dina El-Sherbiny and Ahmed Dawoud are also busy filming the work in preparation for attaching it to the Ramadan marathon 2020, as well as the team of the new Ramadan series “100 W” by the star Aser Yassin and Nelly Karim. On the other hand, the Lebanese star Haifa Wehbe and the team of the series "Fatih Black" have not yet completed all the scenes of the work, despite the start of its filming a long time ago, according to the statements of the author of the work Amin Jamal.
A global crisis
The situation does not seem better with regard to the production process and the state of the art around the world, after the international company «Netflix» announced the suspension of its production recently, and the suspension of workshops of many series currently being filmed in the United States and Canada, in addition to the company's precautions today from the dangers of photography in various European cities today, And its reluctance to complete it in the various endemic places around the world, which portends a state of impotence and almost complete paralysis that the TV production movement is witnessing in general, and its expectation in return for a scientific and medical miracle.