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Directed by | Anders Østergaard |
Written by | Anders Østergaard, Jan Krogsgaard |
Produced by | Lise Lense-Møller Com: Magic Hour Films Line: Cecilia Valsted Ass.: Lars Frederiksen |
Starring | The Burma VJs |
Narrated by | "Joshua" |
Cinematography | Simon Plum |
Edited by | Janus Billeskov & Thomas Papapetros |
Music by | Conny C-A Malmqvist |
Distributed by | Dogwoof Pictures (UK), Oscilloscope Laboratories (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 mins |
Country | Denmark |
Languages | Burmese English |
Box office | $123,477[1] |
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country is a 2008 Danish documentary film directed by Anders Østergaard. It follows the Saffron Revolution against the military regime in Burma.[2] The "VJ" in the title stands for "video journalists."[3] Some of it was filmed on hand-held cameras. The footage was smuggled out of the country,[4] physically or over the Internet. Other parts of it were reconstructed, which caused controversy.[5]
Awards and nominations
The film won awards, especially at European film festivals, e.g. it won the Golden Apricot at the 2009 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Documentary Film. [6][7] It won the World Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.[8] Burma VJ was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[9]
Box office
The film was released to one theater on 20 May 2009 and grossed $5,554 in the opening weekend. Its widest release was in three theaters. As of 1 May 2010, the total gross stands at $123,477.[10]
DVD features
The DVD includes a message from Buddhist actor Richard Gere comparing the situation in Burma to that in Tibet.[11]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=burmavj.htm
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (29 May 2009). "'Burma VJ' vividly details monk uprising". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
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(help) - ^ Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country
- ^ Bass, Charlie (28 May 2009). "FILM REVIEW: Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country". The Indypendent. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ Marshall, Andrew (29 January 2009). "Burma VJ: Truth As Casualty". TIME magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ San Francisco Film Society, "Golden Gate Award 2009 Winners". Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ Variety, Mundell, Ian (1 December 2008). "'Burma VJ' wins Amsterdam prize". Variety. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ 2009 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org
- ^ 'Burma VJ' gets Best Documentary Oscar nod
- ^ "Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ DVD Oscilloscope Pictures OSC-012, 2010.