Joshua Oppenheimer

Danish film history: 2010-2019

Biopics and period dramas are trending, as the gender debate rages onscreen and in the film industry. Folk comedies are alive and kicking, Jussi Adler crime films are packing cinemas, while the Earth…

Dansk filmhistorie: 2010-2019

Biografiske film og historiske dramaer er en stærk trend, mens kønsdebatten raser både i filmene og i filmbranchen. Folkekomedien lever og har det godt, Jussi Adler-krimier fylder biograferne, mens…

Land of the Free to Telluride Film Festival

01. sep 2017 | FESTIVAL. Camilla Magid's documentary "Land of the Free" has been selected for the prestigious Telluride Film Festival. The film met its first international audience at Karlovy Vary Film Festival in June and…

Land of the Free til Telluride

01. sep 2017 | FESTIVAL. Camilla Magids dokumentarfilm "Land of the Free" er udtaget til hovedprogrammet på Telluride Film Festival. Filmen havde international premiere på tjekkiske Karlovy Vary i juni og får nu amerikansk…

Awards Season for The Look of Silence

26. feb 2016 | AWARDS SEASON. "The Look of Silence" is nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. See the honours that Joshua Oppenheimer's gripping film has been awarded during Awards Season, culmitating with the…

Not enough hours in the day for us to talk

09. feb 2016 | INTERVIEW. It has been nearly 10 years since producer Signe Byrge Sørensen first hooked up with director Joshua Oppenheimer and one of the most fruitful cinematic partnerships of the new millennium took root…

Read interviews with Oscar Nominees

15. jan 2016 | INTERVIEWS. Tobias Lindholm's "A War" is nominated in the foreign-language category for the upcoming Oscars, while Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence" is one of the five documentary feature nominees. Find…

The Look of Silence er på Oscar-shortlist

02. dec 2015 | OSCAR 2016. Joshua Oppenheimers "The Look of Silence" er med i Oscar-kapløbet. 15 film er sat på den shortlist, som er udgangspunkt for nomineringerne i kategorien dokumentarfilm, der udmeldes den 14. januar.

Adi Rukun is "Unforgettable"

23. nov 2015 | THE LOOK OF SILENCE. What do Amy Winehouse, Iris Apfel, and Adi Rukun have in common? They are all "Unforgettables," Cinema Eye's list of this year's most notable and significant nonfiction film subjects – from the films…

The Look of Silence med Oscar-kurs

05. nov 2015 | AWARDS SEASON. "The Look of Silence" er igen nomineret til en af de vigtige priser i Awards Season.

Nordiske priser til danske dokfilm

23. sep 2015 | NORDISK PANORAMA. Camilla Nielssons "Democrats" vandt prisen for Bedste Nordiske Dokumentarfilm tirsdag den 22. september på Nordisk Panorama i Malmö, og Joshua Oppenheimers "The Look of Silence" modtog…

Desmond Tutu-roser til Joshua Oppenheimer

06. aug 2015 | OMTALE. Desmond Tutu fremhæver i ny artikel Joshua Oppenheimers mod og vigtigheden af filmene "The Look of Silence" og "The Act of Killing".  

"Reaction Has Been Very Deep"

23. jun 2015 | INTERVIEW. "The Look of Silence," produced by Danish company Final Cut for Real, is currently playing in UK cinemas and opens in the US in July. We caught up with Joshua Oppenheimer who tells about highlights…

Revealing the fiction of our reality

21. feb 2015. Joshua Oppenheimer reflects on what the process of making The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence has taught him, and how he sees his role as documentary filmmaker today.

Statens Kunstfonds Legat til Ambo, Oppenheimer og Torpe

11. dec 2014. Statens Kunstfonds Legatudvalg for Film præmierer Phie Ambo, Joshua Oppenheimer og Christian Torpe for deres filmværker i 2014.

Meeting the Audience: Interview with Joshua Oppenheimer

11. nov 2014. "The reception has been far beyond what I could have hoped for." Talking to FILM about the reactions to "The Look of Silence", Joshua Oppenheimer recalls the powerful experience of watching his film…

Oppenheimer-dokumentar vist offentligt i Indonesien

11. nov 2014 | INDONESIEN. Dokumentarfilmen "The Look of Silence" om det indonesiske folkedrab i 60'erne, blev i går vist offentligt i Indonesiens største biograf.

Holding a Mirror to Horror

11. nov 2014. "The Look of Silence" sees Joshua Oppenheimer back in uncharted territory. While "The Act of Killing" took a surreal look at Indonesia's genocide through the imagination of the killers, his follow-up…

Dansk trailer til The Look Of Silence

17. okt 2014 | TRAILER. Dokumentarfilmen "The Look of Silence" har biografpremiere den 13. november. Nu kan du se den danske trailer.

2 topnomineringer til danske dokumentarfilm

18. sep 2014 | NOMINERING. Berit Madsens "Sepideh" og Joshua Oppenheimers "The Act of Killing" er blevet nomineret til den prestigefulde britiske Grierson Award.

The Look of Silence Wins in Venice

06. sep 2014 | VENICE. Joshua Oppenheimer's Danish-produced "The Look of Silence" was awarded the Grand Jury Prize during Saturday's closing ceremony of the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

Moving World Premiere in Venice

05. sep 2014 | VENICE. Glamour met grim reality as Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence" world premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 28 August. Helle Hansen, Film Commissioner at the Danish Film Institute, tells of…

Look of Silence – "Stunning Companion Piece"

29. aug 2014 | VENICE. We picked up a few headlines from the first reviews of Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence," premiering at Venice Film Festival.

Internationale anmeldere fulde af respekt

28. aug 2014 | VENEDIG. De internationale anmeldere røres af Joshua Oppenheimers "The Look of Silence", og instruktøren bliver rost for at træde nye veje i sin store beretning om det indonesiske folkemord.

Joshua Oppenheimers blik

27. aug 2014 | INTERVIEW. Joshua Oppenheimer fornemmede, at der var en anden historie at fortælle om folkemordet i Indonesien end den, der bliver fortalt i "The Act of Killing". Resultatet er "The Look of Silence", der får…

Trier og Oppenheimer til Venedig

24. jul 2014 | FESTIVAL. Den med spænding imødesete dansk producerede dokumentar "The Look of Silence" er i hovedkonkurrence på den 71. udgave af Venedig Filmfestival, som også udenfor konkurrence har verdenspremiere på den…

Venice beckons Joshua Oppenheimer and Lars von Trier

24. jul 2014 | FESTIVAL. The eagerly anticipated Danish-produced documentary "The Look of Silence" is selected for competition at the 71st Venice Film Festival. Out of competition, Lars von Trier reveals in full his epic…

Om ondskab og anger

06. jun 2014 | BAGGRUND. Nyt website til undervisning lægger filosofisk, psykologisk og historisk vinkel på "The Act of Killing" og giver indblik i filmens produktionsforløb.

The Act of Killing, Ai Wei Wei og Sepideh på bibliotekerne

05. mar 2014. Tre af de mest omtalte og sete danske dokumentarfilm på internationalt plan inden for det seneste år, kan nu også ses på Filmstriben ’På biblioteket’. Der er basis for at præsentere…

The Act of Killing på tv

28. feb 2014 | OSCAR. "The Act of Killing" har tv-premiere lørdag den 1. marts – dagen inden det bliver afgjort, om filmen løber med en Oscar-statuette.

Priser i New York til Act of Killing

09. jan 2014. Joshua Oppenheimers "The Act of Killing" modtog onsdag aften to priser, blandt andet hovedprisen, ved uddelingen af Cinema Eye Honors i New York.

The Act of Killing nomineret til 2 BAFTA-priser

08. jan 2014 | AWARDS. Joshua Oppenheimers "The Act of Killing" bliver ved med at begejstre verden over. Denne gang er det The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, der har set sig lun på filmen.

Act of Killing på dvd

12. dec 2013 | DVD. "The Act of Killing", der for tiden shortlistes, nomineres og vinder den ene pris efter den anden som årets bedste dokumentarfilm, kan nu fås på dvd.

Indonesians are Coming to Grips with Their Past

02. dec 2013 | FOCUS. Since its premiere, "The Act of Killing" has shaken audiences worldwide. But it has had a different effect on Indonesians: It says out loud what everyone knows but has been afraid to talk about for…

The Act of Killing nomineret igen

12. nov 2013 | AWARDS SEASON. Joshua Oppenheimers dokumentarfilm "The Act of Killing" om folkemordet i Indonesien er nu også nomineret til prisen for bedste dokumentarfilm i Asien-Stillehavs-området.

Skamrost i The Daily Show

14. aug 2013 | DOKUMENTAR. "The Act of Killing" blev rost til skyerne i The Daily Show, hvor Joshua Oppenheimer var dagens gæst. Se hele interviewet her.

The Act of Killing modtager Aung San Suu Kyi Pris.

19. jun 2013 | FILMPRIS. Aung San Suu Kyi har i dag den 19. juni overrakt den prestigefyldte Aung San Suu Kyi Award til Joshua Oppenheimers dokumentarfilm om folkemordet i Indonesien.

Sheffield-pris til Act of Killing

18. jun 2013 | FESTIVAL. Joshua Oppenheimers "The Act of Killing" modtog hovedprisen The Special Jury Award på Sheffield Doc/Fest i weekenden. Filmen modtog også priser i Italien, Norge og Skotland.

Danske film på festival i øst og vest

19. mar 2013 | FESTIVAL. "Kapringen" og "The Act of Killing" er udtaget til store internationale festivaler i Hong Kong og New York.

Fortællinger om krigszoner og folkedrab

14. mar 2013 | INTERVIEW. De danske dokumentarer "Mit Afghanistan" og "The Act of Killing" optræder i London, New York og Chicago på den verdensomspændende Human Rights Watch Film Festival. FILMupdate har talt med…

Scenes of the Crimes

31. jan 2013. Joshua Oppenheimer's widely acclaimed, Danish-produced The Act of Killing draws its power from the director's daring choice of perspective. Rather than make a film about the victims of Indonesia's…