CINEMA IN MOTION 3
Monday, 24th September 2007

08/21/2007

Cinema in Motion is a space at the International Film Festival open to feature films either in process of completing their shooting or at the post-production stage, made by filmmakers from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and the Portuguese-speaking African countries.

With Cinema in Motion 3, the San Sebastian, Amiens and Fribourg Festivals, in collaboration with the Tarifa African Film Festival, jointly explore new ways to help materialise as yet unfinished films, while serving as an efficient link between professionals, companies and institutions from these countries, Europe and Latin America.

 Programme

Je veux voir, by Khalil Joreige and Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon). The French actress Catherine Deneuve, in Beirut to attend an official event, decides to make a quick trip to South Lebanon. Reality and cinema intermingle on the way.

Nos lieux interdits, by Leila Kilani (Morocco). Four families and their search for the truth behind the jailings meted out during the Years of Lead. Painful secrets still existing decades later.

Recycle, by Mahmoud Al Massad (Jordan). An unusual visit to the native district of the Jordanian Al Zarqawi, former head of Al Quaida in Iraq, travelling in the van of an exceptional guide: a modest cardboard box collector.

Le sel de cette mer, by Annemarie Jacir (Palestine). Family reasons lead to the much-desired “return” to the Palestinian West Bank of a young girl brought up in New York. The harsh contrast dampens her dream.

These films, still at the provisional stage, will be presented on Monday, 24th September 2007 to an audience exclusively consisting of professionals from the different film sectors (producers, distributors, exhibitors, representatives from the technical industry, TV networks, festivals, institutions and aid funds). Cinema in Motion 3 comes with several different incentives offered by the following collaborating entities:

• Mactari mixing auditorium - €15,000 in services.
• Casa Arabe-IEAM - €13,000 in aid towards post-production
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) - €15,000 to cover the cost of post-production in Europe.
• Amiens Festival – one 35 mm copy.
• Fribourg Festival – one 35 mm copy.
• Mikros Image – post-production adapted to the specific needs of the chosen film.
• Swiss Effects and Kodak Suisse – conversion from digital version to 35 mm film for an approximate value of €30,000.
• Titra Film – French subtitling.
• The chosen filmmakers will have the opportunity to participate in the yearly Cinema in Motion tour of Latin America, organised by the San Sebastian and Tarifa Festivals, and in screenings of Cinema in Motion at different centres belonging to the international network of Cervantes Institute centres.

Professionals attending the Sales Office will also have the chance to view two films formerly presented at Cinema in Motion and which have now been completed: “Algérie, histoires à ne pas dire”, by Jean-Pierre Lledó (Algeria-France) and “Vivantes”, by Said Ould- Khelifa (Algeria-France).

Cinema in Motion thanks the said companies and institutions, in addition to the Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània (Barcelona), Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI), Commission du Film d’Ile-de-France, Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM), Fundación Audiovisual de Andalucía, Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE) and the Portuguese Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM)

 Programme

Monday, 24th September – Kutxa Function Hall (calle Andía s/n)

The selected projects will be detailed on the Festival website (www.sansebastianfestival.com). Interested professionals can contact the Festival Sales Office (salesoffice@sansebastianfestival.com), which is responsible for organising private meetings.