Defamation
This film will attempt to tackle contemporary anti-Semitism in different places around the world. It will put a face on the phenomenon, and show how it is expressed in its most banal, recurring form. Statistics show a rise in anti-Semitism. By backtracking the day-to-day incidents with the participation of both victims and perpetrators—the desecration of synagogues and cemeteries, and physical and verbal attacks on Jews—the film will try to capture the tension between how Jews perceive themselves and how they are perceived by non-Jews.
Data
- aka
- It used to be a great flag; The Secret War
- Category
- Documentary
- Financing
- Majoritäre Koproduktion
- Format
- 35 mm, 93 Min
- Approximate cinema release
- 22.01.2010
- Release
- 22.01.2010
- Distribution
- ThimFilm GmbH
- Admissions
- 1.371
- Co-production
SF Filmproduction (DK), Cinephil Distribution (IL), Reveal Productions (US)
- International funding
Dänisches Filminstitut, Rabinovich Foundation, Hartley Foundation, Nordic Film Fund, Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur, Österreichischer Nationalfonds, Österreichischer Zukunftsfonds, Dänisches Integrationsministerium
- Festivals & Awards (Selection)
2009: Nominierung zum European Film Academy Documentary 2009 – Prix ARTE
2009: Camera at the Ready Award (Montréal)
2009: Best Documentary Award (Florenz)
2009: Grand Award (Paju)
2009: Grierson Award for Best Documentary (London)
2009: Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking (Traverse City)
2009: Research Award (Tel Aviv)
2010: Best Director (Auckland)- Funding program
- ÖFI
- Film location
- USA, Israel, Russia
- Shooting time
- October 2007 - February 2008
- Funding institutions Austria
- Filminstitut, Bundesministerium für Kunst und Kultur
Credits
- Production
- Knut Ogris
- Producer
- Knut Ogris, Karoline Leth, Philippa Kowarski, Sandy Itkoff
- Director
- Yoav Shamir
- Script-concept
- Yoav Shamir
- DOP
- Yoav Shamir
- Editor
- Morten Højbjerg
- Sound engineer
- Yoav Shamir
- Music
- Mischa Krausz
- Production manager
- Nynne Selin
- International distribution
- Cinephil
- Television investment
- ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), DRTV, Litauisches TV, Estnisches TV, YLE
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