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The Giant Buddhas

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Director
  
Christian Frei

Producer
  
Christian Frei

Country
  
Switzerland

7.2/10
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Genre
  
Documentary

Duration
  

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Language
  
Arabic, Dari, English, French and Mandarin

Release date
  
September 10, 2005 (2005-09-10) (Toronto International Film Festival)

Music director
  
Philip Glass, Arvo Part, Jan Garbarek, Steve Kuhn

Cast
  
Nelofer Pazira
,
Xuanzang
,
Zemaryalai Tarzi
,
Peter Mettler
,
Taysir Alony

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Bamiyan the valley of the giant buddhas


The Giant Buddhas is a documentary film by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan. It was released in March 2006. The movie film quotes local Afghans that the destruction was ordered by Osama Bin Laden and that initially, Mullah Omar and the Afghans in Bamyan had opposed the destruction.

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Awards and nominations

  • DOK Leipzig 2005: Silver Dove
  • Dokufest Prizren 2006: first prize ex aequo
  • Trento Film Festival 2006: Silver Gentian
  • Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival 2006: Best of the Fest - Documentary
  • Sundance Film Festival 2006: nominated for a Grand Jury Prize for World cinema-documentaries
  • Swiss Film Prize 2006: nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for Best Documentary
  • Toronto International Film Festival 2005: Official Selection

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