The Guantanamo Trap
Germany / Canada / Switzerland / France, April 2011
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Thomas Selim Wallner
- Written by
- Thomas Selim Wallner, Manfred Becker
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.guantanamotrap.com
The story of four people whose biographies are inextricably linked with the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba: former prisoner Murat Kurnaz from Germany; Diane Beaver and Matt Diaz, two Army lawyers stationed in Guantanamo and active in the so-called “war on terror”; and the Spanish human rights lawyer Gonzalo Boye, who wants to put several Bush administration officials on trial for war crimes.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2011
- Original Version
- English, Spanish, German (french/german subtitles), colour, HD Cam, 90 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-C853-0000-N-0000-0000-5
- Production
- zero one film GmbH, Guantanamo Trap Canada Productions Inc., T&C Film AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, France Télévisions
- Producer
- Thomas Kufus, Amit Breuer, Marcel Hoehn
- directed by
- Thomas Selim Wallner
- Written by
- Thomas Selim Wallner, Manfred Becker
- Cinematography
- Filip Zumbrunn, Stéphane Kuthy
- Editing
- Manfred Becker
- Music
- Peter Scherer
- Location Sound Mix
- Ludger Hennig, Ole von Öhsen
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- First Hand Films
Worldwide Distribution
- Canada
- KinoSmith Inc. Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Toronto, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Special Jury Prize Canadian Feature 2011 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Genève, 12e Festival International du film sur les droits humains
07.03.2014 - 16.03.2014 -
Thessaloniki, 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
09.03.2012 - 18.03.2012 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2012 - 26.01.2012 -
11th Watch Docs Human Rights Int. Film Festival Warsaw
08.12.2011 - 18.12.2011 -
12th Bergen International Film Festival
19.10.2011 - 26.10.2011 -
Cape Town, Encounters: South African International Documentary Festival
09.06.2011 - 26.06.2011 -
Sheffield, Sheffield International Documentary Festival
08.06.2011 - 12.06.2011 -
Toronto, 18th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto
28.04.2011 - 08.05.2011