The Giant Buddhas

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

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