City of Ghosts (2017)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | City of Ghosts |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | Arabic , English |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Matthew Heineman |
| production | Matthew Heineman |
| music |
Jackson Greenberg , H. Scott Salinas |
| camera | Matthew Heineman |
| cut | Matthew Heineman, Matthew Hamachek , Pax Wassermann |
City of Ghosts is an American documentary directed by Matthew Heineman , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017 . The film sheds light on the work of a group of Syrian citizen journalists in Raqqa called “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”, who are trying to expose human rights violations committed by the Islamic State and to combat misinformation campaigns by terrorists in their home country.
action
In the Syrian city of Raqqa , which is the de facto capital of the Islamic State , a group of Syrian citizen journalists who call themselves “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” works to expose human rights violations committed by IS and the terrorists' misinformation campaigns in their home country Combat Isis Territory.
They started as a group of school friends in the northern Syrian city to report on the anti-Assad movement during the Arab Spring in 2012, and in 2014 they began reporting on IS. They take great risks in documenting and publishing video, photo and written reports depicting the atrocities in their hometown, because if caught they face death. Hailed by journalist organizations around the world, the activists live undercover lives in constant danger. Some of the founders of the group had to flee to Turkey and Germany, but the Islamic State has called for the members of Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently to be killed, no matter where in the world they are.
production
Rod
The director took Matthew Heineman . It is the third film by the American director and filmmaker. In 2006, Heineman had covered some residents of New Orleans in his first documentary, Overcoming the Storm . His 2015 film Cartel Land was nominated for best documentary at the 88th Academy Awards and won three primetime Emmys, was named best documentary by the DGA and received the Courage Under Fire Award from the International Documentary Association. In this film he was about the drug war in Mexico. Heineman had previously directed and produced the Emmy-nominated documentary Escape Fire .
The score for City of Ghosts was composed by Jackson Greenberg and H. Scott Salinas , who are long-time friends of Heineman and who together created the score for Cartel Land . The soundtrack for the film was released for download on July 21, 2017.
Marketing and Publishing
The film premiered on January 21, 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival , where Amazon Studios and IFC Films secured the rights. In May 2017, Amazon Studios released the first official trailer for the film. The film has been shown at a number of film festivals, including the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival . In June 2017 the film was presented for the first time in Germany at the Munich Film Festival . The film was released in US theaters on July 7, 2017 and in UK theaters on July 21, 2017. At the end of September and beginning of October 2017, the film was presented at the Zurich Film Festival and then shown at the Warsaw International Film Festival .
reception
Reviews
The film convinced 98 percent of the Rotten Tomatoes critics and received an average rating of 8.4 out of a possible 10 points.
The Guardian's Charlie Phillips says there are many touching moments of connectedness and sincere emotions of suffering in the film. A scene in which two RBSS members see Isis propaganda footage of their father being shot in the head is a difficult place to take, but shows the everyday reality with which the Isis controls their territory. Phillips goes on to say that the film was about more than personal loss and Heineman's admiration for the work of the journalists, but that it was intended as a guide to the media war between the Isis video team and the RBSS, caused by, for example, the destruction of Satellite dishes equate to an arms race.
Awards (selection)
On December 7, 2017, it was announced that the shortlist was for the film from which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected the nominations for the 2018 Academy Awards in the category of Best Documentary . On December 18, 2017, the Academy announced that the song Broken Wings from the film was in a shortlist of 70 songs from which the nominations in the category Best Movie Song were determined. The following list contains a selection of the most famous award ceremonies.
British Academy Film Awards 2018
- Nomination for Best Documentary ( Matthew Heineman )
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2017
- Nomination for Best Documentary (Matthew Heineman)
- Nomination for Best Director (Matthew Heineman)
- Nomination for Best Political Documentary (Matthew Heineman)
Directors Guild of America Awards 2018
- Award as Best Documentary (Matthew Heineman)
- Awarded the Fritz Gerlich Film Prize (Matthew Heineman)
International Documentary Association Awards 2017
- Nomination for Best Documentary (Matthew Heineman)
Montclair Film Festival 2017
- Awarded the Special Jury Prize in the documentary film competition (Matthew Heineman)
- Nomination for the Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Films (Matthew Heineman)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2017
- Award for best documentary film
Producers Guild of America Awards 2017
- Nomination for best documentary
- Nomination for best documentary
- Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize in the Documentary Film Competition (Matthew Heineman)
- Award with the candescent Award
Web links
- City of Ghosts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- City of Ghosts - Official Jigsaw Productions Movie Website
- City of Ghosts - Official Trailer from IFC Films & Amazon Studios on Youtube (Video)
- City of Ghosts in the program of the Zurich Film Festival
- Jackson Greenberg & H. Scott Salinas: City Of Ghosts Soundtrack by Lakeshore Records on Youtube
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.dga.org/Events/2017/July2017/DocSeries_CityofGhosts.aspx
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/27/city-of-ghosts-review-could-be-the-definitive-syria-documentary
- ↑ https://www.siff.net/festival/city-of-ghosts
- ↑ http://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/de/programm/filme/film/?id=5426
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/27/city-of-ghosts-review-could-be-the-definitive-syria-documentary
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/27/city-of-ghosts-review-could-be-the-definitive-syria-documentary
- ↑ https://www.siff.net/festival/city-of-ghosts
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( Memento from November 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Michael Rogers: City of Ghosts In: filmmusicmag.com, March 23, 2017.
- ↑ 'City of Ghosts' Soundtrack Announced In: filmmusicreporter.com, July 12, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.firstshowing.net/2017/first-trailer-for-matt-heinemans-syria-documentary-city-of-ghosts/
- ↑ City of Ghosts In: filmfest-muenchen.de. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ↑ Programs 2017 In: zff.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ↑ 33. Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy: Programs In: wff.pl. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ↑ City of Ghosts In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ↑ Charlie Phillips: City of Ghosts review: could be the definitive Syria documentary In: The Guardian, January 27, 2017.
- ↑ 15 Documentary Features Advance in Oscar Race In: oscars.org, December 7, 2017.
- ↑ 70 Original Songs Vie For 2017 Oscar In: oscars.org, December 18, 2017.
- ^ Second Annual Critics' Choise Documentary Awards Nominations unveiled In: criticschoice.com, October 9, 2017.
- ↑ Gregg Kilday: DGA Awards: Guillermo del Toro and 'The Shape of Water' Take The Best Film Prize In: The Hollywood Reporter, January 3, 2018.
- ↑ Prize winners 2017 In: filmfest-muenchen.de. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ^ FD News: Dastardly Disney; IDA nominees; Snapchat shakeup; Spielberg's on a roll In: filmdaily.co, November 8, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-macbeth-strong-island-award-winners-at-montclair-film-festival-2017-1002004
- ↑ 2017 Awards Winners ( Memento from January 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.awardsdaily.com/2017/11/21/pga-announces-documentary-nominees/
- ↑ Steve Pond: 'Dunkirk', 'The Shape of Water' Lead Satellite Award Nominations In: thewrap.com, November 29, 2017.
- ↑ http://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/sundance-documentary-city-of-ghosts-candescent-award-1201963293/