Coca – The Dove From Chechnya

Coca – Die Taube aus Tschetschenien
Coca – La colombe de Tchétchénie

Switzerland, February 2005
FILM, Documentary, 86 min.

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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?

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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

France
K Films Distribution
Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution

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