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Year: 2009
USA: SK Films
UK: SK Films / Cosmic Picture
Cast: Ben Kingsley (narrator), Chem Eddine Zinoun, Hassam
Ghancy, Nadim Sawalha, Nabil Elouahabi
Director: Bruce Neibaur
Countries: USA / Canada
USA & UK: 46 mins
UK Certificate: PG contains mild violence and threat
USA Release Date: 7 January 2009 (Limited Release - IMAX
theaters)
UK Release Date: 18 June 2010 (Limited Release - London, BFI
IMAX)
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Synopsis
Following the unprecedented documentary coverage of Mecca, SK Films
and Cosmic Picture proudly present the ground-breaking award-winning
dramatic and documentary feature for IMAX® JOURNEY TO MECCA: IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF IBN BATTUTA.
JOURNEY TO MECCA tells the extraordinary story of one of the
greatest travellers in history, the scholar Ibn Battuta, and his
first epic pilgrimage from Tangier to Mecca in 1325 to perform the
Hajj. His journey resonates with adventure and presents an
unforgettable picture of 14th century Islamic civilisation. We
witness the Hajj as it has been experienced for hundreds of years
and by millions today.
IMAX® films can take people to places they would otherwise never
go, from Mt Everest to the deep sea to outer space. The Hajj, the
greatest recurring assembly of human beings on the planet, is a
spectacular and unique experience for the medium. For non-Muslims it
is the closest they will ever come to witnessing this extraordinary
event, and for Muslims it takes on an even deeper significance.
JOURNEY TO MECCA marks the first and only time an IMAX® camera has
captured an aerial view of the Hajj from a helicopter hovering 200
feet above Mecca, and the first time an IMAX® team has been
admitted into the most sacred sanctuary of Islam - the Grand Mosque
in Mecca. The film's presenters, The King Abdulaziz Public Library
and the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, on
behalf of HRH King Abdullah, were responsible for granting the 85
permits required for the team of 85 people, drawn from over thirty
different nations, to embark on the largest and most ambitious
production ever to take place in the Gulf region. The film recently
won the 'Most Popular Film Award' at the La Géode Giant Screen Film
Festival in Paris, and 'Best Dramatic Short' at the Houston
International Film Festival.
JOURNEY TO MECCA is produced by Taran Davies, Dominic
Cunningham-Reid and Jonathan Barker, a Cosmic Picture/SK Films
Production in association with National Geographic, with Jake Eberts
serving as Executive Producer. The film is directed by Bruce Neibaur,
stars Chems Eddine Zinoun (as Ibn Battuta), Hassam Ghancy, Nadim
Sawalha and Nabil Elouahabi, with narration by Ben Kingsley.
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