No More Smoke Signals
Switzerland, August 2008
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Fanny Bräuning
- Written by
- Fanny Bräuning
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.nomoresmokesignals.com
A lone radio station on a small hill in South Dakota, founded in the 1970s by activists of the North American Indian resistance movement: KILI Radio – “Voice of the Lakota Nation”. A forgotten place between struggle and hope, between Indian legends and everyday life on the poorest reservation in the USA. But there is Roxanne Two Bulls, who wants to begin a new life on the land of her ancestors, and the young DJ, Derrick, who discovers his talent for music at KILI. There is also Bruce, Caucasian, an attorney who has attempted to get an Indian activist released from prison for the past 30 years. And a sudden appearance by the former AIM activist John Trudell, who launched a career as a musician in Hollywood. Everything converges at KILI Radio, and instead of sending smoke signals KILI transmits its signals throughout the vast and magnificent landscape, with a delightful combination of humour and melancholy. Native hip hop and broken windshields: pride has been restored – it really is ok to be Lakota.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2008
- Original Version
- English (french/german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 90 min.
- Production
- Distant Lights GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ARTE G.E.I.E.
- Producer
- Kaspar Kasics, Fanny Bräuning, Urs Augstburger
- directed by
- Fanny Bräuning
- Written by
- Fanny Bräuning
- Cinematography
- Pierre Mennel, Dieter Stürmer, Igor Martinovic
- Editing
- Kaspar Kasics, Myriam Flury, Petra Gräwe
- Sound Design
- Kai Tebbel
- Re-Recording Mix
- Denis Séchaud
- Music
- Tomas Korber
- Location Sound Mix
- Gabriel Miller, Judy Karp
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Distant Lights GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Canada
- 7ième Art Distribution Inc. Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis/St. Paul Int. Film Festival, Audience Prize 2010 (Winner)
- Festival International Jean Rouch, Prix du Patrimoine Culturel Immatériel 2009 (Winner)
- Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage, Prix de Soleure 2009 (Winner)
- Basel, Basler Filmpreis, Bester Langfilm 2009 (Winner)
- Luzern, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Documentary Film 2009 (Winner)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2008 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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10. Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival Prizren
23.07.2011 - 31.07.2011 -
19. Internationales Filmfestival Innsbruck
01.06.2010 - 06.06.2010 -
Minneapolis/St. Paul, 28th Minneapolis-St.Paul International Film Festival
15.04.2010 - 29.04.2010 -
Spiez, Verein Filmfestival Thunersee
16.09.2009 - 19.09.2009 -
Munich, 27. Filmfest München
26.06.2009 - 04.07.2009 -
Brooklyn, 12th Brooklyn International Film Festival
05.06.2009 - 14.06.2009 -
Cracow, 49th Cracow Film Festival
29.05.2009 - 04.06.2009 -
28e Festival International Jean Rouch Paris
14.03.2009 - 22.03.2009 -
Fribourg, 23rd Fribourg International Film Festival
14.03.2009 - 21.03.2009 -
Créteil, 31e Festival international de Films de Femmes Créteil
13.03.2009 - 22.03.2009
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2009 - 25.01.2009 -
Montreal, 11e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
13.11.2008 - 23.11.2008 -
Locarno, 61. Festival del film Locarno
06.08.2008 - 16.08.2008