The Giant Buddhas

2005 Swiss film
  • September 10, 2005 (2005-09-10) (Toronto International Film Festival)
Running time
95 minutesCountrySwitzerlandLanguagesArabic, Dari, English, French and Mandarin

The Giant Buddhas (2005) is a documentary film by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan. The film premiered in August 2005 and was released in March 2006.[1] The movie quotes local Afghans that the destruction was ordered by Osama bin Laden and that initially, Mullah Omar and the Afghans in Bamyan had opposed the destruction.[2]

Awards and nominations

  • DOK Leipzig 2005: Silver Dove
  • Dokufest Prizren 2006: first prize ex aequo
  • Trento Film Festival 2006: Silver Gentian
  • Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival 2006: Best of the Fest - Documentary
  • Sundance Film Festival 2006: nominated for a Grand Jury Prize for World cinema-documentaries[3]
  • Swiss Film Prize 2006: nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for Best Documentary
  • Toronto International Film Festival 2005: Official Selection

References

  1. ^ "The Giant Buddhas". Swiss Films. August 1, 2005. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Times Internet Limited (2006) Times of India article, March 27, 2006. Retrieved October 16, 2006.
  3. ^ "The Giant Buddhas - IMDb".

External links

  • "The Giant Buddhas" trilingual site (English, Deutsch, Français)
  • The Giant Buddhas at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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