THE LOOK OF SILENCE

By Joshua OPPENHEIMER

CAMERA FILM A/S - as DISTR

Documentary - Completed 2014

Through Joshua Oppenheimer’s work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the men who killed him.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2015
Peace Film Prize Winner
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • DENMARK, INDONESIA, NORWAY, FINLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • INDONESIAN
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Joshua OPPENHEIMER
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/D1E2-DDA8-972E-E4B2-5AD9-E
    • Producer(s)
    • Signe BYRGE SØRENSEN (Final Cut for Real)
    • Synopsis
    • Through Joshua Oppenheimer’s work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the men who killed him. The youngest brother is determined to break the spell of silence and fear under which the survivors live, and so confronts the men responsible for his brother's murder – something unimaginable in a country where killers remain in power.