Coca – The Dove from Chechnya
12.04.2005
The documentary film “Coca – The Dove from Chechnya” by Eric Bergkraut (Prodction: Doc Productions, Zurich) premiered at the International Forum of New Cinema in Berlin. It will be shown at the Nyon International Film Festival on April 19 and will screen at the renowned Tribeca Film Festival, taking place from April 19 to May 1st, 2005, in New York City.
Funded in 2002 by Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkof, and under the direction of Peter Scarlet, the Tribeca Film Festival has become an important venue valued by professionals and the New York audience alike. It represents a significant opportunity for European films’ to enter the North American film market.
Abduction, torture, murders: since 1994, the businesswoman Zainap Gashaeva – called “Coca”- the dove by her parents and friends - has been documenting what have become daily events in her country. She has been fighting for an international tribunal and together with other women, has been hiding hundreds of videotapes of what has been declared an “anti-terrorist operation” by President Putin, but has taken on features of genocide. Up to thirty percent of the Chechen population may have been killed while the world is looking away; be it out of ignorance, helplessness or opportunism. At its presentation in Berlin, the film evoked a great audience response.
Eric Bergkraut and Zainap Gashaeva will be present at the festival in New York City. Further, the Swiss General Consulate in New York and the UNO Mission are planning additional showings of “Coca.”
Zurich, April 13, 2005
For more information about the film and the festival, please visit:
Abduction, torture, murders: since 1994, the businesswoman Zainap Gashaeva – called “Coca”- the dove by her parents and friends - has been documenting what have become daily events in her country. She has been fighting for an international tribunal and together with other women, has been hiding hundreds of videotapes of what has been declared an “anti-terrorist operation” by President Putin, but has taken on features of genocide. Up to thirty percent of the Chechen population may have been killed while the world is looking away; be it out of ignorance, helplessness or opportunism. At its presentation in Berlin, the film evoked a great audience response.
Eric Bergkraut and Zainap Gashaeva will be present at the festival in New York City. Further, the Swiss General Consulate in New York and the UNO Mission are planning additional showings of “Coca.”
Zurich, April 13, 2005
For more information about the film and the festival, please visit: