The Giant Buddhas
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The Giant Buddhas | |
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Directed by | Christian Frei |
Produced by | Christian Frei |
Starring |
Taysir Alony Sayeed Mirza Hussain Nelofer Pazira Zémaryalaï Tarzi Xuanzang |
Music by |
Jan Garbarek Philip Glass Steve Kuhn Arvo Pärt |
Cinematography | Peter Indergand |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Language | Arabic, Dari, English, French and Mandarin |
The Giant Buddhas is a documentary film by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan. It was released in March 2006. The movie film quotes local Afghans that the destruction was ordered by Osama Bin Laden and that initially, Mullah Omar and the Afghans in Bamyan had opposed the destruction.[1]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- DOK Leipzig 2005: Silver Dove
- Dokufest Prizren 2006: first prize ex aequo
- Trento Film Festival 2006: Silver Gentian
- Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival 2006: Best of the Fest - Documentary
- Sundance Film Festival 2006: nominated for a Grand Jury Prize for World cinema-documentaries[2]
- Swiss Film Prize 2006: nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for Best Documentary
- Toronto International Film Festival 2005: Official Selection
References[edit]
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- ↑ Times Internet Limited (2006) Times of India article, March 27, 2006 [archive]. Retrieved October 16, 2006.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478157/awards [archive]
External links[edit]
- "The Giant Buddhas" trilingual site (English, Deutsch, Français) [archive]
- The Giant Buddhas [archive] at the Internet Movie Database
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