Friends in High Places

In Myanmar (oficial cunoscut sub numele de Burma), cultul venerarii spiritului naturii a supravietuit atat triumfului unei dictaturi militare devastatoare, cat si a imprastierii pe tot mai mari teritorii a Budismului.

Centrul cultului il reprezinta un medium spiritual, deseori un barbat homosexual, care comunica cu sectantii si le ia caracteristicile surprinzatoare in ritualuri ecstatice (o stare prin care treci cand asisti la puternice experiente religioase).

Condus de doi oameni entuziasti, in varsta de 70 de ani, directorul Lindsey Merrison exploreaza rolul mediumului spiritual in aceasta societate Burmasa in acest fascinant documentar.

Regia: Lindsey Merrison
Tara: Germania
Anul de productie: 2001
Durata: 88 minute
Limba: Engleza
Distribuitor: Documentary Educational Resources

Comentarii in cadrul Festivalului "Serile Filmului Gay", 2007:

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Premii si proiectii:
Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Scientific Documentary, XV Parnu Film Festival, Estonia 2001
Official Selection, Visions du Reel, Nyon Switzerland, 2001
10th Brisbane International Film Festival, 2001
Margaret Mead International Film Festival, NYC, 2001 Touring Festival Selection, 2002
Berlin International Film Festival, 2002
Outfest, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002
Montreal International Queer Film and Video Festival, September 2002

Festivaluri, Proiectii, Premii:
Official Selection, Visions du Reel, Nyon, Switzerland, 2001
Prize for Outstanding Ethnographic Documentary, 15. Parnu Documentary Film Festival, Estonia, 2001
10th Brisbane International Film Festival, 2001
Cork Film Festival, Ireland, 2001
Margaret Mead Festival, New York, 2001
Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California, 2002
Berlin International Film Festival, 2002
Singapore International Film Festival, 2002
Beeld voor Beeld Film Festival, Amsterdam, 2002
Bilan du film ethnographique, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, 2002
One World Film Festival, Prague, 2002
Turin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2002
Göttingen International Film Festival, Germany, 2002
Pink Apple Film Festival, Zurich, 2002
The New Festival, New York, 2002
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002
Cinemanila, Philippines, 2002
Bangkok International Film Festival, 2002
San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002
Outfest, Los Angeles, 2002
MixBrazil, Sao Paolo, 2002
Image + Nation, Montreal's Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002
Madrid Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002
Kalamata International Documentary Film Festival, Greece, 2002
Award of Commendation, Society for Visual Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Screening Program, 2002
Astra Film Festival, Romania, 2002
Asiaticafilmmediale, Rome, 2002
Pennsylvania Film Festival, 2002
Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Slovenia, 2002
Forumdoc.bh.2002
Documentary & Ethnographic Film Festival of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2003
Northeastern Anthropological Association Film Festival, Burlington, Vermont, 2003
Brussels Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2003
8th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, London, 2003
Pride International Film Festival, Philippines, 2003
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, New York, 2003