We are overjoyed to be celebrating the world premiere of Joshua Oppenheimer's THE END at Telluride Film Festival on Saturday September 31st.
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JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER'S 'THE END' STARTS PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY /
We are excited to announce that principal photography for Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE END has begun last week in Ireland and will continue through the spring in Italy and Germany.
The phenomenal cast consists of Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Michael Shannon, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, and Lennie James.
Read MoreFILMS AVAILABLE FOR SCREENING AT DRTV /
We are happy to announce that a selection of films produced by Final Cut for Real are now available for screening at DRTV. The films are listed below and accompanied by a link to DR’s website. Enjoy!
Content on DRTV can only be accessed in Denmark.
The Distant Barking of Dogs is director Simon Lereng Wilmont's first feature. It is set in Eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the war. The film follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year, witnessing the gradual erosion of his innocence beneath the pressures of war. Through Oleg’s perspective, the film examines what it means to grow up in a war zone. It portrays how a child’s universal struggle to discover what the world is about grows interlaced with all the dangers and challenges the war presents.
Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar nominated documentary The Act of Killing, explores the massive genocide that took place in Indonesia in the 1960s from the perspective of the perpetrators. The government of Indonesia was overthrown by the military in 1965, and more than a million people - communists, people of Chinese descent and intellectuals were executed. The movie is set in the city Medan on the island Sumatra. Here the filmmakers challenge the death squad leaders to dramatize how they participated in the genocide. The result is a surreal cinematic journey into the mass murderers ideas and fantasies about themselves and their victims. Simultaneously the movie presents us to a frightening and extremely corrupt regime, where the murderers have faced no judgement but instead are celebrated as heroes.
The Look of Silence, is a companion piece to The Act of Killing, The film follows a young optometrist as he attempts to bring the past into focus. The family discovers how their son was murdered during the Indonesian genocide - as well as the identity of the men who murdered him. The film documents the confrontation in the absence of any truth and reconciliation process, while the murderers remain in power.
Pervert Park by Frida and Lasse Barkfors, is a film about the people no one wants as a neighbour. It follows the every day life of the sex offenders in a Florida trailer park as they struggle to reintegrate into society, and gives us a chance to understand who they are and how the destructive cycle of sexual abuse and silence can be broken.
Death of a Child is Frida and Lasse Barkfors’ second film in a trilogy exploring social stigma. Pervert Park was the first. It is an exploration of the lives of parents who have caused their own children’s deaths. The film encompasses many different situations in life where tragedy hits and where someone is at fault, because of mistakes, accidents, neglect or mental illness. There is however something with what these parents have done that seem to trigger a specific social rage and condemnation. Because what kind of parent forgets a baby in a car?
Land of the Free, directed by Camilla Magid, is a moving portrayal of life after prison in the US. In South Central, Los Angeles, we follow Brian, a 42-year-old man, just released after having spent his whole adult life in prison. On his own, he must adapt to a modernised and changed society. He has to tackle the challenges of the Internet, getting a driver's license, and finding love. The film tackles hard hitting cultural issues and works to show the humanity in a deeply troubling environment where the prison industrial system often targets and holds back people of color.
Håbet bag hegnet / Les Sauteurs
Les Sauteurs, a film directed by Estephan Wagner and Moritz Siebert in collaboration with the film's protagonist Abou Bakar Sidibé, is ultimately a film about making a film. It is Abou's portrayal of the human struggle for dignity and freedom on one of the World's most militarised frontiers. In northern Morocco lies the Spanish enclave of Melilla: Europe on African Land. On the mountain above live over a thousand hopeful African migrants, watching the land border, a fence system separating Morocco and Spain. Abou from Mali is one of them - the protagonist in front of the camera, as well as the person behind it. For over a year, he has ceaselessly persisted in attempting to jump the fence.
THE ACT OF KILLING & THE LOOK OF SILENCE IN 4TH PLACE ON INDIEWIRE'S LIST OF THE 100 BEST FILMS OF THE DECADE /
We are immensely happy and proud that Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary films The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence shares the 4th place on Indiewire’s recent list of the best films of the 2010s.
Read More'LAND OF THE FREE', 'THAT SUMMER' & JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER AT TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2017 /
We are pleased to announce that this year's Telluride Film Festival will include two films from Final Cut for Real in the official programme: Camilla Magid's Land of the Free will screen as part of the main program and Göran Hugo Olsson's That Summer will screen as a part of the BACKLOT program (which features behind-the-scenes movies and portraits of artists, musicians and filmmakers).
Read MoreJOSHUA OPPENHEIMER IN VENICE FILM FESTIVAL JURY /
This week Joshua Oppenheimer is in Venice on jury duty. He is part of the jury for the Venice Film Festival’s main competition.
Read More'PERVERT PARK' TO BE BROADCAST ON POV /
On July 11th, Frida and Lasse Barkfors' Pervert Park will be broadcast on the American public television series POV. This marks the second film by Final Cut for Real in this year's POV season, along with Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence.
Read More'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' TO BE BROADCAST ON POV /
On June 27th, Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar®-Nominated The Look of Silence will be broadcast on the American public television series POV. This marks the second film by Final Cut for Real in this year's POV season, along with Pervert Park, directed by Frida and Lasse Barkfors.
Read More'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY AT THE 2016 SPIRIT AWARDS /
The Look of Silence wins Best Documentary film 2016 at the Spirit Awards yesterday in Santa Monica. A big congratulation to everyone involved and the team behind the film.
Read MoreTHREE CINEMA EYE AWARDS FOR 'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' AND FINAL CUT FOR REAL /
Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence took home three awards at the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking last night.
Read MoreOSCAR NOMINATION FOR 'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' /
We are deeply honored to announce that Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence has just been named as one of the nominees for Best Documentary Feature at this year's Academy Awards.
Read More'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' TAKES HOME AWARDS FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FROM INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION & GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS /
The awards keep coming for The Look of Silence - we are immensely proud of all the accolades bestowed on the film and hope that these will inspire attention and change in Indonesia.
Read More'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' WINS AUDIENCE AWARD AT NORDISK PANORAMA /
We are deeply honoured that Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence won the Audience Award at Nordisk Panorama 2015 in Malmö.
Read MoreFINAL CUT FOR REAL AT NORDISK PANORAMA 2015 /
This year FCFR are represented at Nordisk Panorama in Malmö with 4 films, 3 of them in the main competition for Best Nordic Documentary.
Read More'LIFE IS SACRED', 'PERVERT PARK' AND 'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' ARE COMING TO NY /
Andreas Dalsgaard's Life is Sacred and Frida & Lasse Barkfors' Pervert Park are both having their New York debuts within the coming weeks.
Read MoreAUDIENCE AWARD FOR 'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' AT DOC/FEST '15 /
Joshua Oppenheimer's acclaimed documentary The Look of Silence took home the audience award for best feature at this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Read More'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' WINS DOUBLE AT DOCSBARCELONA /
This weekend Joshua Oppenheimer's widely acclaimed and award winning documentary The Look of Silence took home two awards at DocsBarcelona 2015.
Read MoreINDONESIAN STUDENTS SCREEN 'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' DESPITE PROTESTS /
Students at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia successfully held a screening and discussion of Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence ("Seynap") this Wednesday - despite protesters attempt to block the event.
Read More'THE LOOK OF SILENCE' WINS MAIN COMPETITION AT ONE WORLD 2015 /
Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence is the recipient of the Best Film Award at this year's One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
Read More'THE LOOK OF SILENCE'S' ADI RUKUN RECEIVES TRUE LIFE FUND /
In connection with this year's True/False Film Fest, The Look of Silence has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 True Life Fund. The purpose of the fund is to "offer tangible assistence to the real-life subjects of a new non-fiction-film", supporting and honoring those who appear in front of the camera.
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