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This Is Not a Movie

Yung Chang
2019 | 106 min
A TINAM Inc., SUTOR KOLONKO co-production with THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Selections and Awards

  • Official SelectionToronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2019)

  • Official SelectionDOC NYC, New York, United States (2019)

  • Official SelectionRIDM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2019)

  • Official SelectionPalm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs, California, United States (2020)

  • Best of FestsDoc Edge Festival 2020, Wellington, New Zealand (2020)

  • Best Work in the Lifelong Learning Division (The Governor of Tokyo Prize)Japan Prize International Educational Contest, Tokyo (2020)

Trailer



About the film


Synopsis


Director's STATEMENT


WHO IS ROBERT FISK

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Images


Fisk with Amira Hass and Palestinian Woman in Ramallah, Palestine, 2018 © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Fisk in Israel, 2018 © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Fisk with Antony Loewenstein, Jerusalem, 2018 © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Fisk in a Jewish colony with its Israeli architect, 2018 © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Robert Fisk in Syria, 2018 © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Robert Fisk in Homs, Syria, 2018 © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Robert Fisk in his home office, Beirut, Lebanon © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Robert Fisk at the Idlib frontline, Syria, 2018. © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Robert Fisk at the Idlib frontline, Syria, 2018 © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Robert Fisk at the Idlib frontline, Syria, 2018 © TINAM Inc/Sutor Kolonko/NFB

Robert Fisk and Yung Chang in discussion, UN Blue Line, Lebanon. © Nelofer Pazira

Team


Yung Chang
Director


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Photo : Richmond Lam




Anita Lee
Producer


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Allyson Luchak
Producer


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Nelofer Pazira
Producer


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Ingmar Trost
Producer


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Mike Munn
Editor


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Duraid Munajim
Cinematographer


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Ohad Benchetrit & Justin Small
Composers


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Credits

Directed by
YUNG CHANG

Produced by
ANITA LEE
ALLYSON LUCHAK
NELOFER PAZIRA
INGMAR TROST

Edited by
MIKE MUNN CCE

Written by
YUNG CHANG and NELOFER PAZIRA

Cinematography by
DURAID MUNAJIM

Original Music by
OHAD BENCHETRIT and JUSTIN SMALL

Title Sequence and Graphics by
HANDT & WOLBER

Executive Producer (NFB)
ANITA LEE

Executive Producers
CHRISTOPHER CLEMENTS
JULIE GOLDMAN

Associate Producers
KATE VOLLUM (NFB)
JOHN GRIFFITH

Participants in order of appearance

ROBERT FISK
YARA
GENERAL JIHAD SULTAN
TIM EDDY
ANTRANIK HELVADJIAN
SUHEIL NATOUR
NIRMEEN HAZINEH
TSOLEEN SARIAN
LT. FINIAN EVERARD
VESNA ALMOG
IFET KRNJIC
ADIS IKANOVIC
AMIRA SOLH
AMER MRAYATI
LAMIAA AL SAAD
AMIRA HASS
ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN
CHAIM SILBERSTEIN
SULIEMAN KHATIB

Business Affairs
COLETTE JOHNSON-VOSBERG

Production Manager
ANDJE BOROJEVIC

Production Manager Germany
BETTINA MÜLLER

Location Crew

Sound Recordist
JASON PORTER

Assistant Camera
PETER HOWIE
ALI AL-DARADJI

Lebanon
Fixers
SASEEN KAWZALLY
EMMANUEL HADDAD

Sound Recordist
DANIEL HEWETT

Drivers
NOOR SAAD
MOHAMMED

Serbia and Bosnia
Fixer
VESNA ALMOG

Drivers
GORAN KRUNIC
ZORAN KRUNIC

Syria
Fixer
YARA

Sound recordist
RAMI AL DULLI

Driver
MOHAMMAD

Israel and Palestine
Fixer
QUIQUE KIERSZENBAUM

Drivers
RAWAN IDKAIDK
SAMIR AL-SHARIF

Assistant Editor
PHILLIP HAWKES

Visual Researcher
TANYA FLEET

Archival Research and Fact Checking
LUCAS DOWLING
NELOFER PAZIRA

Researchers
JACKIE CORKERY
JONAH ENGLE

Translation
ALL LANGUAGES LTD

Transcription
LAUREL TOEWS
HOUSE OF TRANSCRIPTION

NFB STUDIO

Executive Director of Programming
MICHELLE VAN BEUSEKOM

Manager, Studio Operations
MARK WILSON

Production Supervisor
MARCUS MATYAS

Production Coordinator
ANDREW MARTIN-SMITH

Technical Coordinator
KEVIN RILEY

Coordinator, Ontario Studio
CARLY KASTNER

Legal Council
CHRISTIAN PITCHEN

Marketing Manager
MELISSA WHEELER

Post Production Germany

Post Production Supervisor
ERHARD GIESEN

Video Post Production
FARBKULT POST PRODUCTION

Conform
FABIAN EISENACHER

Colourist
FELIX HÜSKEN

Audio Post Production
TORUS FILMTONPOSTPRODUKTION

Audio Post Production Supervisor
STEPHAN COLLI

Dialogue Editor and Re-recording Mixer
MATTHIAS LEMPERT

Sound Design
MIRKO REINHARD

Assistant Sound Design
ERIK RECK

ADR Recordists
SEBASTIAN STROUX
TOM PROTZER

Technician
MARKUS EMONDS

Scheduling Torus
BETTINA NESSELRATH
HILDEGARD NONNEMACHER

Translation & subtitles, Germany
TEXTIMBILD

Archival Materials Courtesy of

ALAMY
ALAA EBRAHIM
AP-HUSSEIN MALLA/THE CANADIAN PRESS
ARAM ARKUN
ARMENIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICA/
ZOE QUINN & JENNIFER LISTON MUNSON
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM – INSTITUTE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BBC
CONVERSATIONS WITH HISTORY/HARRY KREISLER
RICK CORDELL
CRITICAL PAST
DEMOCRACY NOW/AMY GOODMAN
DEUTSCHE WELLE ENGLISH
DON MCCULLIN
F.I.L.M. ARCHIVES INC.
FREMANTLEMEDIA LIMITED
GETTY IMAGES
THE INDEPENDENT (LONDON)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MARIA GILARDIN, TUCRADIO.ORG
MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN’S ALLIANCE (MECA)
NELOFER PAZIRA
NOAM CHOMSKY
POND5
PROJECT SAVE ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPH
ARCHIVES/TSOLEEN SARIAN
ROBERT FISK
RUPLTY
SCREENOCEAN/CHANNEL 4/CHAMELEON TV
TODAY FM
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN/JANE OHLMEYER
VRT TV-ARCHIVES
WPA FILM LIBRARY

Production Tax Credit Advisor
JIMMY YE
KUDLOW YE PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Production Accountant
FULLER LANDAU LLP
LAURA COUVRETTE

Production Bookkeeper
MARCELLA VETERE

Accountant, Sutor Kolonko
BERNHARD RAND

Legal Counsel

REISMAN LAW OFFICES
HATTY REISMAN
JENNIFER DICK

LUSSIER & KHOUZAM
REMY KHOUZAM

LEES LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
MAJA LEES

Title Search
THE RIGHTS COMPANY
SHANNON HANCOCK

Assistant Business Affairs
BETTY ANN TUTCHING

Production Insurance

FRONT ROW INSURANCE BROKERS INC
DARLENE MILLEY

REEL MEDIA CANADA
STEVE FRASER (LEGAL COUNSEL)

Assistant Business Affairs
BETTY ANN TUTCHING

Production Insurance

FRONT ROW INSURANCE BROKERS INC
DARLENE MILLEY

REEL MEDIA CANADA
STEVE FRASER (LEGAL COUNSEL)

THE INDEPENDENT
CHRISTIAN BROUGHTON
WILL GORE
HANNAH FEARN
HOLLY BAXTER

Commissioning Editors

MARTIN PIEPER
ZDF/ARTE

SUSANNE MERTENS
ZDF/ARTE

BARBARA TRUYEN
VPRO

STEVEN ARTELS & GASPARD LAMUNIÈRE
RADIO TÉLÉVISION SUISSE
UNITÉ DES FILMS DOCUMENTAIRES

BLUE ICE DOCS and THE NFB present
THIS IS NOT A MOVIE, a film by Yung Chang

A TINAM Inc., SUTOR KOLONKO co-production with THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Presented by Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program, produced with participation of Ontario Creates, in co-production with ZDF/Arte and VPRO, supported by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
and with the participation of Doc Society Circle, RTS/Radio Télévision Suisse, The Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit, with the assistance of the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund

© 2019 TINAM Inc., SUTOR KOLONKO and THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 

 

 

 



Press Relations

  • About TINAM Inc.

    Co-producers Allyson Luchak and Nelofer Pazira have combined their years of experience producing, writing, and directing to launch TINAM Inc. Both have worked on critically acclaimed films. Luchak’s producing credits include the documentaries The City of Joy and Enlighten Us (Tribeca 2016) and the Netflix series The Staircase, which The New York Times called “a masterpiece.” Pazira’s work has premiered at Cannes and at festivals in Locarno, Geneva, Edinburgh, São Paulo, Toronto, and Montreal. Kandahar, Return to Kandahar and Act of Dishonour have received awards and international recognition.

  • About Sutor Kolonko

    Sutor Kolonko was founded in May 2010 in Cologne, Germany, in order to create an independent platform for the development and production of challenging documentaries and narrative feature films. The company strives to be a harbour and point of departure, especially for young writers and directors. Sutor Kolonko focusses on international co-productions that are driven by strong stories told with a distinctive style.

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  • About the NFB

    Founded in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a one-of-a-kind producer, co-producer and distributor of distinctive, engaging, relevant and innovative documentary and animated films. As a talent incubator, it is one of the world’s leading creative centres. The NFB has enabled Canadians to tell and hear each other’s stories for over eight decades, and its films are a reliable and accessible educational resource. The NFB is also recognized around the world for its expertise in preservation and conservation, and for its rich and vibrant collection of works, which form a pillar of Canada’s cultural heritage. To date, the NFB has produced more than 14,000 works, 6,500 of which can be streamed free of charge at nfb.ca. The NFB and its productions and co-productions have earned over 7,000 awards, including 11 Oscars and an Honorary Academy Award for overall excellence in cinema.

  • Blue Ice Docs – Canadian Distributor

    Founded in 2014 in partnership between Robin Smith, president of KinoSmith, and Blue Ice Group co-owner Neil Tabatznik, Blue Ice Docs uses the expertise and skills of both organizations to acquire, fund and develop a wide variety of non-fiction projects from around the world. Current releases include INVISIBLE ESSENCE: THE LITTLE PRINCE, BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES, NOTHING LIKE A DAME, MINDING THE GAP, and CHEF FLYNN and upcoming releases include BUDDY, GURRUMUL, THE SILENCE OF OTHERS, WATERGATE, KILLING PATIENT ZERO and ALL THE WILD HORSES.