Only the Devil Lives Without Hope is a real-life thriller about love, betrayal, spies, assassins and the unbreakable hope for a brother, locked in a desert prison called “The Place of No Return”. Dilya became a human rights activist the day her brother Iskandar was thrown in prison, accused of being a terrorist. For years she challenged the dictatorship, and the consequences were brutal. She had to escape the country but realised that the regime who took her brother was closer than she could ever imagine.
2022 /
Finalist
ONLY THE DEVIL LIVES WITHOUT HOPE
Director & Producer: Magnus Gertten,
Ove Rishøj Jensen
12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.
2020 |
85 min
Uzbekistan | Sweden
Languages: Uzbek
AWARD:
Special Mention
Type:
Doc Feature
Themes:
Human Rights, Women
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