At the age of 9, Dominic Ongwen is abducted by the Ugandan LRA, who train him to be a child soldier and place him in a commanding role. Years later, he now faces the International Criminal Court (ICC), but should he be judged for his actions, or is he himself a victim?
LENGTH: 105 min
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2023
CAST: Krispus Ayena, Dominic Ongwen
DIRECTOR: Łukasz Konopa & Emil Langballe
PRODUCER: Helle Faber Heidi Kim Andersen (development)
CO-PRODUCER: Erik winker, CorsoFilm
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kacper Czubak
EDITOR: Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen
TRAILER EDITOR: Michael Aaglund
AWARDS
Grand Jury Documentary Award at Movies That Matter | The Netherlands
VIKTOR Award - man competition winner at DOK.fest Munich | Germany
Best Cinematography Award at Millennium Docs Against Gravity | Poland
Bydgoszcz Honorary Mention at Millennium Docs Against Gravity | Poland
Best Documentary (second award) at Encounters South African Documentary Film Festival | South Africa
Young Voice Award at Inconvenient Films | Lithuania
FESTIVALS
CPH DOX - World Premiere | Denmark
Docville - International Premiere | Belgium
Human Rights Watch FF London - Closing Film | United Kingdom
One World International Human Rights Film Festival | Czech Republic
Visions du Reel | Switzerland
Hot Docs | Canada
Oslo Dokumentarkino | Norway
Docaviv | Israel
Human Rights Watch FF New York - Centrepiece Film | USA
Dokufest Kosovo | Kosovo
International Human Rights Film Festival | Albania
Nordisk Panorama Film Festival | Sweden
Mondovisioni | Italy
Bergen International Film Festival | Norway
Dharamshala International Film Festival I India
Cork Film Festival | Ireland
Movies On War | Norway
One World International Documentary Film Festival | Slovakia
International Crime and Punishment Film Festival | Turkey