Cinema Jenin is a transparent development project which seeks to encourage people to get actively involved. Everyone is welcome to come and visit us in person or online. The project Cinema Jenin still needs your support. Although the renovation of the cinema building will likely be completed by January 2010, we still need to finance the following:

• The renovation of the Cuneo Center for Peace
• Establishing of a studio for subtitling and synchronization
• A sound system for the open air cinema
• Lighting equipment and microphones for theatrical performances
• Digitizing 20 films for the festival
• An LED Screen
• Film Workshops for the youth of Jenin
• Festival organization
• Accomodation for volunteers
• Transportation for Equipment

For donations please check our website here!

Fact sheet Project Cinema Jenin

Renovation Timeframe: November 2008 – January 2010
Property: 2000 m²
Movie Theatre: 400 seats
Open air cinema, planned: 1,200 seats
Guest house: 32 beds

Donations (by December 2009)
Private donations: 58,000 Euro
German Foreign Ministry : 240,000 Euro
Roger Waters: 50,000 Euro
Online platform for social projects http://www.betterplace.org: 21,500 Euro
MAN Ferrostal: 20,000 Euro
Hasso Plattner Ventures: 7,000 Euro
Chack Clark Trust:6,500 Euro
Cinema chair sponsorship programme: 5,000 Euro

Total: 408,000 Euro

Contributions in kind
Screen, Curtains, 3-D-cinema etc.: roughly 100,000 Euro

Time Schedule

December 2009
• New homepage: www.cinemajenin.org with trailers and updated pictures
• Ismail Khatib invited to German public television programme (ZDF) ‚Menschen 2009’ with Thomas Gottschalk, 6th of December, 8.15pm
• Start of the ‘Learn Arabic in Jenin’ programme

January to March 2010
• Project-trailer will start running at various selected cinemas
• Goethe-Institute moves into Cinema Jenin and opens the media library
• Completion of the technical equipment of the cinema
• Planning of the festival and selection of festival films
• Completion of the cafeteria and open air cinema, fundraising gala with Palestinian sponsors
• International poster campaign ‘Cinema Jenin coming soon’

April to July 2010
• Broadcasting of Football World Cup 2010 in open air cinema
• Events in Ramallah, Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv to advertise the project
• Completion of the documentary ‘Project Cinema Jenin’