For Cultural Purposes Only
Synopsis
The Palestinian Film Archive contained over 100 films showing the daily life and struggle of the Palestinian people. It was lost in the Israeli siege of Beirut in 1982. Here interviewees describe from memory key moments from the history of Palestinian cinema. These scenes are drawn and animated. Where film survives, the artist's impressions are corroborated. This is a film about reconstruction and the idea that cinema is an expression of cultural identity - that cinema fuels memory.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 mins
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
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Sarah Wood
- Director of Photography
- Campbell
- Sound
- Andy Coles, Basel Abbas
- Original Executive/Editors
- Lucy Harris, Sue Giovanni
- Sound
- Andy Coles, Basel Abbas
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
c/o Animate Projects Ltd
89 Borough High StreetLondon
SE1 1NL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7407 3944
Sales Company
c/o Animate Projects Ltd
89 Borough High StreetLondon
SE1 1NL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7407 3944
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