Completed - SPANISH, ENGLISH - Social issues, First film, Documentary - 90 minutes
When you're more than a journalist, you need more than a lawyer
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Clara LÓPEZ RUBIO, Juan PANCORBO Writer(s) : Clara LÓPEZ RUBIO, Juan PANCORBO Cast : Baltasar GARZÓN, Julian ASSANGE Producer(s) : Joan ÚBEDA (MEDIASUR (Mediapro Group)), Enmanuel CAMACHO (MEDIASUR - Mediapro Group), Gregor STREIBER (INSELFILM)
In 2012, Julian Assange, editor of WikiLeaks, takes refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in London. A Swedish prosecutor is seeking him for alleged sex offences, but Julian fears it's a trap to extradite him to the United States, where a secret case against him is ongoing. That same year, Judge Garzón, famous for prosecuting Pinochet, reinvents himself as a lawyer. At the helm of an international legal team, Garzón leads a complex case, with deep political implications, involving several countries and whose outcome will affect press freedom worldwide. With privileged access to its protagonists for three years, Hacking Justice follows two controversial characters: the champion of transparency for the powerful and the hacker for justice, united against the world’s most powerful state in a standoff which is not over yet.
Country(ies) : SPAIN, GERMANY
Docs Barcelona 2017 (Official selection Panorama competition)