Audio-Visual Unit
Production Grants
Work continued on a number of films that have been awarded grants by the Production Support Project (PSP). These include: Gaza – Cut, Copy, Paste by Khalil El Muzayen; Ismail by Nora Alshareef; Maqlooba by Nicolas Damun (which was selected for the Arab World Institute’s film festival in Paris and for the Tribeca Film Festival in Doha); Izreqaq by Rama Mari; No Exit by Muhannad Yaqoubi; and Stolen Dawn by Ramzi Hazboun.
Lighting and Grip Unit
The Foundation acquired additional equipment for the Lighting and Grip Unit, and established processes for transporting, storing, and maintaining equipment. The equipment has been used for producing documentary films, short fiction films, commercials, and other visual works. The equipment was given to other PSP recipients as part of their production grant packages.
Building Qualifications
As part of the Foundation’s efforts to build qualifications across the audio and visual sectors, two sessions were arranged in Ramallah for Foundation Director Elia Suleiman to meet with a group of emerging filmmakers, students, visual artists, and others interested in cinematic expression. A training course in lighting and grip was supervised by French trainer Blaise Basdevant at the Foundation premises in Ramallah, and a workshop was also organised at the Foundation for Department of Television Studies students at Dar Al-Kalima Faculty.
Ramallah Doc Pitching 2013
This year, the A. M. Qattan Foundation started a partnership with the French Consulate General (Jerusalem), the Goethe Institute (Ramallah), and ARTE TV in support of the fifth annualRamallah Doc Pitching event. Held in Ramallah, Doc Pitching is an opportunity to give independent Palestinian filmmakers the opportunity to propose their projects to a panel of commissioning editors, producers, and representatives from international TV companies. Thirteen filmmakers participated in training courses prior to the final pitching session. During the period covered by this report, a workshop about how to prepare and develop film trailers was led by the French-Tunisian director Karim al-Direidi.
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| Lighting and grip training course, organised by CAP at the Foundation in Ramallah |
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| The first workshop of "Ramallah Doc 'Pitching' 2013" , by French-Tunisian Director Karim al-Direidi |