Guide to the collection Amos Gitai Film Archive M2266
Malgorzata Schaefer
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2017 ; revised 2018, 2019
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Amos Gitai film archive, circa 1980-2014
Creator:
Gitai, Amos, 1950-
Creator:
Agav Films (Firm)
Creator:
Sanselme, Marie-Jose
Identifier/Call Number: M2266
Physical Description:
17 hard drive(s) (external)
1) Promised Land (Terre promise) 2002-2004; 2) Free Zone 2004-2005; 3) Disengagement 2005-2007; 4) One Day You Will Understand
(Plus tard, tu comprendras) 2007-2008; 5) Home (documentary trilogy: House [1980] - A House in Jerusalem [1998] - News from
home, News from House [2001]); 6) Tsili 2008-2014
Physical Description:
7 Linear Feet
Print material in 6 boxes, 2 half boxes, 1 flat box, 1 map folder
Physical Description:
3 optical disc(s) (cd)
2 audio CDs + 1 data CD-R re: Klaus Barbie trial
Physical Description:
9.5 gigabyte(s)
2,539 files from Marie-Jose Sanselme related to three films: House (trilogy), Plus Tard, and Tsili
Date (inclusive): 1980-2014
Language of Material: Materials in English, French, Hebrew and Yiddish.
Content Description
Materials consist of physical and digital files related to six of Amos Gitai's films, which have been organized into 6 series:
Series 1. Promised Land, Series 2. Free Zone, Series 3. Disengagement, Series 4. One Day You'll Understand, Series 5. Home
(triology), and Series 6. Tsili. Series 5 is further divided into the three films: House, House in Jerusalem, News from Home/News
from House.
Conditions Governing Access
The physical portion of the collection is open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance
of intended use. Digital materials related to the films
One Day You'll Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras),
Tsili, and the
House trilogy have been processed and are open for research; still images and text documents are available through SearchWorks
at https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12142651, while video files and Final Cut Pro projects are available as previews
via SearchWorks, and in full in the Department of Special Collections. The remaining digital portion of the collection is
CLOSED until processing is complete.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift and purchase from Amos Gitai and Marie-Jose Sanselme; 2017. Accessions MSS 2017-265, 2017-288, 2017-298, and 2017-308.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Amos Gitai film archive (M2266). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Biographical / Historical
Amos Gitai (born 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker. His films, both documentaries as well as feature length films, are on topics
on topics of the Middle East and the Jewish-Arab conflict and the Holocaust in Europe and beyond. Gitai has been invited to
enter, among others, the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival, and he has received several prestigious prizes
for his work.
For more information, please see http://www.amosgitai.com/html/home.asp
Amos Gitai Fond
Amos Gitai Fond: collection of films and documents by Amos Gitai at the Cinematheque, Paris, France (http://www.cineressources.net/repertoires/archives/fonds.php?id=gitai)
Processing Information
The digital portion of the Amos Gitai film archive was received on 17 external hard drives. Disk images of the hard drives
were created using Forensic ToolKit and were scanned for personally identifiable information using Identity Finder. Digital
files are being processed for researcher access by film title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
motion pictures (visual works)
Motion picture producers and directors
Israel
Documentary films
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Human trafficking
Jerusalem -- History -- 20th century
Gitai, Amos, 1950-
Sanselme, Marie-Jose
Clément, Jérôme, 1945-
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017
Arab-Israeli conflict
Series 1. Promised Land
2002-2004
box 1, folder 1
Synopsis of the film with original title of Fake, in English, French, and Hebrew
box 1, folder 2
Screenplay in English, French and in Hebrew
box 1, folder 3
Venezia 61 competition: invitation to participate and promotional catalog
2004
box 1, folder 3
Promotional materials (poster, dvd cover)
map-folder 10
Promotional poster Architektur museum
2009
Series 2. Free Zone
2004-2005
box 1, folder 4
Screenplay in French by Amos Gitai and Marie-Jose Sanselme
2005-01-11
box 1, folder 5
Festival de Cannes 2005, Free Zone promotional catalog
box 1, folder 6
Press coverage and promotion, including in Cahiers du Cinema
map-folder 10
A retrospective in Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino, Italy
2006-09
Series 3. Disengagement
2005-2007
box 1, folder 7
Screenplay in English by Amos Gitai and Marie-Jose Sanselme
2005-11-24
box 1, folder 8
Screenplay in English, first draft "Gaza" by Amos Gitai and Marie-Jose Sanselme
2006-08-28
box 1, folder 9
Screenplay in French by Amos Gitai and Marie-Jose Sanselme
2006-08-01
box 2, folder 1
Screenplay in French by Amos Gitai and Marie-Jose Sanselme
2007-02-01
box 2, folder 3
Research files of filmed conversation in Hebrew
box 2, folder 5
Screenplay in Hebrew and English, shooting in Israel
box 2, folder 6
Shooting script in Hebrew
box 2, folder 7
Toronto International Film Festival catalog
2007-09-06-2007-09-15
half-box 3
64. Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica catalog
half-box 3
31a Mostra Internacional de Cinema catalog
2007-10-19-2007-11-01
half-box 4
Osian's Cine: Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema catalog
2008-07-10-2008-07-20
half-box 4
11th Yerevan International Film Festival catalog
2014-07-13-2014-07-20
box 5, folder 1
Photocopy of photograph of Amos Gitai with Juliette Binoch
box 5, folder 2
Article in Hebrew; poster in Hebrew
flat-box 6, folder 1
Poster in french advertising the film
flat-box 6, folder 1
French and Italian press coverage
box 5, folder 3
Venezia 64 film festival promotional package
box 5, folder 3
Articles about the film and promotional materials from various film festivals
flat-box 6, folder 2
Toronto International Film Festival press coverage
flat-box 6, folder 2
Sao Paulo Film Festival press coverage
Series 4. One Day You'll Understand (Plus Tard, Tu Comprendras)
Processing Information
The digital portion of the Amos Gitai film archive was received on 17 external hard drives and disk images of the hard drives
were created using Forensic Toolkit and were scanned for PII using Identity Finder. The hard drives were given names by the
Gitai crew and where given unique identifiers by the archivists for internal tracking. Files related to the film
One Day You'll Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras) were stored on hard drives VICTOR (Stanford identifier: CM001) and RIVKA (Stanford identifier: CM002). A separate set
of files were captured by imaging selected files from Marie-José Sanselme's computer and that images is called 20170920_MarieJose.
The files related to
One Day You'll Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras) represent 972.87 GB of data, of which 5.53 GB is currently available for use. These files include digital video, Final Cut
Pro projects, still images, text documents, and metadata files related to the film editing process. Currently, only the still
images and text documents are processed and accessible. Still images were normalized to .jpgs for access and .tiffs for preservation
using Photo Mechanic. Text documents were normalized to .pdfs for access and preservation using Adobe Acrobat Pro. Video
files from the filming of
One Day You'll Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras) are available in the Special Collections reading room.
box 5, folder 4
Synopsis in French
2006-06-03
box 5, folder 4
Screenplay in French by Dan Franck and Jerome Clement
2007-02-13
box 5, folder 5
Screenplay in French
2006-08-05
box 5, folder 6
Screenplay in French by Dan Dranck and Jerome Clement
2007-07-16
box 5, folder 7
Photographs of Amos Gitai and Jerome Clement
box 5, folder 7
Promotional postcard of film screening at Centre Pompidou
box 5, folder 8
Toronto International Film Festival catalog
2008-09-04-2008-09-13
box 5, folder 9
Revue de presse, spiral bound book
box 7, folder 1
Fata Morgana, quadrimestrale di cinema e visioni
2010-04
box 7, folder 2
Information relating to Klaus Barbie
box 7, folder 3
Notes, conversations and background information relating to the screenplay
box 7, folder 5
Press coverage in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese
box 7, folder 5
Press coverage in English and German
flat-box 6, folder 3
Press and promotional material
box 7, folder 6
Periodicals with articles about the film: Filmcritica, Tribune Juive, Telerama
Photocopies of photographs
box 7, folder 7
Photocopies of photographs, including Amos Gitai with Jeanne Moreau
Series 4A. One Day You'll Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras) born digital materials
Processing Information
Digital files related to the film One Day You'll Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras) were stored on hard drives VICTOR
(Stanford identifier: CM001) and RIVKA (Stanford identifier: CM002). A separate set of files were captured by imaging selected
files from Marie-José Sanselme's computer. That disk image is called 20170920_MarieJose.
The files related to One Day You'll Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras) represent 972.87 GB of data, of which 5.53 GB is
currently available for use. Currently, access copies of still images, text documents, and selected video files have been
processed and are accessible to researchers.
Final Cut Pro project files, also available to researchers, were created in the film editing process and represent many iterations
of the film. These files do not present a cumulative or consequtive picture of the editing process, but rather certain scenes
in various stages of editing. The projects were created in Final Cut Pro 7, which is no longer supported by the current Macintosh
operating system. In order to run this deprecated software, the Department of Special Collections, in collaboration with staff
from the Stanford Media Preservation Lab recreated the operating environment on MacPro 5.1. This workstation is accessible
in the Department of Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Access
Still images are available via SearchWorks: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12142651
Text and video files are discoverable via SearchWorks and available in the Department of Special Collections. Final Cut Pro
project files are available in the Department of Special Collections on a dedicated workstation.
Series 5. House (trilogy)
Subseries 1. House (first film of the documentary trilogy)
1980
box 7, folder 8
Screenplay and post production screenplay in English
box 8, folder 1
Press coverage in English
box 8, folder 2
Press coverage in Hebrew and in German
Subseries 2. House in Jerusalem (second film of the documentary trilogy)
1980
box 8, folder 4
Katalog 34: Letni filmova skola
Subseries 3. News from home, News from house (third film of the documentary trilogy)
2001
box 8, folder 6
Photocopy of booklet for exposition at Architektur museum de TU Munich
2009
box 8, folder 6
Film program of Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
box 8, folder 7
Press coverage in English
Subseries 4. Trilogy borders
2005
box 8, folder 8
La trilogie des frontieres, Jean Michel Frodon, in French
box 8, folder 9
Trilogy houses, Jean Michel Frodon, in Hebrew
Series 5A. House (trilogy) born digital materials
Processing Information
Digital files related to the House trilogy films (in particular the documentary film News from Home/News from House), were
stored on the following hard drives: ZEUS (Stanford identifier CM004), JUPITER (CM005), CAREFUL (CM007), HOUSE (CM009), EUROPA
(CM010), AGAV (CM011), and 2017May (CM018). A separate set of files were captured by imaging selected files from Marie-José
Sanselme's computer (Stanford identifier 20170920_MarieJose). The files related to the House trilogy films represent 1.341
terabytes of data, of which approximately 1.2 terabytes are currently available for use. The processed files consist of digital
video files related to the film editing process. Access copies of video files were normalized for streaming.
These digital materials were processed in anticipation of a symposium on Amos Gitai in fall 2020.
Conditions Governing Access
Still images are available via SearchWorks: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12142651
Video files are discoverable via SearchWorks and available in the Department of Special Collections.
Series 6. Tsili
2008-2014
box 8, folder 10
Screenplay in French
2011-11-07
box 8, folder 11
Screenplay in French with revisions, no date
box 9, folder 1
Screenplay in French
2012-02-05
box 9, folder 2
Screenplay in French
2012-02-18
box 9, folder 7
The book (The Story of a Life) by Aaron Appelfeld was adapted to the film Tsili
box 9, folder 8
Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica la Biennale di Venezia 2014 - promotional material of the film
box 9, folder 8
Tsili, roman, by Aharon Appelfeld, 2 copies, one with annotations
box 9, folder 9
71. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica la Biennale di Venezia 2014 - catalog
box 9, folder 10
Press coverage in Italian - Film critica
Series 6A. Tsili born digital materials
Processing Information
Files related to the film Tsili were stored on drives M2266_2017-265_CM018-2017May (Stanford indentifer: CM018), MAREK (Stanford
identifier: CM016), and SURIKA (Stanford identifier: CM017). These files include digital video, Final Cut Pro projects, still
images, text documents, and metadata files related to the film editing process. Currently, access copies of still images and
are accessible to researchers. Still images were normalized to .tiffs for preservation using Darktable.
Conditions Governing Access
Still images are available via SearchWorks: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12142651
Text and video files are discoverable via SearchWorks and available in the Department of Special Collections.
