(MENAFN- Gulf Times) There is great passion for film-making and telling stories in Qatar, observed young British actress Kaya Rose Scodelario who is in Qatar to take part in the 5th Ajyal Youth Film Festival organised by Doha Film Institute.
Speaking to Gulf Times, Scodelario said, 'I am impressed by the passion of the participants in the film festival for film-making and to tell stories. And there are a number of stories about lots of different subjects. It has been a really wonderful experience and to understand how the next generation is being groomed in the film culture in the country.
'I have been in Qatar for the last three days and I can see how the country invests in the next generation. Education is a big priority for the country and so many resources are being invested into the next generation, continued the actress.
According to Scodelario, the multicultural experience in the country is an advantage for film-making in Qatar. 'It helps in telling stores from various angles as art and culture is all about telling stories from different perspectives and experience. It should not be just American or British films. It should be about everyone. It should be something that everyone can watch and relate to themselves, she explained.
She also recalled her interaction with some 200 children earlier in the day. 'I have been telling the children that the more they watch the films, the more they get and can explore more genres and more cultures. The kids were very exciting and intelligent that they asked me some question which were never asked before in my 10 years of film career. They were really smart, she pointed out.
As for her career in acting, Scodelario stated that she loved acting right from early childhood. 'I love acting and I was not very good at school as I was dyslexic and did not know how to study. But I was confident about acting. I was lucky to get an audition for acting and got selected for the role which was the beginning of my career, she highlighted.
'I was dyslexix and was undiagnosed for a very long time. It was only discovered when I was 16 years and by then I had already suffered for years thinking that I was stupid. It is just a different way of how your brain thinking. If you can identify it, you can train your brain to think in a different way, she added.
The actress is best known for her roles as Effy Stonem on the E4 teen drama Skins (2007-2010; 2012), Catherine Earnshaw in Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights (2011), Teresa Agnes in The Maze Runner film series and Carina Smyth in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).
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