BELLINGCAT: TRUTH IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD

by Hans Pool

SYNOPSIS

BELLINGCAT – TRUTH IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD explores the promise of open source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the “citizen investigative journalist” collective known as Bellingcat. In cases ranging from the MH17 disaster to the poisoning of a Russian spy in the United Kingdom, the Bellingcat team’s quest for truth will shed light on the fight for journalistic integrity in the era of fake news and alternative facts.

DETAILS

88 mins

2018

Netherlands

English, German, Russian

TRAILER

CREDITS

Presented by Submarine Amsterdam in co-production with VPRO

Written, directed & camera by Hans Pool

Producers: Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix

Executive Producer: Nick Fraser

Sound: Pepijn Aben

Editing: Simon Barker

Research: Sasha Ourikh, Yula Altchouler

Music: Frank Wienk (Binkbeats)

BIOGRAPHY

DIRECTOR - HANS POOL

Hans Pool is an award-winning director and cinematographer, who combines a journalistic approach with intellectual depth. He masterfully conveys topics that are difficult to grasp with a cinematic language that is understood by all. Previous films includes Putin’s Olympic Dream and Looking for an Icon.

SELECT FESTIVALS

IDFA 2018〡SXSW 2019〡HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL 2019〡CPH:DOX 2019〡HOT DOCS 2019〡DOK.FEST MÜNCHEN 2019〡MELBOURNE IFF 2019〡TRUE/FALSE FESTIVAL 2019〡DOCUDAYS 2019〡ONE WORLD 2019〡MILLENIUM DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY 2019〡DOC EDGE FESTIVAL 2019〡MOSTRA SAO PAULO 2019〡ZURICH IFF 2019〡BERGEN IFF 2019〡SAN FRANCISCO DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2019〡DOCUTAH INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2019〡BELDOCS 2019

PRESS

“Cutting-edge documentary... An exciting look at one such group of self-appointed fact finders... A John Le Carré spy movie”
- Variety

"A highly engaging and fascinating documentary"
- Alan Ng, Film Threat