film

The Nightcrawlers

Short film Completed 2019

BFI Doc Society: Made of Truth

Director

Alexander Osei-Bonsu

 

Producer

Doireann Maddock

 

Producer

Joanna Natasegara

 

Doc Society helped with

Production

 

 

With unprecedented access, The Nightcrawlers, is an unflinching exposé of Filipino President Duterte’s war on drugs, in which some claim over 20,000 people have been killed. R.L., a former staff photographer for a prominent newspaper, leads the Manila Nightcrawlers, a small group of determined photojournalists on a mission to expose the true cost of the violent campaign. In covering both sides of the conflict, The Nightcrawlers reveals a harrowing twist behind Duterte’s deadly crusade.

2019 International Documentary Association () - Best Short 2020 Emmy Awards () - Outstanding Short Documentary 2021 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US () - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Nonfiction Film or Series for Broadcast 2020 One World Media Awards () - Short Film Hamptons International Film Festival 2019 • Documentary Short Camden International Film Festival 2019 • Best Short Film Hamptons International Film Festival 2019 • Courageous Filmmaking

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