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.
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.
Born in 1974, USA, Joshua Oppenheimer is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he is a partner at the production company Final Cut for Real. Recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, Oppenheimer has worked for over a decade with militias, death squads and their victims to explore the relationship between political violence and the public imagination. His debut feature-length film,The Act of Killing (2012, 159 min, 117 min, 95 min), won 72 international awards, including the European Film Award 2013, BAFTA 2014, Asia Pacific Screen Award 2013, Berlinale Panorama Audience Award 2013, Guardian Film Award 2014 for Best Film, was nominated for the 2014 Academy Award® for Best Documentary, was released theatrically in 30 countries, and screened in countless film festivals, including the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, and Berlin International Film Festival. His latest film, The Look of Silence(2014, 99 min), premiered in competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, where it won five awards, including the Grand Prize of the Jury, the international critics award (FIPRESCI Prize), the European film critics award (FEDEORA Prize). Oppenheimer is artistic director of the International Centre for Documentary and Experimental Film, University of Westminster.
Dogwoof is happy to share the news that Machines is opening the ICA's Frames of Representation festival on 21 April.
A Syrian Love Story, Cartel Land and The Look of Silence have been nominated for the 2016 Grierson Awards.
Cartel Land and The Look of Silence are nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar!
The awards keep coming for The Look of Silence as the film took home the Best Feature Award at the 2015 IDA Awards!
Best of Enemies, Cartel Land, The Look of Silence, Heart of a Dog and 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets have been put forward for the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary!
The 2015 Gotham Award winners have been revealed and Dogwoof's very own The Look of Silence has taken the award for best documentary.
The Film Independent Spirit Award nominations have been announced and we are thrilled to see three of Dogwoof's films included in the nominees.
The International Documentary Association has announced the nominees for the 2015 IDA Documentary Awards and four Dogwoof films have been named! Congratulations to all the filmmakers and fingers crossed for December 5th.
Each year the Cinema Eye Honors release a list of Unforgettable nonfiction film subjects. This year it includes subjects from five dogwoof films: Jose Manuel Mireles - Cartel Land, Paul Mangwana - Democrats, Brenda Myers-Powell - Dreamcatcher, Iris Apfel - Iris and Adi Rukun - The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer's stunning follow up to BAFTA winning and Oscar Nominated The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. Also available are special edition double pack's with both films. This is must watch before Awards season buzz.
The European Film Awards announced their documentary selection this morning and it includes The Look of Silence and Democrats.
This Sunday the Rio Cinema in Dalston will present a double-bill screening of the BAFTA-winning 'The Act of Killing (Director's Cut)' and the recently-released, critically-acclaimed 'The Look of Silence'.
Joshua Oppenheimer held a insightful masterclass during Sheffield Doc/fest, if you couldn't make it the lovely people at Conversations about Cinema have made it available online.
Last night was a big night, Louis Theroux hosted a Q&A event of The Look of Silence in over 90 cinemas across the UK and Ireland.
Dogwoof hosted a preview screening of The Look of Silence ahead of the UK release this Friday.
An absolutely incredible opening night of Sheffield Doc/Fest yesterday, featuring the UK premiere of The Look of Silence.
On the eve of the UK premiere of The Look of Silence at this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest, let's take a look at some of the best documentary film series.
We are excited to announce that on Sunday 14 June, to celebrate the release of The Look of Silence, we will hold a nationwide satellite Q&A event. Following a screening of the film, award-winning filmmaker Louis Theroux will host the Q&A with director Joshua Oppenheimer.
The new UK trailer and poster for Joshua Oppenheimer's THE LOOK OF SILENCE, the incredible companion piece to his BAFTA winning The Act of Killing.
IF YOU LIKE THE LOOK OF SILENCE
The Look of Silence took home the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary in Los Angeles on Saturday night.