“Benjamin of tudela: eight centuries later”







“Benjamin of tudela: eight centuries later”
INFORMATION:
English title: “Benjamin of Tudela: eight centuries later”
Original title: “Benjamín de Tudela: ocho siglos después”
Logline: “What would happen if somebody travels with a travel book written eight centuries ago?”
Lenght: 2x52’
Original languages: spanish (main), french, english, italian
Translation to english: in process
Format: 16:9 PAL: DVCAM
Synopsis: “In 12th century a jewish adventurer named Benjamin travelled from Spain to Baghdad. During his odissey he knew all the jewish communities around Mediterranean Sea and Central Europe. He wrote a book and this book is the main resource to know the jewish world in 12th century. Eight hundred years later, two travellers made the same trip getting into the main jewish communities Benjamin visited: from Spain to Jerusalem.”
Funding information: Tudela City Hall, Navarra Goverment, Spanish Jewish Network, Spanish Jewish Federation, Yagüe jewelry, HR Motor.
Music rights: not yet defined
Project status: ending script-writing
Internet & mobile devices development: by cities (choosing the contents: interviews or sites of interest; lenght: 4’ each)
ALAMdox: is the brand name of the spanish independent producer Alberto P. Puyal.
Jewish communities and sites appeared in this documentary: Tudela, Barcelona, Girona, Besalú, Montpellier, Marseille, Strasbourg, Praha, Genova, Rome, Naples, Thessaloniki, Istambul, Cairo, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem.
