mec film

February 2007

1. Sundance and Filmstiftung NRW fund PORT OF MEMORY
2. New in World Sales
3. Arab Focus and TV-Conference in Augsburg
4. Berlinale
5. screenings
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1. Sundance and Filmstiftung NRW fund PORT OF MEMORY

Sundance Documentary Film Program and Filmstiftung NRW fund Kamal Aljafari's PORT OF MEMORY, a production by Kamal Aljafari in co-production with mec film.

Port of Memory tells about the present and the history of Jaffa, once a vibrant and cosmopolitan Palestinian seaport. Very poetical the film shows the strong correspondences between what happened to the people of Jaffa and what happened to city itself after the creation of Israel in 1948. The city that became the stage set for the Delta Force films and which was demolished en passant during shooting. Read more
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2. New in World Sales

ALPHA - the new experimental short by Dana Goldberg about the final minutes of an intimate night between two women. Read more

WAKE UP by Hagar Ben Asher. In her short Ben Asher looks at the dubious harmony between Shiri and her father. Starring Dana Ivgy (Or) as lead cast. Read more

You can download the World Sales catalogue here
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3. Arab Focus and TV-Conference in Augsburg

In the next edition (March 18th till 25th, 2007) Filmfestival Augsburg focuses on Arab film-making. In 20 programmes with fictional-, documentary-, and short films of the last three years the festival shows the variety of Arab film-making, most of the films will be presented by the directors in person.

In addition there will be a TV-Conference during the festival, at which editors, producers, and directors working for the large satellite-stations al-Jazeera and al-Arabyyia will introduce their work on the basis of selected series. Media experts will give background information on changes of the Arab TV-landscape since the founding of al-Jazeera ten years ago.

From February 2007 you can find the actual list of synopsis, filmo- and biographies as well as a list if guests at: http://www.filmfest-augsburg.de .You can also contact the curator of the programme, Irit Neidhardt at info@mecfilm.de
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4. Berlinale

mec film will be presented at Berlinale by Irit Neidhardt between February 9th and 18th. You can reach Irit at 49-163-5684073.
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5. screenings

mec film presents in January
in theatres

NEWS FROM HOME (Amos Gitai)
2.2.07 Gasteig Munich

YEAR ZERO (Joseph Pitchhadze)
3.2.07 Gasteig Munich