The Giant Buddhas
Switzerland, August 2005
FILM,
Documentary,
95 min.
- directed by
- Christian Frei
- Written by
- Christian Frei
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.giant-buddhas.com
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2005
- Original Version
- Arabic, Dari, French, English, Mandarin (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 95 min.
- Production
- Christian Frei Filmproduktion GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ZDF/ARTE
- Producer
- directed by
- Christian Frei
- Written by
- Christian Frei
- Cinematography
- Peter Indergand
- Editing
- Christian Frei, Denise Zabalaga
- Sound Editing
- Florian Eidenbenz
- Re-Recording Mix
- Florian Eidenbenz
- Music
- Philip Glass, Steve Kuhn
- Location Sound Mix
- Florian Eidenbenz
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Films Transit International Inc.
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Look Now! Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
-
Sichuan TV Festival,
Gold Panda Award for Best Photography
2007
(Winner)
Peter Indergand - Montréal, Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Prix du meilleur reportage ex-aequo 2007 (Winner)
- Mountainfilm International Filmfestival Graz, Preis der Jury 2007 (Winner)
- Dokufest International Documentary and Shortfilm Festival Prizren, 1. Preis ex aequo 2006 (Winner)
- Trento Film Festival Montagna-Esplorazione-Avventura, Silberner Enzian 2006 (Winner)
- Tahoe/Reno, Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival, Best of the Fest - Documentary 2006 (Winner)
- Leipzig, Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Silberne Taube 2005 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Genève, 14e Festival International du film sur les droits humains
04.03.2016 - 13.03.2016 -
15a Muestra Internacional documental Bogotá
28.10.2013 - 01.11.2013 -
Paris, Signes de Nuit Festival International Paris
24.04.2009 - 28.04.2009 -
Mountainfilm International Filmfestival Graz
07.11.2007 - 10.11.2007 -
Sichuan TV Festival
28.10.2007 - 30.10.2007 -
Montréal, 25th Montreal International Festival of Films on ART (FIFA)
08.03.2007 - 18.03.2007 -
2nd DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival New Zealand
07.09.2006 - 29.10.2006 -
Tahoe/Reno, Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival 2006
23.08.2006 - 27.08.2006 -
Dokufest International Documentary and Shortfilm Festival Prizren
08.08.2006 - 13.08.2006 -
Warsaw, 3rd Planete Doc Review Warsaw
12.05.2006 - 21.05.2006
-
Munich, 21. Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München
03.05.2006 - 11.05.2006 -
54th Trento Film Festival of Mountains, Exploration and Adventure
29.04.2006 - 07.05.2006 -
San Francisco, 49th San Francisco International Film Festival
20.04.2006 - 04.05.2006 -
19th Singapore International Film Festival
13.04.2006 - 29.04.2006 -
Istanbul, 25th International Istanbul Film Festival
01.04.2006 - 16.04.2006 -
Tel Aviv, 8th DocAviv Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
30.03.2006 - 08.04.2006 -
Sao Paulo, 11th International Documentary Film Festival
23.03.2006 - 02.04.2006 -
Thessaloniki, 8th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
10.03.2006 - 19.03.2006 -
8th One World Film Festival
02.03.2006 - 09.03.2006 -
Bangkok International Film Festival
17.02.2006 - 28.02.2006 -
Saarbrücken, 27. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
23.01.2006 - 29.01.2006 -
Park City, 22nd Sundance Film Festival
19.01.2006 - 29.01.2006 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
16.01.2006 - 22.01.2006 -
Docs for Sale
28.11.2005 - 30.11.2005 -
Copenhagen, 3rd Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival
04.11.2005 - 13.11.2005 -
50. Semana Internacional de Cine
21.10.2005 - 29.10.2005 -
Vienna, Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival
14.10.2005 - 26.10.2005 -
Leipzig, 48. Internationales Leipziger Festival
03.10.2005 - 09.10.2005 -
Vancouver, 24th Vancouver International Film Festival
29.09.2005 - 14.10.2005 -
Toronto, 30th Toronto International Film Festival
08.09.2005 - 17.09.2005 -
Locarno, 58. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
03.08.2005 - 13.08.2005