2004 FESTIVAL FACTS

First Edition: Festival Film Jakmèl/ July 9 - 18, 2004

• Theme: The History of Cinema in Haiti, Celebrating 200 Years of Haitian Independence
• First film festival held in Haiti
• All screenings and programs free of charge and open to public
• More than 35,000 attendees from Jacmel and surrounding areas
• 85 films screened
• More than 50 directors/ industry professionals attended from around globe
• Acclaimed directors Perry Henzell (Harder They Come) and Stephanie Black (Life & Debt) in attendance.
• Filmmaking Workshops: The Director and His/Her Language, Documentary & Fiction, Editing, Sound & Music, and Analyzing a Film.
• Other activities included:
  Two large live concerts
  AIDS awareness seminars
  Book signings
  Expositions of painting and sculpture
  Awards ceremony
  Vodou ceremony
  Press conferences
  Celebratory dinners and parties
• Over 40 local and foreign journalists attended
• Extensive national broadcast coverage, including: Tele Haiti, Tele Nacional, and Tele Éclair, National Public Radio, Voice of America, Vision 2000, Radio Metropole, Jacmel Inter, Radio Détente, Radio Vibration, Radio Infatha, and Radio Hispaniola.
• EC.com, a web traffic tracking center, rated Festival's web site second most visited site in Haiti during June and July