Project Detail

For Cultural Purposes Only

Name: For Cultural Purposes Only
Director: Sarah Wood
Genre: Experimental, Woman Director
Released: 2009
Duration: 9 mins

Synopsis

An experimental film essay investigating the cultural importance of cinema. In an age dominated by the moving image what would it feel like to never see an image of the place that you came from?

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: Sarah Wood
Director of Photography: Campbell
Sound: Andy Coles, Basel Abbas
Original Executive/Editors: Lucy Harris, Sue Giovanni
Sound: Andy Coles, Basel Abbas

Genre

Experimental Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

c/o Animate Projects Ltd

89 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1NL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7407 3944

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c/o Animate Projects Ltd

89 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1NL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7407 3944

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