STOP-OVER (L’ESCALE)
Three documentaries – THE ACT OF KILLING, STOP-OVER (L’ESCALE) and THE MISSING PICTURE (L’IMAGE MANQUANTE) have been nominated for the European Film Academy EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2013 category. The European Documentary 2013 will be presented at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.
THE ACT OF KILLING
Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min
DIRECTED BY: Joshua Oppenheimer
PRODUCED BY: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Anwar Congo and his friends are mass murderers dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster scenes, and galloping across prairies as yodelling cowboys.
L’ESCALE (STOP-OVER)
Switzerland/France, 100 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Kaveh Bakhtiari
PRODUCED BY: Elisabeth Garbar & Heinz Dill
In Athens, Amir, an Iranian immigrant, has a modest flat which has become a place of transit for migrants who, like him, have chosen to leave their country.
L’IMAGE MANQUANTE (THE MISSING PICTURE)
France/Cambodia, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Rithy Panh
PRODUCED BY: Catherine Dussart
For many years, I have been looking for the missing picture: a photograph taken between 1975 and 1979 by the Khmer Rouge when they ruled over Cambodia…