Norsk filminstitutt

Documentary film Behind the Mask

Abduweli, a survivor of a Uyghur internment camp has an opportunity to confront a former guard from his camp but must consider the effect on his children, who witnessed his arrest.   


Production and distribution

Production Year:
2023
Production country:
Norway
Release date (international):
2023-11-13
Production company:
UpNorth Film AS
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Midtnorsk filmsenter
Producer:
Håvard Bustnes
Film consultant:
Klara Nilsson Grunning

Director

  • Håvard Bustnes

    Håvard Bustnes  (b. 1973) is an award-winning director and producer. His latest feature-length film Name of the Game premiered in the IDFA Frontlight section in November 2021, has been selected to several other film festivals worldwide and won the Norwegian «Emmy award» Gullruten. His previous film Golden Dawn Girls premiered in the IDFA Competition for Feature- Length Documentary in November 2017, was selected to more than 50 film festivals, and won the Human International Documentary Film Festival, One World Brussels and Nordic/ Docs. 

    Other films include Behind the Mask, Two Raging Grannies, Health Factory and Big John. The feature documentary Big John won the (Norwegian «Oscar») Amanda Award for best theatrical documentary, the Best Nordic Documentary Prize at Nordic Panorama and several other awards.  

    Håvard Bustnes

Festivals

2023:
DOC NYC
2024:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2024:
Minimalen Short Film Festival
2024:
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Håvard Bustnes
Cinematographer:
Łukasz Zamaro
Editor:
Anders Teigen

Technical information

Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
31'
Language:
Mandarin
English
Subtitles:
English

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