The Giant Buddhas
2005 Swiss film
- September 10, 2005 (2005-09-10) (Toronto International Film Festival)
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The Giant Buddhas (2005) is a documentary film by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan by the Taliban in March 2001.[1]
The film premiered in August 2005 and was released in March 2006.[2] The movie 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.[3]
Awards and nominations
- 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[4]
- Swiss Film Prize 2006: nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for Best Documentary
- Toronto International Film Festival 2005: Official Selection
References
External links
- "The Giant Buddhas" trilingual site (English, Deutsch, Français)
- The Giant Buddhas at IMDb
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