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THE LOOK OF SILENCE
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Completed - INDONESIAN - Documentary - 99 minutes

Log Line

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.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Joshua OPPENHEIMER
Producer(s) : Signe BYRGE SØRENSEN (Final Cut for Real)

Synopsis

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.

Production

Country(ies) : DENMARK, INDONESIA, NORWAY, FINLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

AUSTRALIA MADMAN ENTERTAI
AUSTRIA POLYFILM VERLEI
CHINA TIME-IN-PORTRAI
CHINA BLUESHARE ENTER
DENMARK Nov 13, 2014 CAMERA FILM A/S
ESTONIA MENUFILMID
GERMANY PLAION PICTURES
ICELAND HEIMILI KVIKMYN
ITALY Sep 11, 2014 I WONDER PICTUR
JAPAN TRANSFORMER, IN
KOREA (Sou ATNINE FILM CO.
NETHERLAND CINEMA DELICATE
PORTUGAL Jun 11, 2015 ALAMBIQUE
SLOVENIA Nov 13, 2014 DEMIURG - CVETK
SPAIN Jul 10, 2015 AVALON
SWITZERLAN PRAESENS-FILM A
TURKEY KURMACA FILM
UNITED KIN DOGWOOF
USA Jul 17, 2015 DRAFTHOUSE FILM
USA PARTICIPANT


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Festivals and Awards

DocCorner 2015
Busan - BIFF/APM 2014 Wide Angle
Helsinki Film Festival 2014
New York Film Festival 2014
cph:dox 2014 (DOX:AWARD Main Competition Grand Prize Winner)
Venice - Biennale 2014 (Grand Jury Award)
Venice - Biennale 2014 (FIPRESCI Award)
Venice - Biennale 2014 (FEDEORA Award)
Venice - Biennale 2014 (Golden Mouse Award)
Venice - Biennale 2014 (Human Rights Nights Prize)
Telluride FF 2014
Toronto - TIFF 2014
Starz Denver Film Festival 2014 (Best Documentary Prize of the Danish Arts Council - 2014)
Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2015 (Peace Film Prize Winner)
Sofia IFF 2015 (Best Documentary Award)
SXSW 2015 - Festival Favorite (Audience Award)
Tromsø International Film Festival 2015 (Don Quixote Prize)
Gothenburg Film Festival 2015 (Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary)
True/False Film Festival 2015 (True Life Fund Recipient)
Danish Film Academy 2015 (Robert Prize Award for Best Long Documentary)


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