KAI Medrar Activities 2020-2021 This action comprises various complementary and interlinked components primarily focused on video and digital art. The action primarily targets Egyptian artists with the aim to nurture their growth, support them to enter and develop within the Egyptian creative industry sector, and help them gain visibility local and internationally. a. Cairo Video Festival 10 (CVF 10) The upcoming 10th edition will consist of a showcase and a publication. The showcase will consist of cinema screenings, a loop videos exhibition, a live performance, as well as complimentary panel discussions, artist talks, and presentations. Building on last year’s new approach, this edition will focus on expanding its cultural and online venues to diverse non-conventional venues, such as commercial stores, public vitrines, bookstores, community spaces, malls, and other public spaces. In addition to the selection of works by an appointed jury, it will also commission artists and encourage site-specific works. Dutch element: 2 Dutch films to be screened. (at least) b. Video production workshop The video production workshop is an educational project aiming to bring together young artists to engage with an array of lecturers and workshop facilitators delving into theoretical and practical elements of filmmaking, in the hope to intellectually stimulate and technically equip artists experimenting with the moving image. The video production workshop will emphasize the conceptual element of filmmaking, along with technical aspects, in the aim of giving the possibility to young artists to produce high quality films worthy of screening and exhibition. The workshop will assist each student to realize their ideas, starting from the conceptual process into planning, production, post-production and screenings and distribution of the films. c. Archiving project Since its foundation, the Medrar team has been working on documenting and archiving its activities, which has led, to the creation of the online contemporary Arab arts channel “Medrar.TV”. The course of programs and activities happening within or in relation to Medrar has led to the accumulation of a significant amount of audiovisual material which Medrar wants to archive in online accessible repositories. The purpose of the online archive is to provide a shared and collective resource that will be of use to researchers, educators, art practitioners, and anyone with a general desire to explore the past decade of art production in Egypt that was documented by Medrar. d. Distribution project The distribution project aims to put video works into circulation, and nurture and highlight practicing artists locally and internationally. Medrar intends to expand its channels to support and promote artists by presenting their work to special-ized international audiences and simultaneously enrich local artistic production through both local distribution and international distribution. The long term de-sired impact is the creation of a locally recognizable structure for distributing video works both locally and internationally, which will enrich the local market and its practicing artists. e. 8th Roznama Competition and Exhibition Roznama is a periodical competition and exhibition for contemporary visual art. A platform for the full spectrum of visual art forms, ranging from the relatively tra-ditional to the avant garde. Roznama invites the latest moving images, photog-raphy, graphic art, painting, sculpture, ceramics, installations and mixed media creations by Egyptian artists under 35 years old, to an independent and objective competition and an exhibition of the notable artworks. Roznama functions as an art and cultural incubator to nurture the growth of young artists, boost their technical capabilities, and spread their artworks.