THE LOOK OF SILENCE

Director:  JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER

The Oscar®-nominated The Look of Silence is Joshua Oppenheimer's powerful companion piece to the Oscar®-nominated The Act of Killing. Through Oppenheimer's footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror by doing something unimaginable in a society where the murderers remain in power: he confronts the men who killed his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions. This unprecedented film initiates and bears witness to the collapse of fifty years of silence.

For more information visit: The Official Website of The Look of Silence



PRODUCTION FACTS

Running time: 98 min (25fps), 102 min (24fps)
Year: 2014
Language: Indonesian, Javanese
Countries of production: Denmark, Indonesia, Norway, Finland & UK
Principal Producer: Final Cut for Real (Denmark)

Director - Joshua Oppenheimer
Co-director - Anonymous
Producer - Signe Byrge Sørensen
Executive Producers - Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and André Singer
Associate Producers - Anne Köhncke, Maria Kristensen, Heidi Elise Christensen and Joram Ten Brink
Co-Producers - Anonymous, Kaarle Aho, Torstein Grude, Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Director of Photography - Lars Skree
Additional Camera - Anonymous, Joshua Oppenheimer and Christine Cynn
Editor - Niels Pagh Andersen
Sound design and Mix - Henrik Garnov

AWARDS

Nominated for the 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Acey Artist Choice Award - Best Documentary of 2015
Acey Artist Choice Award - Best Editing in a Documentary 2015
Festival d'Angers - Audience Award for Best Film of 2015
Festival d'Angers- Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention 2015
Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) - Best Documentary of 2015
Beboti Film Awards - Best Foreign Language Film of 2015
Beboti Film Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
Berlin Film Festival - Peace Film Prize of 2015
Bodil Award - Danish Film Critics Association Prize - Best Documentary of 2015
Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) - Best Foreign Language Film of 2015
Busan International Film Festival - Best World Documentary (Cinephile Prize) 2014
Calgary Underground Film Festival - Jury Awards Best Documentary Feature 2015
Camerimage Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
CINE Golden Eagle Award - Best Feature Length Documentary of 2015
Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking 2016
Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Direction 2016
Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Production 2016
Central Ohio Film Critics Association - Best Documentary of 2015
Cologne International Film and Television Festival - Phoenix Prize 2015
CPH:DOX - Grand Prize (DOX Award) 2014
Danish Arts Council - Prize of the Danish Arts Council 2014
Danish Academy Award (Robert Prize) - Best Documentary of 2015
DCist - Best Film of 2015
Denver Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2016
Denver Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2014
Docs Against Gravity – Warsaw - Amnesty International Award 2015
Docs Barcelona - Audience Award 2015
Docs Barcelona - Amnesty International Award 2015
Docs Barcelona - Best Documentary - Honorable Mention 2015
Documenta Madrid - Audience Award of 2015
Durban International Film Festival - Amnesty International Honorary Award 2015
Festival Cinematográfico del Uruguay - Human Right Best Feature 2015
Festival de Cine de Derechos Humanos Buenos Aires - Best Film of 2015
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Grand Prix 2015
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Prix de la Critique 2015
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Prix Étudiants 2015
Gotham Award - Best Documentary of 2015
Gothenburg International Film Festival - Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary of 2015
Burma Human Rights Human Dignity Film Festival - Aung San Suu Kyi Award 2015
IDA Documentary Awards - Best Feature Documentary Award 2015
Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary of 2015
Indiewire Critics Poll- Best Documentary of 2015
Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists - Tasrif Award of 2015
KBPS - Best Film of 2015
London Critic's Circle Award - Foreign Language Film of the Year 2016
MakeDox International Filmfestival - Best Film of 2015
Milwaukee Film Festival - Jury Award Best Documentary of 2015
Movies That Matter Festival - Vara Audience Award 2015
Nonfics - Best Documentary of 2015                                                 
Nonfics Critics Poll - Best Documentary of 2015
NordicDocs - Special Jury Prize 2015
Nordisk Panorama - Audience Award for Best Film 2015
Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival - Award of Honor 2015
Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival - Audience Award 2015
Online Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2015
Prague One World Film Festival - Best Film of 2015
Realscreen - Best Documentay of 2015
Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize 2015
River Run International Film Festival - Best Director (Documentary) 2015
Satellite Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
Seattle Film Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
Sheffield International Documentary Festival - Audience Award 2015
Sofia International Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
Subversive Film Festival - Wild Dreamer Award 2015
SXSW Film Festival - Audience Award, Festival Favourites for Best Film 2015
Toronto Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2015
Tromsø International Film Festival - FICC Award/Don Quixote Prize 2015
True/False Film Festival - True Life Fund Recipient Award
Victoria Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
Village Voice Critics Poll - Best Documentary of 2015
Vilnius International Film Festival - Best Director 2015
Venice Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize 2014
Venice Film Festival - Human Rights Award 2014
Best Film of Venice Film Festival - Critics Price (FIPRESCI) 2014
Best European and Mediterranean Film of Venice Film Festival 2014 - European Critics Prize (FEDORA) 2014
Best Film of Venice Film Festival - Online Critics Prize (Mouse d'Oro) 2014
Zurich Film Festival - Special Mention - International Documentary 2014

CONTACT

General Inquiries
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Sales Agent
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Festivals
Contact Anne Marie Kürstein at the Danish Film Institute - kurstein(at)dfi.dk


Press Enquiries

International
Maria Kristensen
Final Cut for Real
maria(at)final-cut.dk

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