There is no debate. The Act Of Killing is a crown jewel of the documentary genre, and certainly one of the most hotly-discussed documentaries in a long, long time. But these simple facts dont register the complexity and the emotion of the films content and its affect on viewers. Over 50 international awards and an Oscar nomination later, director Joshua Oppenheimer was still not finished with his message and conveyance of the Indonesian genocide. Already during a number of awards celebrations was he discussing his next project, The Look Of Silence, a companion piece to The Act Of Killing.
Were beyond proud to announce that we will be release The Look Of Silence into theaters next year. The geographical setting and circumstances are the same, but apart from Oppenheimers trademark innovation, everything else is different. The Look Of Silence is a more personal film, tracing the legacy of the Indonesian genocide from the victims point of view, following one man on his search for the truth as he confronts his brothers killers.
Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog return as Executive Producers, calling the film One of the greatest and most powerful documentaries ever made. A profound comment on the human condition (Morris) and profound, visionary, and stunning (Herzog).
The Look Of Silence will have its world premiere at the 2014 Venice Film Festival, followed by the North American premiere at TIFF and the US premiere at NYFF. It will hit theaters summer of 2015. Keep your eyes here for more news and updates in the months ahead.
Full press release below:
DRAFTHOUSE FILMS AND PARTICIPANT MEDIA ACQUIRE
OSCAR -NOMINEE JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER'S THE LOOK OF SILENCE'
Los Angeles, CA & Austin, TX (August 27, 2014) Drafthouse Films and Participant Media announced today they have jointly acquired all U.S. rights to Oscar -nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence, executive produced by Oscar-winner Errol Morris (The Fog of War), Oscar-nominee Werner Herzog (Encounters at the End of the World), and Emmy -nominee Andr Singer ( Little Dieter Needs to Fly ), and produced by Oscar-nominee Signe Byrge S rensen. The Look of Silence is the companion piece to Oppenheimer's 2014 Academy Award -nominated documentary The Act of Killing, and explores the Indonesian genocide and its terrifying legacy from the victim's point of view, following one man on his search for the truth as he confronts his brother's killers.
The Look of Silence will world premiere at the 2014 Venice Film Festival, followed by a Canadian premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, and a New York premiere at the New York Film Festival. The Look of Silence will be released theatrically in the U.S. in the summer of 2015.
When I watched The Act of Killing, I thought I might not ever see another documentary quite as powerful, said Alamo Drafthouse and Drafthouse Films founder Tim League. Joshua Oppenheimers stunning new film, The Look of Silence, is resounding proof that I was wrong.
Diane Weyermann, EVP, Documentary Films at Participant Media commented, The Look of Silence is a haunting story about a people who were written out of the history books, and Participant is proud to work with Joshua and Drafthouse to bring their story to American audiences.
Master documentarians Werner Herzog and Errol Morris decided to support the film by serving as its executive producers after viewing a rough cut. Morris called the film One of the greatest and most powerful documentaries ever made. A profound comment on the human condition. Herzog has said it is profound, visionary, and stunning.
Director Joshua Oppenheimer added, Reuniting with the passionate, resourceful, and tireless team who worked with us on The Act of Killing is a dream. We are thrilled to be back with old friends and deeply grateful to Errol and Werner.
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 perpetrators live just down the road, and have been in power ever since the massacres. The family's youngest son, an optometrist, seeks to bring the past into focus, asking how he can raise his children in a society where survivors are terrorized into silence, and everybody is intimidated into celebrating the murderers as heroes. In search of answers, he decides to confront each of his brothers killers. The killers still hold power, so each encounter is dangerous. The former executioners respond with fear, anger, and naked threats but he manages these encounters with dignity; asking unflinching questions about how the killers see what they did, how they live side-by-side with their victims, and how they think their victims see them. Through these confrontations, audiences get a sense of what it is like to live for decades encircled by powerful neighbors who are also murderers of their children. The Look of Silence does something virtually without precedent in cinema or in the aftermath of genocide: it documents survivors confronting their relatives' murderers in the absence of any truth and reconciliation process, while the murderers remain steadfastly in power.
The deal was negotiated by Cinephil's Philippa Kowarsky for Signe Byrge Sorensen and Final Cut For Real, James Emanuel Shapiro for Drafthouse Films, and Jeff Ivers for Participant.
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