23 novembre 2008
The 'Audio Description', a unique technique in Morocco, that allow the visually impaired to follow films
For this eighth edition, the IFFM provides a rare experience globally and unique nationally, It is the scheduling of a new section allowing a category of moviegoers who are visually impaired to follow the entire film using the "Audio Description" technique.
It is based on the description of film sequences through a voice transmitted by "headset" to people that are visually impaired or cannot see. The festival aims to distinguish itself in relation to other events of this kind, by adopting the technique of "Audio Description", which is a first in international film festivals including those held in Africa and the Arab world.
Thus only 8 films by renowned filmmakers have been selected and adapted by the technical development of the French-German channel ARTE, reported the initiators of this project, on Sunday at the Palais des Congress in Marrakech. Through this option, the IFFM is intended to encourage players of the audiovisual sector, including National Broadcasting and Television, to adopt such technology in national productions to allow greater availability to visually impaired individuals.
This will give them access to the cinema with the knowledge that it is regarded as a place of entertainment for the visually impaired as well. The initiators underlined this project at a press conference "although it is a first in Morocco, is a rewarding experience despite some hesitations. But we are confident the prospects are promising."
The communications manager of the project, Mr. Rashid SEBBAH, said that "it is thanks to this technology of audio description, which has the objective of promoting the film for the visually impaired, that will allow this specific category of film audience to enjoy their rights to culture, entertainment, dreams and the curiosity of the cinema" The 8th edition of the IFFM "oversaw the adoption of this new option to separate itself compared to other festivals of this kind, especially as the technique of " audio description "is a first in international film festivals organized in Africa and the Arab world" said the initiators.
The project, they added, "would not have been possible without the full material and moral support of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid." They seized this opportunity to pay tribute to His Royal Highness who " honoured them with his generosity so that films can still enjoy by the blind and visually impaired" in Morocco.
They have also paid a great tribute to Her Highness the Princess Lamia Solh, president of the Alaouite Organization of the Protection of Blind Moroccans (OAPAM) who helped "the dissemination of information on this project within Blind institutions in Morocco, and transcription of documents in Braille in English and Arabic, distributed to blind and visually impaired spectators of the Festival.
" The participants also expressed their deep appreciation to the members of the IFFM Foundation, who sponsored and have extended a hand to this project. They finally delivered a very special tribute to the Franco-German ARTE channel, the principal assistant, who has chosen and technically adapted 8 films of emminent directors to be screened at the 8th edition of the IFFM.
Three films by Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train," "To Catch a Thief" and "The Birds," a film by Stanely. Kubrick's "Lolita", a film by David. Lean "Doctor Zhivago", a film by Richard. Attenborough "Gandhi", a film by James Ivory "A Room With A Life" and Michael. Apted film "Gorillas in the Mist."
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