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THE HUMAN RIGHTS COLLECTION MODERN SLAVERY Directed by: Thomas Robsahm Tina Davis Produced by: Margreth Olin Slavery exists despite the fact that it is illegal everywhere. Today, there are more slaves in the world than at any given point before in history. Trafficking, child labour, sex slavery, debt slavery and child soldiers are among the most common forms of modern slavery. In the film we meet slaves from Uganda, India, Moldova, Cambodia and France. Why does slavery still exist and what will it take to finally get rid of it? ECHOES OF WAR Directed by: Joop van Wijk Produced by: Joop van Wijk War and violence leave behind the dead, the wounded, the maimed, the victims and the witnesses. “Echoes of War” is a documentary with animated sequences about child survivors of wars and violent conflicts in Afghanistan, New York, Columbia and Sierra Leone who, having lost their father or mother, take us into their lives and share their memories, nightmares and dreams. SPECIAL FLIGHT Directed by: Fernand Melgar Produced by: Climage While awaiting deportation from Switzerland, men are jailed. Although incarceration may last up to 24 months, deportation is announced without warning and its enforcement is imminent. Behind the closed prison doors, tension builds day by day. On one side there are deeply human wardens, and on the other immigrants at the end of their journeys, defeated by fear and stress. Relations of friendship and hate, respect and revolt are formed until the deportation is announced, which is experienced like a stab. Those who refuse to leave are handcuffed, tied up and forcibly put on a plane. THE ACT OF KILLING Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer Produced by: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Joram ten Brink, Michael Uwemedimo, Anne Köhncke, Torstein Grude In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends to dramatise their role in genocide. But their idea of being in a movie is not to provide testimony for a documentary: they want to be stars in their favourite film genres—gangster, western, musical. They write the scripts. They play themselves. And they play their victims. This is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit. THE LOOK OF SILENCE Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer Produced by: Signe Byrge Sørensen Through Joshua Oppenheimer’s work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the men who killed him. The youngest brother is determined to break the spell of silence and fear under which the survivors live, and so confronts the men responsible for his brother's murder – something unimaginable in a country where killers remain in power. BURMA VJ Directed by: Anders Østergaard Produced by: Lise Lense-Møller Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to Burma’s video journalists who insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Armed with small handycams they make their undercover reportages, smuggle the material out of the country, and broadcast back into Burma via satellite or offered as free usage for international media. IDFA CPH:DOX SUNDANCE CINEMA EYES 159 min. | Indonesian with Eng. Subtitles | Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom 2012 100/52 min. | French with Eng. Subtitles | Switzerland 2011 NO FIRE ZONE Directed by: Callum Macrae Produced by: Zoe Sale Without truth there can be no justice in Sri Lanka. No Fire Zone is an explicit and horrifying exposé of the final months of the 26-year-long Sri Lankan civil war told by the people who lived through it. Using unseen footage recorded by both the victims and perpetrators on mobile phones and small cameras, the film meticulously exposes some of the worst war crimes and crimes against humanity in recent times and becomes direct evidence of a war that was supposed to be conducted in secret. SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST 2013 MOVIES THAT MATTER 2013 ONE WORLD 2014 WATCH DOCS 2013 GRIERSON AWARDS 2013 CPH:DOX 2013 FESTIVAL DES LIBERTÉS 2013 FIFDH GENEVA 2013 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2014 TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2014 TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL 2014 HELSINKI FILM FESTIVAL 2014 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2014 CPH:DOX 2014 IDFA 2014 LOCARNO MUMBAÎ LEIPZIG DOCLISBOA DOHA TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL RIDM FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI IDFA RIO DE JANEIRO FILM FESTIVAL NETHERLANDS FILM FESTIVAL HAUGESUND GENEVA VOLDA GRIMSTAD 93/54 min. | English, Tamil with Eng. Subtitles | United Kingdom 2013 56 min. | English with Eng. Subtitles | Denmark 2009 99 min. | Indonesian, Javanese with Eng. Subtitles | Denmark, Indonesia, United Kingdom 2014 50 min. | English, Spanish with Eng. Subtitles | Netherlands 2005 45 min. | English, French, Norwegian with Eng. Subtitles | Norway 2009 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2013 ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS 2013 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS 2013 CINEMA EYE HONORS 2013 BERLINALE PANORAMA 2013 DANISH ACADEMY AWARD 2013 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE All Rights Reserved © FilmPlatform.net
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THE HUMAN RIGHTS COLLECTION
MODERN SLAVERYDirected by: Thomas RobsahmTina Davis
Produced by: Margreth Olin
Slavery exists despite the fact that it is illegal everywhere. Today, there are more slaves in the world than at any given point before in history. Trafficking, child labour, sex slavery, debt slavery and child soldiers are among the most common forms of modern slavery. In the film we meet slaves from Uganda, India, Moldova, Cambodia and France. Why does slavery still exist and what will it take to finally get rid of it?
ECHOES OF WARDirected by: Joop van Wijk
Produced by: Joop van Wijk War and violence leave behind the dead, the wounded, the maimed, the victims and the witnesses. “Echoes of War” is a documentary with animated sequences about child survivors of wars and violent conflicts in Afghanistan, New York, Columbia and Sierra Leone who, having lost their father or mother, take us into their lives and share their memories, nightmares and dreams.
SPECIAL FLIGHTDirected by: Fernand Melgar
Produced by: ClimageWhile awaiting deportation from Switzerland, men are jailed. Although incarceration may last up to 24 months, deportation is announced without warning and its enforcement is imminent. Behind the closed prison doors, tension builds day by day. On one side there are deeply human wardens, and on the other immigrants at the end of their journeys, defeated by fear and stress. Relations of friendship and hate, respect and revolt are formed until the deportation is announced, which is experienced like a stab. Those who refuse to leave are handcuffed, tied up and forcibly put on a plane.
THE ACT OF KILLINGDirected by: Joshua OppenheimerProduced by: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Joram ten Brink, Michael Uwemedimo, Anne Köhncke, Torstein Grude
In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends to dramatise their role in genocide. But their idea of being in a movie is not to provide testimony for a documentary: they want to be stars in their favourite film genres—gangster, western, musical. They write the scripts. They play themselves. And they play their victims. This is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.
THE LOOK OF SILENCE Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Through Joshua Oppenheimer’s work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the men who killed him. The youngest brother is determined to break the spell of silence and fear under which the survivors live, and so confronts the men responsible for his brother's murder – something unimaginable in a country where killers remain in power.
BURMA VJDirected by: Anders Østergaard
Produced by: Lise Lense-MøllerGoing beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to Burma’s video journalists who insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Armed with small handycams they make their undercover reportages, smuggle the material out of the country, and broadcast back into Burma via satellite or offered as free usage for international media.
IDFA CPH:DOX SUNDANCE CINEMA EYES
159 min. | Indonesian with Eng. Subtitles | Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom 2012
100/52 min. | French with Eng. Subtitles | Switzerland 2011
NO FIRE ZONEDirected by: Callum Macrae
Produced by: Zoe SaleWithout truth there can be no justice in Sri Lanka. No Fire Zone is an explicit and horrifying exposé of the final months of the 26-year-long Sri Lankan civil war told by the people who lived through it. Using unseen footage recorded by both the victims and perpetrators on mobile phones and small cameras, the film meticulously exposes some of the worst war crimes and crimes against humanity in recent times and becomes direct evidence of a war that was supposed to be conducted in secret.
SHEFFIELDDOC/FEST
2013
MOVIESTHAT MATTER
2013
ONEWORLD2014
WATCHDOCS2013
GRIERSONAWARDS
2013
CPH:DOX2013
FESTIVALDES LIBERTÉS
2013
FIFDHGENEVA
2013
VENICEFILM FESTIVAL
2014
TELLURIDEFILM FESTIVAL
2014
TORONTOFILM FESTIVAL
2014
HELSINKIFILM FESTIVAL
2014
NEW YORKFILM FESTIVAL
2014CPH:DOX
2014IDFA2014
LOCARNO MUMBAÎ LEIPZIG DOCLISBOA DOHA TRIBECAFILM FESTIVAL RIDM FESTIVAL
DEI POPOLI
IDFA RIO DE JANEIROFILM FESTIVAL
NETHERLANDSFILM FESTIVAL
HAUGESUND GENEVA VOLDA GRIMSTAD
93/54 min. | English, Tamil with Eng. Subtitles | United Kingdom 2013
56 min. | English with Eng. Subtitles | Denmark 2009
99 min. | Indonesian, Javanese with Eng.Subtitles | Denmark, Indonesia, United Kingdom2014
50 min. | English, Spanish with Eng. Subtitles | Netherlands 2005
45 min. | English, French, Norwegian with Eng.Subtitles | Norway 2009
ACADEMY AWARD
NOMINEE
EUROPEANFILM AWARDS
2013
ASIA PACIFICSCREEN AWARDS
2013
NATIONAL SOCIETY
OF FILM CRITICS 2013
CINEMA EYEHONORS
2013
BERLINALEPANORAMA
2013
DANISH ACADEMY
AWARD 2013
ACADEMY AWARD
NOMINEE
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