Coca – The Dove From Chechnya
Coca – Die Taube aus Tschetschenien
Coca – La colombe de Tchétchénie
Switzerland, February 2005
FILM,
Documentary,
86 min.
- directed by
- Eric Bergkraut
- Written by
- Eric Bergkraut
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.cocathedove.com
For years Zainap Gashaeva has been documenting what is a daily occurrence in her home country of Chechnya: abduction, torture and murder. What President Putin deems “anti-terrorist action” looks increasingly like genocide. The world stays silent, be it out of helplessness, ignorance or opportunism. Filmmaker Bergkraut follows Gashaeva, nicknamed Coca – the dove – as she fights for an international tribunal. Is she tilting at windmills?
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2005
- Original Version
- Chechen, English, Russian, German (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 86 min.
- Production
- Doc Productions GmbH, Eric Bergkraut, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E., YLE TV - Finnish Broadcasting Company
- Producer
- Rose-Marie Schneider
- directed by
- Eric Bergkraut
- Written by
- Eric Bergkraut
- Cinematography
- Laurent Stoop
- Editing
- Mireille Abramovici
- Music
- Marie-Jeanne Serero
- Location Sound Mix
- Martin Witz, Jens-Peter Rövekamp, Luc Yersin, Rustam Achadov
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Accent Films International Ltd.
Worldwide Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Belo Horizonte, Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Belo Horizonte, International Human Rights Movie Award 2007 (Winner)
- Melbourne, Melbourne International Film Festival, Mention spéciale 2006 (Winner)
- One World Human Rights Film Festival, Rudolf Vrba Preis 2006 (Winner)
- Berlin, Cinema for Peace, International Human Rights Movie Award 2007 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Tallinn, 10th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
23.11.2006 - 10.12.2006 -
Documentary Edge Festival
07.09.2006 - 29.10.2006 -
Genève, FIFDH Festival International du film sur les droits humains
10.03.2006 - 18.03.2006 -
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
10.03.2006 - 19.03.2006 -
8th One World Film Festival
02.03.2006 - 09.03.2006 -
Gothenburg, 29th Göteborg Film Festival
27.01.2006 - 06.02.2006 -
Teheran, 24rd Fajr International Film Festival
20.01.2006 - 30.01.2006 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
16.01.2006 - 22.01.2006 -
Docs for Sale
28.11.2005 - 30.11.2005 -
Amsterdam, 18th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
24.11.2005 - 04.12.2005
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Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival
17.11.2005 - 27.11.2005 -
Denver Film Festival
10.11.2005 - 20.11.2005 -
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest
08.11.2005 - 13.11.2005 -
Weltfilmtage Thusis
01.11.2005 - 06.11.2005 -
Ghent, 32nd Flanders International Film Festival Ghent
11.10.2005 - 22.10.2005 -
Warsaw, 21st Warsaw International Film Festival
07.10.2005 - 16.10.2005 -
Montréal, 29e Festival des films du monde
26.08.2005 - 05.09.2005 -
Brisbane International Film Festival
27.07.2005 - 08.08.2005 -
14. Internationales Filmfestival
01.06.2005 - 05.06.2005 -
New York, 4th Tribeca FilmFestival
21.04.2005 - 01.05.2005 -
Nyon, 11. Visions du réel - Festival international de cinéma
18.04.2005 - 24.04.2005 -
Berlin, Internationales Forum des Jungen Films
10.02.2005 - 20.02.2005