Feature Film Selection/ Denmark, Germany, 2023, 91’

Details

• Director: Emil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa
• Screenplay: Emil Langballe, Lukasz Konopa
• Editing: Michael Aaglund, Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen
• Cinematography: Kacper Czubak, Janis Mazuch, Elí Roland Sachs
• Music: Markus Aust
• Producer: Helle Faber, Heidi Kim Andersen
• Production: Made in Copenhagen
• 2023 Munich International Documentary Festival DOK.fest Victor Award
• 2023 The Hague Movies that Matter Festival Grand Jury Documentary Award

Recap

The crime and punishment story of Dominic Ongwen, who was abducted as a nine-year-old boy and conscripted into Joseph Kony's army of child soldiers. Nearly 30 years after joining the army, Dominic Ongwen, the first child soldier to be charged with war crimes at the International Criminal Court, plays both executioner and victim in this sober courtroom drama about crimes against humanity that shakes the foundations of morality.

Director

Emil Langballe

Emil Langballe studied documentary filmmaking at the British National Film and Television School. His graduation film Beach Boy was screened at numerous film festivals around the world and was awarded at festivals such as Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki and Toronto’s Hot Docs.

Lukasz Konopa

Lukasz Konopa studied sociology in Poland before he did a MA in documentary filmmaking at the National Film and Television School in the UK. His films have been screened at numerous festivals, such as Hot Docs, Camerimage, True/False and SXSW.

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