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Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country
Anders Høgsbro Østergaard
Denmark 2008 84'
Østergaard brings us close to Burma’s video journalists who insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Armed with small handy cams, they make their undercover reportages. Their material is smuggled out of Burma and broadcast back via satellite. Joshua, age 27, becomes tactical leader of a group of reporters, as Buddhist monks in September 2007 lead a massive uprising. As government intelligence understands the power of the camera, the VJs become their prime target.
Screenplay: Anders Høgsbro Østergaard, Jan Krogsgaard- Production: Lise Lense-Møller
- Photography: Simon Plum, Burma's video-journalists
- Original language: English, burmese
- Color/B&W: Color
- Original format: HD
- Production companies: Magic Hour Films ApS
- Festivals & Awards: Sundance Film Festival (Comp. World Cinema Documentary), 2009. IDFA, Amsterdam International Film Festival (Winner Joris Ivens & Winner Movies That Matter Awards), 2008. CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Winner Best Doc & Amnesty Award), 2008.
- www.dfi.dk
- www.burmavj.com
Sessions
| Date | Time | Venue | Language |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-01-2009 | 22:00 | Filmoteca de Catalunya Hosted by Xavier Rubert de Ventós |
VOS Cat / VOS Eng | * |
| 31-01-2009 | 19:00 | Filmoteca de Catalunya Hosted by Xavier Rubert de Ventós |
VOS Cat / VOS Eng | * |
(*) Tickets only in box office
(**) Free Admission