Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)

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

Director	Anders Østergaard
Screenplay	Anders Østergaard Jan Krogsgaard
Producer	Lise Lense-Møller
Production Manager	Jiraporn Jaipang (Thailand)
Director of Photography	Simon Plum Burmas videojournalister (reportagematerial)
Music	Conny Malmqvist (as Conny C.-A. Malmqvist)
Film Editor	Janus Billeskov Jansen Thomas Papapetros
Production Mixer	Sam Kalayanee Liam Morgan Mikael Körner Peter Schultz Anders Nybø
Sound Design	Martin Hennel
Assistant Director	Jan Krogsgaard
Advisor	Anders Villadsen (klippkonsult)
Co-producer	Sam Kalayanee (Thailand - Images of Asia) Fredrik Gertten (WG Film) Margarete Jangård (WG Film) Torstein Nybø (Mediamente) Vera Bonnier (Sveriges Television) Helle Ullsten (Kamoli Films) Mette Hoffmann Meyer (as Mette Hoffmann) (Danmarks Radio) Maja Helene Riis (Danmarks Radio) Sabine Rollberg (Arte) Christiane Hinz (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) Margje de Konig (IKON) Tore Tomter (Norsk Rikskringkasting) Osnat Eden-Freimann (YES) Joan Salvat (Televisió de Catalunya TV3) Luc Verreth (VRT) Catherine Olsen (CBC Newsworld) Sheila Nevins (HBO Documentary) Sara Bernstein (HBO Documentary)
Assistant to the Producer	Cecilia Valsted
Unit Publicist	Helle Ulsteen
Film Commissioner	Tove Torbiörnsson (Svenska Filminstitutet) Dola Bonfils (Det Danske Filminstitut) Eva Færevaag (Nordisk Film- & TV fond)
Post Production Supervisor	Camilla Dal
Additional Photography	Jan Krogsgaard Leonardo Sánchez
Assistant Cameraman	Leonardo Sánchez
On-line Editing	Julian Roland Andersen (as Julian Roland) (assistent)
Digital Grading	Rune Felix Holm
Music Coordinator	Claus Kilpatrick (clearing av musikrättigheter)
Assistant Film Editor	Peter Wagner Daniel Alban Petersen Henrik Bloch (as Henrik Bloch-Hansen)
Sound Assistant	Mikael Körner
Re-recording Mixer	Niels Arild
Graphic Design	Paul Wilson (artwork - Yellow1.dk) Sammy Larsen
Translation	Num Aye Bee Htaw Andrew Thompson Toe Zaw Latt
Other Crew	Lars Gundel Frederiksen (assistent - clearing arkivmaterial och PR) Helle Ulsteen (clearing arkivmaterial)

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

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

Aspect ratio	16:9
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Digital
Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	25
Length in minutes	84 min
Dialogue	English Burmese
Textad	Swedish

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

Original title	Ciranda Nordestina
Composer	Egberto Gismonti
Performed by	Egberto Gismonti

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

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Element type	Video tape digital
Carrier type	Digital Betacam (PAL)

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

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

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

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	English

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	52 min
Dialogue	English Burmese
Textad	Swedish