[Frameworks] shooting 16mm film in israel

[Pip Chodorov]

It's a good idea to plan ahead and notify Ben 
Gurion airport customs what you will be bringing 
in. Then they can expect you and walk you 
through. An ATA Carnet will make it easier to 
move things in and out.
You can try the same with airport security at 
your departing airport in order to make it easier 
to go through security. If you are changing 
planes somewhere though it may be hard to predict 
and arrange for checks at that airport.
For sure you should hand carry the film stock and 
glue the attached stickers onto your film cans 
(courtesy of L'Abominable in Paris) - airport 
security doesn't know much about film but they 
know not to let film over 2000 ASA through the 
machine.
In 1984 my dad and I carried a suitcase of 16mm 
film to Israel for a shoot and they x-rayed it in 
Paris - we could see the reels on the screen. We 
had a few feet of each roll fog-checked in a lab 
at Tel Aviv but luckily it was OK. Now there are 
no film labs in Israel. Unless you are bringing 
your own chemicals, you will have to bring the 
stock back out to develop it and you will not be 
able to check it when you arrive.
-Pip






At 14:17 -0400 7/07/14, Irene Lusztig wrote:
>I'm about to shoot a project partly on 16mm in 
>Israel. Any advice / experience with bringing 
>film stock in and out of the country? I'm 
>assuming  airport security is more intense than 
>averageŠ not sure if anyone knows if I should be 
>more worried about x-ray than normal (hand 
>carry? ask for hand inspection? put film in 
>checked luggage? try to process in the country? 
>if so, where?). Any experienced suggestions 
>would be much appreciated.
>
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