Virunga (16+)
UK, 2014, colour, 100 min.
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Workers of Virunga National Park risk their lives to save the last of the world’s mountain gorillas. Oil has been discovered on the territory of the park, and now Congo is on the edge of civil war. As if that was not enough, huge international corporations also want in. They don’t care about the park, all they want is an oil exploration contract and for that they will do anything. We discover their plans from the investigation of journalists and film authors.
AWARDS
Academy Award Nominee, 2015; BAFTA Nominee, 2015
Orlando von Einsiedel
Orlando von Einsiedel
director, scriptwriter, producer. VIRUNGA is Orlando’s debut feature length documentary. Having previously directed award-winning films spanning Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Arctic, and covering all manner of stories from a skateboard school in Afghanistan to the tracking and arrest of pirates in West Africa. He has been particularly lauded for his ability to draw out intimate personal stories and combine them with an eye for powerful visual aesthetics. He co-runs London based film production company Grain Media.
FILMOGRAPHY
Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul, 2010; Radio Amina, 2011; My Name Is Feker , 2011; Little Voice, Big Mountain , 2011; Aisha's Song, 2012; We Ride: The Story of Snowboarding, 2013; Virunga, 2014; King of the Mountain, 2015.
UK, 2014, colour, 100 min.
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Workers of Virunga National Park risk their lives to save the last of the world’s mountain gorillas. Oil has been discovered on the territory of the park, and now Congo is on the edge of civil war. As if that was not enough, huge international corporations also want in. They don’t care about the park, all they want is an oil exploration contract and for that they will do anything. We discover their plans from the investigation of journalists and film authors.
AWARDS
Academy Award Nominee, 2015; BAFTA Nominee, 2015