Norsk filminstitutt

Documentary film Lie to Me



OneCoin launched in 2014 and was named the BitCoin Killer. Anyone could become a crypto-billionaire overnight! But OneCoin is not a cryptocurrency. It’s the biggest crypto scam in history, and the man who took them down is the Norwegian Bjørn Bjercke.

8 years on, the scam is still running although the founders are gone, wanted by FBI and arrested. How is it possible for the scam to continue knowing all the facts? How can people still believe?  Sometimes it’s just easier to continue feeding the lie than facing the truth.

The documentary Lie to Me is recorded in Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uganda and Germany and is uses footage from Europe, Asia, and North and South America. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2024
Release date (national):
2024-03-07
Production company:
Hacienda Film AS
Financing company:
Norsk filminstitutt
Sørnorsk Filmsenter
Mediefondet Zefyr
Fritt Ord Foundation
Bergesenstiftelsen
Producer:
Dag Mykland
Sales agent:
Java Films

Director

  • Bår Tyrmi

     Bår Tyrmi (b. 1977) is a Norwegian filmmaker. After graduating with a film degree from Napier university in Edinburgh in 2002, he has worked as a screen writer and director on numerous productions around the world. His productions ranges from feature documentaries on cryptocurrency, factual programs for the UNFCC, reality programming on the Millennium Development Goals, educational films on most topics to a children’s musical about women’s rights in Bangladesh. Bår’s latest documentaries The Bitcoin Experiment and Code of Trust have both been commissioned by NRK and has been screened at festivals and on international TV channels and VOD platforms.   

    Bår’s vision is to present important social issues in new and entertaining ways, with a goal to engage the disengaged. He wants his films to contribute to discussions based on knowledge, that can spur actual social change.  

    Bår Tyrmi

Festivals

2024:
Human International Documentary Film Festival
2024:
CPH:DOX

Crew

Director:
Bår Tyrmi
Editor:
Jo Eldøen
Cinematographer:
Trond Høines
VFX artist:
Simen Lauritzen Stensrud
Co director:
Dag Mykland

Technical information

Genre:
Documentary
Investigative
Society & Politics
Format:
DCP 4k
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
90'
Language:
Norwegian
English

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