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
Six mois avant le raid sur les Twin Towers à New York, une explosion a secoué la lointaine vallée de Bamiyan en Afganistan, détruisant deux immenses statues du Bouddha. Le drame déclenché par ces anciens colosses de pierre – vestiges exceptionnels d'une civilisation florissante le long de la route de la soie jusqu'au treizième siècle – est le point de départ d'un essai cinématographique sur le fanatisme et le pluralisme, la terreur et la tolérance, l’ignorance et l’identité. Le film nous entraîne le long d'une ligne de démarcation particulière, celle qui sépare et unit, à parts égale, les hommes et les cultures.
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