Greenhouse, a unique and advanced international training program, is opened for filmmakers interested in creating documentaries on the theme of Racism & Human Rights. Greenhouse, a leading organization for documentary filmmaking, aims to continue to support cultural exchanges between participating countries and contributes to mutual understanding between audiovisual actors of the European Union and the Mediterranean region, by underlining both common values and inherent cultural diversity.
The aim of the World Cinema Fund is to help the realization of films which otherwise could not be produced, i.e. feature films and creative feature-length documentaries with a strong cultural identity. Another important goal is to strengthen the profile of these films in German cinemas.
Greenhouse' Fourth Year Project "5 Broken Cameras" by Emad Bornat (Palestine) Guy Davidi (Israel) received a Production Grant from prestigious Jan Vrijman Fund (IDFA)
The filmmakers of "5 Broken Cameras" presented their project last December at the final Greenhouse pitching forum and. The project voted as the best project and was awardeda 15,000$ development grant by Claire Aguilar, Vice President of Programming of ITVS (USA) awarded.
"5 Broken Cameras" tells the story of Emad Bornat, a Palestinian cameraman, who decides to film the struggle against the wall in his village. Throughout the years he documents the strikes on his personal life due to the punishment actions of the Israeli army side to side to documenting his younger son growing. Daily arrests, night invasions scare his wife and kids, 3 of his brothers and are arrested and sent to prison, his second friend is shot dead, finally he is arrested too and even has a deadly car accident that he barley survives due to the construction of the wall. One Camera after another, each has its story. His story is a story of resistance.
Greenhouse' First Seminar on the Theme of Racism & Human Rights - Istanbul, April 2010 The Greenhouse first seminar will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, April 13th 18th.
The prominent documentary filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo will give a Master Class in Greenhouse' first seminar on the theme of racism & human rights. Honkasalo is considered one of the most influential director and cinematographer both in her native Finland and world wide. She gained a multitude of awards both for her films (including at IDFA, Zagreb, Chicago, Venice, Locarno) and life's work achievement awards in Finland and in Thessalonki Documentary Film Festival. Her documentaries which she shoots herself on film (mostly 35 mm) have a stunning and hypnotic beauty and mostly deals with human rights issues, theological themes and war ordeals.
During the first seminar the filmmakers will focus on the declaration of intentions and the projects synopses, these two elements will reexamined in depth and broadened while concentrating on dramatic narrative and the main characters. The participants will work with the Greenhouse mentors and special experts: John Appel, Bruni Burres, Nenad Puhovski, Steven Seidenberg and Hans Robert Eisenhauer.
Greenhouse' first year project MY NAME IS AHLAM(White Hall) directed by Rima Essa (Palestine) and produced by Claudia Levin (Israel) will premiere at the DocAviv 2010 Film Festival .
The film participated in the Greenhouse first year and received support from the New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and TV, Israeli Channel 8 - Noga Communications and Human TV- Netherlands.
Synopsis: MY NAME IS AHLAM it an incredible Story of a Palestinian women and her daughter Ahlam (5) battling leukemia, her husband, her occupiers and anyone who is in the way of her daughter’s path to health.
Greenhouse' 4th year project "The Dolphin" by Yonatan Nir, Dani Menkin and Judith Ramon-Manassen(Israel) have recently signed a distribution agreement with First Hand Films.
"The Doplphin" is the story of Morad - a young Arab-Israeli, who dissociated himself from reality due to a severe trauma; on the verge of hospitalization in a mental institution, he is taken by his father to be treated with dolphins in the Red Sea.
For more information about The Dolphin click here.
Greenhouse, a unique and advanced international training program, is opened for filmmakers interested in creating documentaries on the theme of Racism & Human Rights. Greenhouse, a leading organization for documentary filmmaking, aims to continue to support cultural exchanges between participating countries and contributes to mutual understanding between audiovisual actors of the European Union and the Mediterranean region, by underlining both common values and inherent cultural diversity.
