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CHILDREN OF THE ENEMY
by Gorki Glaser-Müller
SYNOPSIS
Patricio Galvez’s daughter married one of Sweden’s most notorious ISIS terrorists. In 2014, they join the fight for a caliphate in Syria. Both are killed in its collapse in 2019, but their seven young children survive and are interned in the infamous al-Hol prison camp as “Children of the Enemy”. When the Swedish authorities show little interest in freeing them, Patricio starts a one-man campaign to save their lives and bring them home.
DETAILS
97 mins
2021
Sweden, Denmark, Qatar
Swedish, English, Spanish
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CREDITS
Director: Gorki Glaser-Müller
Screenwriter: Gorki Glaser-Müller
Cinematographer: Gorki Glaser-Müller
Editors: Åsa Mossberg, Kasper Leick, Søren B. Ebbe, Erika Gonzales
Producers: Erika Malmgren - Cinenic Film, Kristofer Henell - One Night Picture
Co-producers: Charlotte Gry Madsen - SVT, Peter Possne - Film i Väst, Gorki Glaser-Müller - GGM Film, Signe Leick Jensen & Morten Kaufmann - Toolbox Film
BIOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR - GORKI GLASER MULLER
Gorki Glaser-Müller is a filmmaker, writer for films, TV and radio and a multi-media artist working with experimental formats such as VR. He was born in Santiago, Chile in 1973 and came to Sweden as a 13-year-old. Since graduating from Valand Academy in Gothenburg (Sweden), he has experimented with audiovisual storytelling in various forms. His first feature film was the critically acclaimed ONCE A YEAR (2013). CHILDREN OF THE ENEMY is his debut documentary feature.
SELECT FESTIVALS
KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL 2022 - FIPRESCI AWARD〡FESTIVAL DES LIBERTÉS 2021 - INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE AWARD〡CHAGRIN DOCUMENTARY FF 2022 - BEST FEATURE FILM AWARD〡AJB DOC 2022 - MAIN PRIZE〡FIPADOC 2022〡FIFDH GENEVA 2022〡TOURNAI RAMDAM FILM FESTIVAL 2022〡CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022〡CPH:DOX 2021〡DOC NYC 2021 - WINNER'S CIRCLE〡BERGEN IFF 2021〡RAINDANCE 2021〡BIOGRAFILM 2021〡HUMAN RIGHTS FF BERLIN 2021〡SINGAPORE IFF 2021
PRESS
"Taut, highly emotive"
- Jessica Kiang, Variety
"A remarkable story"
- Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
"Immensely unforgettable"
- Politiken
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