The Giant Buddhas

The Giant Buddhas

Infobox Film
name = The Giant Buddhas


imdb_id = 0478157
starring = Taysir Alony Sayeed Mirza Hussain Nelofer Pazira
Zémaryalaï Tarzi
Xuanzang
director = Christian Frei
country = Switzerland
producer = Christian Frei
released = 2005
runtime = 95 min.
language = Arabic, Dari, English, French and Mandarin
music = Jan Garbarek
Philip Glass
Steve Kuhn
Arvo Pärt
cinematography = Peter Indergand

"The Giant Buddhas" is a documentary by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan. It was released in March 2006. The movie makes the controversial claim (quoting a local Afghan) that the destruction was ordered by Osama Bin Laden and that initially, Mullah Omar and the Afghans in Bamyan had opposed the destruction. [Times Internet Limited (2006) " [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1466974.cms Times of India article, March 27, 2006] ". Retrieved October 16, 2006.]

Awards and nominations

The film won the Leipzig DOK Festival Silver Dove award in 2005, and was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize for World cinema-documentaries at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and a Swiss Film Prize for Best Documentary at the 2006 Swiss Film Prize. [Internet Movie Database Inc. (1990-2006). " [http://imdb.com/title/tt0478157/awards imdb award detail for The Giant Buddhas] ". Retrieved November 1, 2006]

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