Unser America
Switzerland, May 2005
FILM,
Documentary,
84 min.
- directed by
- Kristina Konrad
- Written by
- Kristina Konrad
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.maximage.ch
Twenty-five years after a revolution no-one thought possible, European filmmaker Konrad returns to a land suffering from the wounds of war, with little hope for the future. Twenty years ago Konrad herself experienced Nicaragua as a place of utopian ideals, where people strived to achieve the impossible: to conquer poverty, inequality and political pluralism. But travelling through Nicaragua today, Konrad cannot help but be aware of great changes. This is the story of Nicaragua, whose revolutionary history is shaped by myth and poetry, as well as by the country’s relationship to its big brother North America.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2005
- Original Version
- Spanish, German, colour und s/w, 35mm, 84 min.
- Production
- maximage, SRG SSR, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Cornelia Seitler, Brigitte Hofer
- directed by
- Kristina Konrad
- Written by
- Kristina Konrad
- Cinematography
- Filip Zumbrunn
- Editing
- Gudrun Plenert-Steinbrück
- Music
- Konrad Bauer
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Meyer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- maximage
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Docufactory GmbH Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Punto de Vista, Punto de Vista/Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Navarra, Special Mention by the Jury 2007 (Winner)
- docúpolis Festival Internacional Documental de Barcelona, Best Latin American Documentary 2006 (Winner)
- Havana, International Film Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Bester ausländischer Film über Lateinamerika 2005 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Mexico City, Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México
27.09.2007 - 06.10.2007 -
Punto de Vista, Punto de Vista/Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Navarra
23.02.2007 - 03.03.2007 -
17e Festival International du film d'histoire
21.11.2006 - 27.11.2006 -
docúpolis Festival Internacional Documental de Barcelona
04.10.2006 - 08.10.2006 -
Warsaw, 3rd Planete Doc Review Warsaw
12.05.2006 - 21.05.2006 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
16.01.2006 - 22.01.2006 -
Havana, International Film Festival of New Latin American Cinema
06.12.2005 - 16.12.2005 -
Docs for Sale
28.11.2005 - 30.11.2005 -
Montreal, RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal
10.11.2005 - 20.11.2005 -
50. Semana Internacional de Cine
21.10.2005 - 29.10.2005
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Vienna, Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival
14.10.2005 - 26.10.2005