Friends in High Places
Des amis bien placés
Germany / Switzerland, April 2001
FILM,
Documentary,
86 min.
- directed by
- Lindsey Merrison
- Written by
- Lindsey Merrison
- Status
- In distribution
In Burma, where spirit worship has survived both the triumph of Buddhism and the vagaries of a military dictatorship, a lively cult peopled by talented mediums, many of them homosexuals, makes life under one of the world’s harshest regimes more bearable.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2001
- Original Version
- Burmese (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 86 min.
- Production
- Lindsey Merrison Film, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Arte Deutschland TV GmbH, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln
- Producer
- directed by
- Lindsey Merrison
- Written by
- Lindsey Merrison
- Cinematography
- Lars Barthel
- Location Sound Mix
- Marc von Stürler
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Lindsey Merrison Film
Festivals
(a selection)
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Frameline International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
13.06.2002 - 30.06.2002 -
Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival
08.05.2002 - 13.05.2002 -
Singapore International Film Festival
11.04.2002 - 27.04.2002 -
Berlin, 17. Panorama
06.02.2002 - 17.02.2002 -
Nyon, Visions du réel - Festival int. du cinéma documentaire
23.04.2001 - 29.04.2001