"We Come As Friends" is a modern odyssey, a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent's biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old 'civilizing' pathology re-emerges - that of colonialism, clash of empires, and yet new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources.
The director of "Darwin's Nightmare" takes us on this voyage in his tiny, self-made flying machine out of tin and canvas, he leads us into most improbable locations and into people's thoughts and dreams, in both stunning and heartbreaking ways. Chinese oil workers, UN peacekeepers, Sudanese warlords, and American evangelists ironically weave common ground in this documentary.
If "history does not repeat itself, but rhymes", "We Come As Friends" bares witness to this disquieting reality - it is a complex, profound and humorous cinematic endeavor - a tale of very old and rather sinister verses.
Regie: Hubert SauperDrehbuch: Hubert SauperKamera: Hubert SauperSchnitt: Hubert Sauper, Cathie Dambel, Denise VindevogelMusik: Slim TwigProduktionsleitung: Stephanie Bourdin, Marie Tappero
Produktion: Hubert Sauper, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Förderungen: ÖFI, ORF-FFA, FFW, Eurimages, Canal +, ARTE France
Weltvertrieb: LE PACTE
"We Come As Friends" is a modern odyssey, a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent's biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old 'civilizing' pathology re-emerges - that of colonialism, clash of empires, and yet new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources.
The director of "Darwin's Nightmare" takes us on this voyage in his tiny, self-made flying machine out of tin and canvas, he leads us into most improbable locations and into people's thoughts and dreams, in both stunning and heartbreaking ways. Chinese oil workers, UN peacekeepers, Sudanese warlords, and American evangelists ironically weave common ground in this documentary.
If "history does not repeat itself, but rhymes", "We Come As Friends" bares witness to this disquieting reality - it is a complex, profound and humorous cinematic endeavor - a tale of very old and rather sinister verses.
Preise:
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery (Park City, Sundance Film Festival)
- Friedensfilmpreis / Peace Film Prize (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin/Berlinale Special)
- Millennium Award (Warsaw, Planete+ Doc Film Festival)
- Wild Dreamer Award (Zagreb, Subversive Film Festival)
- Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film (Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2014)
Festivals:
Berlinale 2014
Sundance Filmfestival 2014
BAFICI Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival 2014
33rd Istanbul Film Festival 2014
57th San Francisco International Film Festival 2014
Planete+ Doc Film Festival 2014 (Warsaw)
Subversive Film Festival 2014 (Zagreb)
27th Helsinki IFF 2014
Festival do Rio 2014
BIFF Bergen IFF 2014
10th Zürich FF 2014
IFF Vancouver IFF 2014
19th Busan IFF, SOuth Korea 2014
BFI London FF 2014
30th Haifa IFF, Israel 2014
18th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2014