Grozny Blues
Switzerland, April 2015
FILM,
Documentary,
103 min.
- directed by
- Nicola Bellucci
- Written by
- Nicola Bellucci, Lucia Sgueglia
- Status
- In distribution
The story of four women friends who fight for human rights in Chechnya under the most difficult conditions. The film accompanies the women in their everyday lives, telling of their fears and dreams, of love stories, of forced marriages and of the effects of the government’s repression felt on a day-to-day basis. By coupling the personal and intimate with the political, the filmmaker illustrates what it means to live as an independent and involved woman in an Islamic society.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2015
- Original Version
- Chechen, Russian (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 103 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-F63E-0000-6-0000-0000-J
- Production
- soap factory GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Frank Matter
- directed by
- Nicola Bellucci
- Written by
- Nicola Bellucci, Lucia Sgueglia
- Cinematography
- Simon Guy Fässler, Nicola Bellucci, Olga Kravets, Géraldine Zosso
- Editing
- Anja Bombelli, Chiara Ronchini, Alkmini Boura, Sophie Brunner
- Location Sound Mix
- Nicola Bellucci
- Sound Editing
- Pedro Haldemann
- Sound Design
- Pedro Haldemann, Olivier JeanRichard
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Antipode Sales & Distribution
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Cineworx GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 24.03.2016
Awards
(a selection)
- Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2016 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Kiev, Docudays UA 2016 International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival
25.03.2016 - 01.04.2016 -
Thessaloniki, 18th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
11.03.2016 - 20.03.2016 -
17th One World International Human Rights Film Festival Prague
07.03.2016 - 16.03.2016 -
Göteborg, 39th Göteborg International Film Festival
29.01.2016 - 08.02.2016 -
Trieste, 27th Trieste Film Festival
22.01.2016 - 30.01.2016 -
Solothurn, 51. Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2016 - 28.01.2016 -
9th Iran International Documentary Film Festival "Cinema Verité" Tehran
13.12.2015 - 19.12.2015 -
Amsterdam, 28th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
18.11.2015 - 29.11.2015 -
Leipzig, 58. DOK Leipzig - Internationales Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
26.10.2015 - 01.11.2015 -
Tbilisi, 3rd CinéDOC - Tbilisi 2015
21.10.2015 - 25.10.2015
-
Busan, 20th Busan International Film Festival
01.10.2015 - 10.10.2015 -
Locarno, 68° Festival del film Locarno
05.08.2015 - 15.08.2015 -
12th Yerevan International Film Festival Golden Apricot
12.07.2015 - 19.07.2015 -
Nyon, 21e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
17.04.2015 - 25.04.2015