Crossroads Catalogue 2009
Crossroads Catalogue 2009 Crossroads Catalogue 2009
Benecé ProduccionsCompany ProfileBenecé Produccions S.L. was founded in 1986 as an audiovisual production company, and since then hascarried out its activity in the field of video, television, cinema and advertising production and direction.For the last 8 years, Benecé has been developing its line of full-length fiction films and documentaries,framed within the original, inquisitive viewpoint of their creators and the relevance to history and the contemporaryworld. This new line took off with titles such as “El Cas Pinochet” (2001), by Patricio Guzmán,or “Cravan vs Cravan” (2002), by Isaki Lacuesta.Recent productions include “Ingrid” (2008) by Eduard Cortés and “Los Condenados” by Isaki Lacuesta. Thelatter won the international critic’s price (FIBPRESCI) at the San Sebastian Film Festival 2009.Benecé’s team of professionals is made up of 30 permanent staff and a carefully selected group of collaboratorswho bring their specific viewpoint to each project.Producer’s ProfileXavier Atance is co-founder of Benecé Produccions and producer of all the audiovisual productionsmade by Benecé.Marieke van den Bersselaar studied Film and Television at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.She then left her country to live in Barcelona, Spain.There, she started working at the audiovisual production company Nanouk Films, searching financing fordocumentary projects and producing countless video clips and other audiovisual projects. As a freelancer,she worked in different kinds of audiovisual projects for a variety of production companies in Barcelona.In 2008 she started financing and producing two documentaries for the production company Black TrainFilms.Recently, she’s entered Benecé Produccions where she helps finding financing and distribution for bothBenecé’s documentaries and feature films.Marieke van den Bersselaar,Xavier AtanceProducersContactName of Company: Benecé ProduccionsAddress: Passatge de Tona 10T: +34 932 840 719M: +34 616 313 479marieke@benece.es www.benece.esSelected FilmographyLos Condenados, 2009Ingrid, 2009Nadar (doc), 2008El Pallasso i el Führer (TV), 2007Dies d’Agost, 2006SPAIN9
SYRIA / FRANCERana Kazkaz & Anas KhalafDirectorsContactAddress: PO Box 3341 Damascus, SyriaT: +33-689-830-735M: +33-689-830-735rkazkaz@aol.comanaskhalaf@gmail.comFilmographyGibran, 2011 (in development)Exquisite Corpse (short), 2008Kemo Sabe (short), 2007Driving to Zigzigland, 2007DamaScenesCreditsProduced by: Rana Kazkaz & Anas KhalafDirector: Rana Kazkaz & Anas KhalafScriptwriter: Screenplay by Rana Kazkaz –Story by Rana Kazkaz & Anas KhalafCo-Producers: Les Films de Zayna (France),Sombrero Films (France)Budget: 1.000.000 EurosSecured Financing: 12%SynopsisDamascus, Syria – The Present. Although their spiritual beliefs, ties to the past and dreams for the presentare different, six Damascenes – a Mother and Daughter, a Father and Son, a Grandfather and Granddaughter- with backgrounds deeply rooted in tradition, struggle with their ability to live in a modernizingworld. They do, however, share one thing in common - life has thrust them together during a peculiartime – Ramadan. Whether faced with finding a suitable husband, pursuing meaningful employment orcoping with illness or the death of a loved one, these six main characters find themselves confronted bya similar struggle, between modernity and tradition. Ultimately, these confrontations – humorous andtragic – will require that these characters realize that their survival as individuals and as family dependson their ability to make peace with the present instead of living in a glorified past.Director’s StatementIt is widely accepted that Damascus is the oldest, continuously inhabited capital city in the world. As such,Damascus is bound to centuries-old traditions. For this reason, its path towards modernity, although inevitable,is embraced by some of its citizens and rejected by others. Our humble wish for the citizens ofDamascus, including ourselves, is that we learn to honour the past and make peace with the present inorder to improve our future. Our hope is that DamaScenes, the film, will offer the world an enlighteningwindow into this city and its inhabitants - a place and people often misunderstood, as they are not typicallyvisited by outsiders.10
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- Page 21 and 22: BULGARIAThe JudgmentCreditsProduced
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- Page 25 and 26: FRANCEOdyssey of a Vagabond Princes
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- Page 33 and 34: TURKEYShadows and FacesCreditsProdu
- Page 35 and 36: CYPRUSThe Story of the Green LineCr
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Benecé ProduccionsCompany ProfileBenecé Produccions S.L. was founded in 1986 as an audiovisual production company, and since then hascarried out its activity in the field of video, television, cinema and advertising production and direction.For the last 8 years, Benecé has been developing its line of full-length fiction films and documentaries,framed within the original, inquisitive viewpoint of their creators and the relevance to history and the contemporaryworld. This new line took off with titles such as “El Cas Pinochet” (2001), by Patricio Guzmán,or “Cravan vs Cravan” (2002), by Isaki Lacuesta.Recent productions include “Ingrid” (2008) by Eduard Cortés and “Los Condenados” by Isaki Lacuesta. Thelatter won the international critic’s price (FIBPRESCI) at the San Sebastian Film Festival <strong>2009</strong>.Benecé’s team of professionals is made up of 30 permanent staff and a carefully selected group of collaboratorswho bring their specific viewpoint to each project.Producer’s ProfileXavier Atance is co-founder of Benecé Produccions and producer of all the audiovisual productionsmade by Benecé.Marieke van den Bersselaar studied Film and Television at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.She then left her country to live in Barcelona, Spain.There, she started working at the audiovisual production company Nanouk Films, searching financing fordocumentary projects and producing countless video clips and other audiovisual projects. As a freelancer,she worked in different kinds of audiovisual projects for a variety of production companies in Barcelona.In 2008 she started financing and producing two documentaries for the production company Black TrainFilms.Recently, she’s entered Benecé Produccions where she helps finding financing and distribution for bothBenecé’s documentaries and feature films.Marieke van den Bersselaar,Xavier AtanceProducersContactName of Company: Benecé ProduccionsAddress: Passatge de Tona 10T: +34 932 840 719M: +34 616 313 479marieke@benece.es www.benece.esSelected FilmographyLos Condenados, <strong>2009</strong>Ingrid, <strong>2009</strong>Nadar (doc), 2008El Pallasso i el Führer (TV), 2007Dies d’Agost, 2006SPAIN9
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