Bruno Manser – Laki Penan
Switzerland / France, February 2007
FILM,
Documentary,
94 min.
- directed by
- Christoph Kühn
- Written by
- Christoph Kühn
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.brunomanser-derfilm.ch
Scientist and environmentalist Bruno Manser left Switzerland in 1984 in order to realize his dreams in the remote rain forests of Borneo. He lived with the indigenous people of Penan, a place caught between magic and reality, not dictated to by the constrictions of time. The film dips into this remote world and creates a rounded portrait of the introspective natural scientist, normally one-dimensionally portrayed in the media as an angry environmentalist. It also tells of the Penan people’s tragic fight for survival as they are forced to yield to the all powerful timber industry.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2007
- Original Version
- German (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 94 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0001-83DF-000-D
- Production
- Filmkollektiv Zürich AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ARTE G.E.I.E., Titanicfilm
- Producer
- Marianne Bucher
- directed by
- Christoph Kühn
- Written by
- Christoph Kühn
- Cinematography
- Séverine Barde
- Editing
- Rainer M. Trinkler
- Re-Recording Mix
- Guido Keller
- Music
- Bertrand Denzler
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Meyer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Marianne Bucher
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
Kool Filmdistribution
Distribution
Release date: tba - Switzerland
-
Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution
Release date: tba
Awards
(a selection)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2007 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2008 - 27.01.2008 -
Montreal, 10e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal
08.11.2007 - 18.11.2007 -
Hamburg, 15. Filmfest Hamburg
27.09.2007 - 04.10.2007 -
Locarno, 60. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
01.08.2007 - 11.08.2007 -
Nyon, 13e Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma Nyon
20.04.2007 - 26.04.2007