PRESIDENT
Director: Camilla Nielsson
Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The new leader of the opposition party, MDC, Nelson Chamisa, is challenging the old guard, ZANU-PF, represented by the acting president Emmerson Mnangagwa, also known as ‘the crocodile’.
The election will be the ultimate test for both the ruling party and for the opposition. How will they interpret the principles of democracy in a post-Mugabe era – in discourse and in practice?
Read more about ‘President’ here.
PRODUCTION FACTS
Duration: 115 mins
Year: 2021
Language: English & Shona
Produced by: Final Cut for Real (DK), Louverture Films (US)
Co-produced by: Sant & Usant (NO)
Directed by: Camilla Nielsson
Produced by: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joslyn Barnes
Cinematographer: Henrik Bohn Ipsen
Editor: Jeppe Bødskov
Composer: Jonas Bjerre
Colorist: Tom Chr. Lilletvedt
Sound Designer: Håkon Lammetun
Co-producers: Anne Köhncke and Anita Rehoff, Sant & Usant (NO)
Executive Producers: Thandiwe Newton, Susan Rockefeller, Danny Glover, Tone Grøttjord-Glenne
Supported by:
The Danish Film Institute, Danida, International Media Support, EU’s Media Program Creative Europe, The Norwegian Film Institute, Fritt Ord, Nordisk Film og TV Fond, Enterprise Fund, Bertha Foundation, Sundance Documentary Program.
TV-Broadcasters: DR, SVT, NRK, ZDF Arte, BBC, VPRO, ERR, RTV & Ceska TV.
CONTACT
International Sales:
Cinephil, Philippa Kowarsky
info@cinephil.com
Tel: +972 3 566 4129
www.cinephil.com
Production Contact:
Producer Signe Byrge Sørensen
byrge@final-cut.dk
AWARDS
Sundance Film Festival 2021 - Special Jury Prize for Verité Filmmaking
Docville 2021 - Jury Prize in the ConScience Competition
Encounters Film Festival, South Africa - Programmers Choice Award
DMZ IFF, South Korea - Special Jury Award
It’s All True 2021 - Winner Best International Film
DocAviv 2021 - Honorable Mention
Gotham Awards 2021 - Nominee for Best Documentary
IDA Documentary Awards 2021 - Best Feature Shortlist
Cinema Eye Honors Award 2021 - Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Production
Robert Awards 2022 - Nomination Documentary of the Year
Grierson Awards 2022 - Nominated for Best Single Documentary - International
Oscars 2022 - Shortisted for the Academy Award in the Documentary Feature categori
FESTIVALS
Sundance Film Festival 2021 - In competition: World Documentary
It's All True 2021 - International Competition
Movies That Matter 2021 - Camera Justitia, Grand Jury Documentary
CPH:DOX 2021 - In competition: DOX:AWARD and POLITIKEN:DANISH:DOX AWARD
DOK.fest München 2021 - International Competition
One World 2021 - International Competition
Thessaloniki IFF 2021 - Open Horizon
AFI Docs 2021 - Feature Films
Biografilm Festival 2021 - International Competition
Docville 2021 - In competition: ConScience award
Encounters Film Festival 2021 - International Competition
DocAviv 2021 - International Competition
Melbourne IFF 2021 - Documentary Competition
DokuFest 2021 - Human Rights Competition
IFI Dublin 2021 - N/A
DMZ IFF, South Korea 2021 - International Competition
Against Gravity 2021 - International Competition
Film by the Sea 2021 - Documentary Competition
Zürich Film Festival 2021 - International Doc Competition
DocsMX 2021 - International Competition
Africa Motion Film Festival 2021
Bergen Film festival 2021
Philadelphia Film Festival 2021
Montclair Film Festival 2021
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2021
Doc.Sydney 2021 - International Documentary Competition
VERZIO Film Festival 2021 - International Competition
Films from the South 2021
New Zealand International Film Festival 2021
FIPADOC International Documentary Festival 2022