GITMO - The new rules of war (Heads up for new documentary)

[Stockholm]

"GITMO - THE NEW RULES OF WAR" is finally, after more than two years of production, ready for premiere in Sweden.

GITMO had its World premiere November 05 at IDFA, the International Documentary Filmfestival of Amsterdam where it was selected in competition for the prestigious Joris Ivens award.

The film starts from a pleasant visit to the prison camp of Guantanamo Bay and embarks for a journey to Washington, Stockholm, Bucharest then to Abu Ghraib in Iraq and slowly....a new scary world is revealing itself.

Produced by Kristina Åberg, co-produced by Mikael Olsen from Danish Zentropa Entertainment, and also by Swedish Television, Finnish YLEIS. Supported by Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute and by Nordic Film & TV fund.

more http://www.atmo.se/zino.aspx?articleID=14861



The documentary is produced by Atmo (www.atmo.se), who you might recognize as the creators of "the Bush/Blair lovesong" and "Read my lips".

Information from the Dutch IDFA film festival http://www.idfa.nl/idfa_en_filmdescription.asp?filmid=25400

Information from global distributor Films Transit in Toronto http://www.idfa.nl/idfa_en_filmdescription.asp?filmid=25400

The first screening in the US will be at the Miami International Film Festival in March 2006.

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