Zero Impunity
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- Comment: This reads more like a press kit summary rather than a neutral article. It needs to be rewritten in the form of typical films here. The external references and links don't need to sit out there and not be connected to the article. The reception is only the good parts of the film as taglines from critics and is not neutral at all. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 16:58, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
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Directed by |
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Screenplay by | Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies (aka Blies brothers) |
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Music by | Holland Andrews |
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Release date | 2019 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | Luxembourg, France |
Languages | French, English, Arabic, Ukrainian |
Budget | €2 million |
Zero Impunity is a multimedia documentary film by Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies (aka the Blies brothers), co-directed with Denis Lambert. The film explores the systematic occurrence of wartime sexual violence and assault. The film premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and was subsequently released in international film festivals such as Annecy International Animation Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival (Mostra), Palm Springs International Film Festival and Moscow International Film Festival.
Production
Zero Impunity was developed and conceptualized by Marion Guth and the director duo Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies between 2015 and 2016. The film was produced with support from Film Fund Luxembourg, CNC (Centre National de la Cinématographie). The film was developed on the basis of investigative reports into the issue of sexual violence in several countries, carried out as part of the film. Zero Impunity was launched on January 3, 2017 with the publication of six investigative reports on Médiapart[1] (France) and 10 media partners in Europe, North Africa and Middle East. The production of the feature-length documentary runs throughout 2017. New sequences were shot between September 2017 and December 2017 in Ukraine, Jordan, United States and France.
Synopsis
The film is based on six investigative reports by eleven female journalists on the impact and occurrence of sexual violence and systemic abuse in wartime.[2] The events covered include instances of abuse of civilians in the Central African Republic during Operation Sangaris, sexual abuse and torture of prisoners under the Bush administration, sexual slavery and assault by the forces of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, sexual violence in the Ukraine.[3] The film also criticizes the United Nations and the International Criminal Court. The reports are conveyed through both animated segments and live-action film segments with survivors, psychologists, whistleblowers, and investigators.[4]
Release
The film made its world premiere in March 2019 at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival [5] before being in official competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2019. The film is scheduled to make its US premiere at Palm Springs International Film festival in January 2020.
Reception
The film received mainly positive reviews for its subject matter and international scope, with some criticizing the film for being to dense and spreading itself across too many storylines.
Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the documentary a mostly favourable review for calling attention to the widespread indifference to sexual assault and sexual abuse by both terrorist organizations and sanctioned governmental organizations such as the United States Armed Forces and the United Nations peacekeepers. However, Mintzer criticized the film for being too dense and for trying to cover too many separate stories in its runtime, and for relying on "heavy-handed aesthetics [...] to make a point that didn’t need to be so overemphasized".[6]
Allen Hunter of ScreenDaily praised the film for giving a voice to sexual assault victims and for calling attention to the international issue of sexual violence in wartime.[7] The French newspaper Le Figaro gave it a postive review, calling it "a punching film" that "left Annecy speechless" [8].
Amber Wilkinson of Eye For Film was mostly positive, although she also noted that the film was dense in places and could have benefited if "perhaps less [sic] on situations already heavily documented, such as Syria and Abu Ghraib, would have allowed them more time to focus on under-discussed topics, such as the alleged indifference of the UN".[9]
Nominations and awards
Zero Impunity won the FIPA D'OR 2017 SmartFipa in Biarritz.[10][11] The film also won the audience award at Festival du Film Politique Porto-Vecchio.[12]
Festival | Country | Year | Competition |
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Thessaloniki International Film Festival [13] | Greece | 2019 | Official Competition |
FIFDH[14] | Switzerland | 2019 | Official Competition |
FICAM [15] | Morocco | 2019 | Official Selection |
Lucca Film Festival [16] | Italia | 2019 | Official Competition |
Moscow International Film Festival [17] | Russia | 2019 | Official Selection |
Molodist KIFF [18] | Ukraine | 2019 | Official Selection |
Annecy Film Festival [19] | France | 2019 | Official Competition |
Fantoche[20] | Switzerland | 2019 | Official Selection |
Québec City Film Festival [21] | Canada | 2019 | Official Competition |
AnimaSyros | Greece | 2019 | Official Competition |
Freedom Film Festival[22] | Malaysia | 2019 | Official Selection |
Madrid International Contemporary Animation Festival | Spain | 2019 | Official Selection |
FIFF Namur[23] | Belgium | 2019 | Official Selection |
Human Rights Film Festival Lugano | Switzerland | 2019 | Official Selection |
Cambridge Film Festival | UK | 2019 | Official Competition |
Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) | South Korea | 2019 | Official Competition |
Festival du Film Politique Porto-Vecchio (Audience AWARD)[24] | France | 2019 | Official Competition |
São Paulo International Film Festival | Brazil | 2019 | Official Competition |
Mostra de Valencia [25] | Spain | 2019 | Official Selection |
Festival Cinéma et Droits Humains – Amnesty International | France | 2019 | Official Selection |
FIFF Tübingen[26] | Germany | 2019 | Official Competition |
Amiens International Film Festival | France | 2019 | Official Selection |
Panorama of the European Film[27] | Egypt | 2019 | Official Selection |
Bergen International Animation Festival | Norway | 2019 | Official Selection |
Joburg Film Festival | South-Africa | 2019 | Official Selection |
Les Sommets de l’Animation | Canada | 2019 | Official Selection |
Carrefour du Cinéma d’Animation | France | 2019 | Official Selection |
Festival International du Film Politique (Carcassonne) | France | 2019 | Official Competition |
Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival | Greece | 2020 | Official Competition |
Palm Springs International Film Festival[28] | USA | 2020 | Official Selection |
External links
Références
- ^ "Zero Impunity: contre l'impunité des violences sexuelles dans les conflits armés". www.mediapart.fr. Retrieved 3 July 2019..
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa; Keslassy, Elsa (2017-06-09). "Indie Sales Boards Topical Animated Documentary 'Zero Impunity' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ "Annecy 2019 - Zero Impunity : l'impact du cinéma au service de l'activisme". Le Film Français (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ "Review: Zero Impunity". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ "Zero Impunity". Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "'Zero Impunity': Film Review | Annecy 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Hunter2019-06-03T10:10:00+01:00, Allan. "'Zero Impunity': Annecy Review". Screen. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Zero Impunity : lorsque l'animation se transforme en un documentaire glaçant". www.lefigaro.fr. 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "Zero Impunity (2019) Movie Review from Eye for Film". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Le Fipa 2017 met l'engagement au cœur de son palmarès". Télérama.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Sepulveda, Elsa. "Palmarès du 30e Fipa". www.mediakwest.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Vernet, Par Henri; Porto-Vecchio, à; à 13h27, Corse-du-SudLe 27 octobre 2019 (2019-10-27). "«Freedom» primé au festival du film politique de Porto-Vecchio". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Zero Impunity". Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "Film". fifdh.org. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Zero Impunity". Ficam. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Chiaro, Matteo Del. "zero-impunity". Lucca Film Festival (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "ZERO INPUNITY :: Film catalogue :: Moscow International Film Festival". moscowfilmfestival.ru. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "Zero Impunity (Нульова безкарність) | 48th Kyiv IFF Molodist | Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival". Кінофестиваль Молодість Україна. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ CITIA, ©. "Annecy > Programme > Index". www.annecy.org. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
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- ^ "Zero Impunity". Festival de cinéma de la ville de québec. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Zero Impunity - FFF2019 Programme, FFF2019 Sep 28th". Freedom Film Network. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "LES FILMS". Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ (Jean-Paul-Lottier). "Freedom gagne le grand prix du jury au festival du film politique de Porto-Vecchio". Corse Net Infos - Pure player corse (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Secció Informativa". Mostra de València (in Catalan). Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Zero Impunity". FRANZÖSISCHE FILMTAGE TÜBINGEN-STUTTGART (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Panorama - ZERO IMPUNITY". www.panoramaeurofilm.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Palm Springs Film Fest: 'JoJo Rabbit,' Foreign-Language Oscar Candidates, Oliver Sacks Doc Join Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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