The Giant Buddhas
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| The Giant Buddhas | |
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| Directed by | Christian Frei |
| Produced by | Christian Frei |
| Starring | Taysir Alony Sayeed Mirza Hussain Nelofer Pazira Zémaryalaï Tarzi Xuanzang |
| Music by | Jan Garbarek Philip Glass Steve Kuhn Arvo Pärt |
| Cinematography | Peter Indergand |
| Release date(s) | 2005 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Language | Arabic, Dari, English, French and Mandarin |
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The Giant Buddhas is a documentary by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan. It was released in March 2006. The movie makes the controversial claim (quoting a local Afghan) that the destruction was ordered by Osama Bin Laden and that initially, Mullah Omar and the Afghans in Bamyan had opposed the destruction.[1]
[edit] Awards and nominations
The film won the Leipzig DOK Festival Silver Dove award in 2005, and was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize for World cinema-documentaries at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and a Swiss Film Prize for Best Documentary at the 2006 Swiss Film Prize.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Times Internet Limited (2006) Times of India article, March 27, 2006. Retrieved October 16, 2006.
- ^ Internet Movie Database Inc. (1990-2006). imdb award detail for The Giant Buddhas. Retrieved November 1, 2006
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