Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)

Denmark et al., 84 min
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Basic facts

Original title Burma VJ - reporter i et lukket land
Film type Feature
Category Documentary
Form Live-action
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • United Kingdom
  • USA
  • Germany
  • The Netherlands
  • Israel
  • Spain
  • Belgium
  • Canada
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • Engelska
  • Burmese
Swedish release 2009-03-20

Related

Titles

Original title
  • Burma VJ - reporter i et lukket land
Swedish release title
  • Burma VJ
International title
  • Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country
Alternative title
  • Burma VJ's

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Sound Design
Assistant Director
Advisor
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
Assistant to the Producer
Unit Publicist
Film Commissioner
Post Production Supervisor
Additional Photography
Assistant Cameraman
On-line Editing
Digital Grading
Music Coordinator
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Assistant
Re-recording Mixer
Graphic Design
Translation
Other Crew

Companies

Production Company Magic Hour Films ApS
Co-Production Company WG Film AB
Mediamente AS
Channel Four Television Co. Ltd
IKON (Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland)
Yes
Kamoli Films Aps
Danmarks Radio TV (DR Dokumentar)
Sveriges Television AB
Norsk Rikskringkasting
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Arte Deutschland TV GmbH
Home Box Office Inc. (HBO Documentary Films)
Televisió de Catalunya SA
De Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (CBC Newsworld)
Advance allocations Danish International Development Agency (Danida)
Undervisningsministeriet
Dansk Metalarbejderforbund
Fritt Ord
Nordisk Film- & TV Fond
Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Det Danske Filminstitut
Distributor in Sweden WG Film AB 2009
Novemberfilm 2009
Sales First Hand Films Sales

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 146448
Date 2009-03-17
Classification Allowed from age 11


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 16:9
Sound system Dolby Digital
Frames per second 25
Length in minutes 84 min
Dialogue
  • Engelska
  • Burmese
Textad
  • Svenska


Release dates

Other showing 2008-11-12 Malmö Sweden 84 min
Festival showing 2009-03-04 Victoria 1 Stockholm Sweden 52 min Tempo dokumentärfilmfestival.
2009-03-07 Victoria 3 Stockholm Sweden 52 min Tempo dokumentärfilmfestival.
2009-01-27 Bergakungen 4 Göteborg Sweden 84 min 32:a Göteborg International Film Festival.
2009-01-28 Bergakungen 4 Göteborg Sweden 84 min 32:a Göteborg International Film Festival.
2009-02-01 Haga 1 Göteborg Sweden 84 min 32:a Göteborg International Film Festival.
Release in Stockholm 2009-03-21 Biografteatern Rio Stockholm Sweden 86 min
Release in Sweden 2009-03-20 Spegeln Malmö Sweden 86 min
Other showing 2009-01-09 Grand Köpenhamn Denmark 84 min (Dansk biografpremiär)
Festival showing 2008-11 Köpenhamn Denmark 84 min (CPH:DOX Film Festival)
2008-11 Amsterdam The Netherlands (IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival)
TV showing 2009-09-28 SVT1 Sweden 84 min
2010-01-04 SVT1 Sweden 84 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Ciranda Nordestina
Composer Egberto Gismonti
Performed by Egberto Gismonti


Awards

Festival Award Köpenhamn 2008 (Dox Award 2008, vid dokumentärfilmfestivalen CPH:DOX)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Video tape digital
Gauge Digital Betacam (PAL)


Holdings Posters

Size Between 850 x 400 and 850 x 690


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Script title Burma VJ - Post script.
Extent 29 s.
Language Engelska


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Burma
Extent 42 s. + för- och eftertext, produktionsuppgifter samt musiklista.
Language Svenska


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Burma
Extent 46 s.
Language Danish


Script type Synopsis
Script title Burma VJ - reporter i et lukket land
Extent 1 s.
Language Danish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Burma VJ – Reporting from a closed country
Extent 1 s.
Language Engelska


Other manifestations of this work

Biografdistribution

Technical specifications

Length in minutes 52 min
Dialogue
  • Engelska
  • Burmese
Textad
  • Svenska


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