Was a photographer
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| Original title | Was a photographer |
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| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | English , German |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Christian Frei |
| production | Christian Frei |
| music | David Darling , Eleni Karaindrou |
| camera | Christian Frei, Peter Indergand |
| cut | Christian Frei |
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The 2001 film War Photographer by producer and director Christian Frei accompanies war photographer James Nachtwey for two years in his work in crisis regions around the world. In addition to the work on site, the film contains reserved and taciturn interviews with Nachtwey, in which he talks about his work, his ideals and the dangerous work of his colleagues. Spread throughout the film, reporters and editors who work with him give interviews about Nachtwey's work and person.
Locations
The locations:
- Kosovo : Nachtwey visits Kosovo after the end of the Kosovo war ; it shows the suffering of the people returning to their homes.
- Jakarta , Indonesia : Nachtwey documents the poverty of the people who live in wooden huts next to railroad tracks on the outskirts of the city and collect recyclable items in landfills. Specifically, a homeless family is shown whose father has lost an arm and a leg.
- Ramallah , Palestine : Nachtwey is in the midst of unrest, exposed to tear gas .
- Opening of an exhibition of Nachtwey photos in New York City .
- Sulfur mine at Kawah Ijen on East Java (Indonesia): Workers mine sulfur without breathing protection. Often nothing can be seen in front of yellow vapors.
particularities
Parts of the film were shot with a special camera that was attached to Nachtwey's photo camera and thus shows the events from his point of view or behind the camera.
Reviews
"War Photographer is a documentary that provides a multi-layered look behind the scenes of war and crisis photography."
“The makers of the film, namely Christian Frei and cameraman Peter Indergand, together with James Nachtwey, risked their lives for free reporting. This film is great and a must for anyone interested in politics. "
“War Photographer, the terrific documentary by Swiss director Christian Frei, tells why the American photographer doesn't look the other way in the crisis regions of the world. Frei makes the viewer a direct witness of Nachtwey's search for a moment of truth. "
“In Frei's film, there is no inadmissible dramatization of images that speak for themselves anyway. An increasingly personal portrait of the war reporter emerges from an initial distance. Bit by bit this also results: the shock, the horror in the process of its manufacture. In keeping with the tone of maddened unmasking that documentarists often give so easily, it would of course be easy to accuse every war photographer of cynicism. Frei obviously does not feel empowered to do so. He sticks to his topic - that the person is Nachtwey - and respects it in an impressive way. "
Awards
- Oscar Academy Awards 2002: Nominated Best Documentary Feature
- Gregory Foster Peabody Award 2003
- Emmy 2004: Nomination Award for Cinematographer Peter Indergaand
- Swisspeaks Swiss American Film Festival New York 2003: Audience Award Feature Documentary
- Adolf Grimme Prize 2003: Special Prize from the Ministry for Urban Development and Housing, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Phoenix Documentary Award 2002
- Durban International Film Festival 2002: Best Documentary
- Cologne Conference International TV and Film Festival Cologne 2002: Phoenix Prize Best Non-Fiction
- Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival 2002: Audience Award
- Viewpoint Film Festival Gent 2002: Best Film
- European Documentary Film Festival Oslo 2003: Eurodok Award
- Dokufest Pizren Documentary and Short Film Festival 2003: Best Film
- British Documentary Awards 2002: Shortlisted The Grierson Award Category International Documentary
- Swiss Film Prize 2002: Nominated for the Swiss Quartz Film Prize in the "Best Documentary" category
- Docaviv Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival : Best Film
- Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2002: Jameson Audience Award
- Osaka European Film Festival 2002: Osaka City Special Prize
- Sichuan TV Festival: Gold Panda Award Best Long Documentary
- Festival of Documentary Film Bratislava 2003: One World audience award
- Mountainfilm in Telluride 2003: Voice of Humanity Award
- Federal Office for Culture 2002: Quality premium
- HotDocs Toronto 2002: Selection
- Visions du Réel Nyon 2002: opening film
- Solothurn Film Festival 2002: opening film
- Beirut Documentary Film Festival 2002: opening film
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA 2001: Competition
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- ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/41126-War-Photographer.html
- ↑ http://www.filmzentrale.com/rezis/warphotographer.htm
- ↑ Film review eyewitness issue 07/2002, p. 119
- ^ Film review Leben im Einsatz from July 11, 2002
