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 San Sebastian International Film Festival
Sep 20-29, 2007, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain |
| Spain’s most important cinematic event, the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival, considered to be among the four most important film festivals in the world alongside Cannes, Berlin and Venice. |
FINAL COMMUNIQUE SALES OFFICE 2006
500 m2 in the heart of the Kursaal Convention Centre
The 54th edition of the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival opened a new Sales Office to serve the needs of film industry professionals, buyers and sellers. The new venue covers 500 m2 of office space in the heart of the Kursaal Convention Centre designed to facilitate contacts and meetings, and provide areas for viewing films and displaying promotional material for films that are either finished or in production.
The Sales Office would like to thank the following organisations for their collaboration: the MEDIA Plus Programme of the European Union, EGEDA (Body for the Management of Audiovisual Producers Rights), ICEX (Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade).), Madrid Film Commission, Cinema Do Brasil and Jaman.
ATTENDANCE
* 1,225 guests accredited by the Sales Office (1,104 in 2005)
* 717 companies (679 in 2005)
* 53 countries
* 2,092 visits to the Sales Office during the ten days of the Festival (950 in 2005)
* Some fifty scheduled work meetings between professionals
FILM LIBRARY
* The film library has implemented a system for digitizing films in thirteen screens which has notably improved the image quality.
* 166 films available
* 1,438 total viewings (800 in 2005)
* The most popular films were:
1. Proibido Proibir (Brazil, Zabaltegi): 42 viewings
2. Vete de mí (Spain, Official Section): 32 viewings
3. Ghosts (United Kingdom, Official Section): 28 viewings
4. Meteoro (Brazil, Horizontes): 27 viewings
5. Rabia (Chile, Horizontes): 25 viewings
6. Fair Play (France, Zabaltegi): 24 viewings
7. Azuloscurocasinegro (Spain, Horizontes): 24 viewings
8. El rey de San Gregorio (Chile/Switzerland, Horizontes): 24 viewings
9. Forever (Netherlands, Official Section): 23 viewings
10. Emma’s Glück/ Emma’s Bliss (Germany, Zabaltegi): 22 viewings
COMMUNICATION
* Throughout the Festival, dialy “Newsflashes” kept the public informed of what the media had to report about selected films from the different sections of the Festival.
* The Festival magazine gave a detailed account of the situation of cinema in the eight countries represented in the different sections of the Festival: Africa, Chile, Spain, United States, Philippines, Mexico, Singapore and Switzerland.
* The Festival’s official website posted daily information related to the Sales Office.
San Sebastian International Film Festival
www.sansebastianfestival.com |
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