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Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed

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Director
  
Donald Brittain

Screenplay
  
Donald Brittain

Country
  
Canada

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Documentary

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Release date
  
1979

Writer
  
Ronald Blumer, Donald Brittain, John Random

Nominations
  
Genie Award for Outstanding Sound in a Non-Feature Film

Awards
  
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary

Similar movies
  
Related Donald Brittain movies

Paperland the bureaucrat observed


Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed is a 1979 documentary film critiquing bureaucracy, written and directed by Donald Brittain and produced by the National Film Board of Canada and CBC-TV.

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Genie Awards

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed won four awards at the 1st Genie Awards and was nominated for two more. This was despite the fact that the NFB did not submit the film to the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, with Brittain paying the entry fee and shipping charges himself.

2007 International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam

Every year, the IDFA gives an acclaimed filmmaker the chance to screen his or her personal Top 10 favorite films. In 2007, Iranian filmmaker Maziar Bahari selected Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed for his top ten classics from the history of documentary.

References

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed Wikipedia
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed IMDb