| October 2008
1. New at mec film: Production consultancy and Workshops
2. World Premiere of mec film co-production THE ONE MAN VILLAGE
3. New short-film in World Sales Catalogue: THE SHOOTER
4. Meet mec film at festivals
5. RECYCLE opened in German cinemas
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1. New at mec film: Production consultancy and Workshops
More and more film-makers from the Middle East finance their films with European money - some look for European co-production partners others apply for the funds for so called World Cinema. Competition is high. Under the pressure to find the best possible way to promote the project, people often get stuck with a bulk of confusing questions like: Do I have to explain my culture? What do Europeans want to hear or read? How can I protect my story? What are my rights in my film? How do I make a budget? What is the financing plan, and how can I know at this stage who will support me in the end? Why is the length of the film important? What is the difference between the one page synopsis and the treatment? And why do I need so many different texts for my application at all?
I believe that a project is strong when you remain faithful to your ideas. If you are clear about your strategy and if you have solid knowledge about the system in which you are going to produce, you provide a good basis for your film. If you know where you stand and what you are looking for, you can negotiate on eye-level and keep control. This is the best way to protect your project and keep the energy and courage to go through the difficult process of making a film.
mec film services accompany you with this process and beyond. I offer consultancy for single projects as well as workshops. Please find more information here
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2. World Premiere of mec film co-production THE ONE MAN VILLAGE
Simon el-Habre’s feature length THE ONE MAN VILLAGE will open the Ayam Beirut Al-Cinema’iya Arab Film Festival on Friday this week. The international premiere will be at Dubai International Film Festival in December where the film was selected to the competition for the Muhr Awards.
Content
Semaan is leading a quiet life on his farm in the small village Ain el-Halazoun in the Lebanese mountains. The hamlet was completely emptied and destroyed in combats during the civil war in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990. Today, many years after an official reconciliation, its inhabitants which are all from one family regularly go back to the village to cultivate their plots of land or visit their houses and always leave before sunset.
In his comforting and humorous film Simon el-Habre observes the life in his quasi ghost village and tries to reflect on the collective and individual memory in a country that seems to live in a collective amnesia and is vulnerable to a new civil war.
Simon el-Habre, Lebanon 2008, 86 min, color, HDV, Arabic with English subtitles
THE ONE MAN VILLAGE is a Beirut DC production in association with mec film (producers Simon el-Habre, Jad Abi Khalil and Irit Neidhardt)
Sales contact: mec film, Irit Neidhardt irit@mecfilm.de
please findf more information here
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3. New short-film in World Sales Catalogue: THE SHOOTER
We are happy to announce that mec film is the new world wide representative of Ihab Jadallah’s short film The Shooter (el-Takheekh)
Content
Palestine is occupied by the international media. It is being staged by the international media for sensational newscasts and Palestinians have become "performers" of dramatic international evening newscasts. The Shooter questions the Palestinian resistance struggle and its decadence, reaching the point of the actual chaos and lack of control.
Palestine 2007, Ihab Jadallah, 8 min, Beta, color, Arabic with English subtitles
please find more information here
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4. Meet mec film at festivals
You can meet Irit Neidhardt at the following festivals:
- Ayam Beirut: Friday 17th till Thursday 23rd of October 2008
- Dok Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival: Thursday 30th till Friday 31st of October 2008
- International Short Film Festival Winterhur: Wednesday 5th till Friday 7th of November 2008
- Dubai International Film Festival: Sunday 14th till Tuesday 16th of December 2008
contact: 49-163-5684073
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5. RECYCLE opened in German cinemas
Mahmoud al-Massad’s award winning documentary RECYCLE opened in German cinemas October 2nd, the pre-premiere took place in Eiszeit-Kino in Berlin in the presence of the director by the end of September.
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