Citizenfour

Citizenfour

Movie |

National Security Agency (nsa) | Woman Director

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  • Genre(s): Documentary
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Laura Poitras
  • Cast(s): Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, William Binney, Barack Obama See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 54min
  • Award(s): Oscar 2015 (Won)
    WAFCA 2014 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, The Perfect Neighbor
  • Story:
    In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her. The film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is absolutely sui generis in the history of cinema: a 100% real-life thriller unfolding minute by minute before our eyes. Poitras is a great and brave filmmaker, but she is also a masterful storyteller: she compresses the many days of questioning, waiting, confirming, watching the world’s reaction and agonizing over the next move, into both a great character study of Snowden and a narrative that will leave you on the edge of your seat as it inexorably moves toward its conclusion.
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her. The film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is absolutely sui generis in the history of cinema: a 100% real-life thriller unfolding minute by minute before our eyes. Poitras is a great and brave filmmaker, but she is also a masterful storyteller: she compresses the many days of questioning, waiting, confirming, watching the world’s reaction and agonizing over the next move, into both a great character study of Snowden and a narrative that will leave you on the edge of your seat as it inexorably moves toward its conclusion.
Ratings

8/10

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AWARDS

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Won
Oscar Award

Best Documentary Feature | 2015 | Mathilde

BAFTA Film Award

Best Documentary | 2015 | Dirk

Primetime Emmy Award

Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking | 2015 | Dirk

EDA Award

Best Documentary Feature Film | 2015 | Laura

EDA Female Focus Award

Female Icon of the Year | 2015 | Laura

Eddie Award

Best Edited Documentary Feature | 2015 | Mathilde

Cinema Eye Honors Award

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking | 2015 | Dirk

Outstanding Achievement in Direction | 2015 | Laura

Outstanding Achievement in Editing | 2015 | Mathilde

Outstanding Achievement in Production | 2015 | Dirk

The Unforgettables | 2015 | Edward

DGA Award

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary | 2015 | Laura

Independent Spirit Award

Best Documentary | 2015 | Dirk

Film in Gold Award

Best Documentary Bester Dokumentarfilm | 2015 | Mathilde

Gold Derby Film Award

Documentary Feature | 2015 | Laura

HRIFF Award

Best Documentary Film | 2015 | Laura

HFCS Award

Best Documentary Feature | 2015

INOCA Award

Best Documentary | 2015 | Laura

IFC Award

Best Documentary | 2015

ALFS Award

Documentary of the Year | 2015

NSFC Award

Best NonFiction Film | 2015

OFTA Film Award

Best Documentary Picture | 2015

Satellite Award

Best Motion Picture Documentary | 2015

AFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2014 | Laura

BSFC Award

Best Documentary | 2014

DFWFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2014

DFCS Award

Best Documentary | 2014

Gotham Independent Film Award

Best Documentary | 2014 | Dirk

ICP Award

Best Documentary | 2014 | Laura

IDA Award

Best Feature | 2014 | Laura

KCFCC Award

Best Documentary | 2014

Sierra Award

Best Documentary | 2014

LAFCA Award

Best DocumentaryNonFiction Film | 2014 | Laura

NFCS Award

Best Documentary | 2014

NYFCC Award

Best NonFiction Film | 2014

SDFCS Award

Best Documentary | 2014

SFFCC Award

Best Documentary | 2014

SLFCA Award

Best Documentary Film | 2014

VVFP Award

Best Documentary Feature Film | 2014

WFCC Award

Best Documentary by or About Women | 2014

UFCA Award

Best Documentary Feature Film | 2014

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Nominations
WAFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2014

AFCA Award

Best Documentary Local or International | 2016

Humanitas Prize Award

Documentaries Special Awards Category | 2016 | Laura

Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming | 2015

Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | 2015

Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming | 2015

EDA Female Focus Award

Best Woman Director | 2015 | Laura

COFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2015

Cinema Eye Honors Award

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | 2015 | Trevor

Cinema for Peace Award

Most Valuable Documentary of the Year | 2015 | Laura

Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year | 2015 | Laura

Critics Choice Award

Best Documentary Feature | 2015

DFCS Award

Best Documentary Film | 2015

Best International Film Award

The International Competition | 2015 | Laura

Dorian Award

Documentary of the Year | 2015

GAFCA Award

Best Documentary Film | 2015

Film in Gold Award

Best Editing Bester Schnitt | 2015 | Mathilde

Best Sound Beste Tongestaltung | 2015 | Matthias

ICS Award

Best Documentary | 2015

Audience Award

Documentary | 2015 | Laura

2014 | Dirk

Golden Reel Award

Best Sound Editing Feature Documentary | 2015 | Hans

NCFCA Award

Best Documentary Film | 2015

OFTA Television Award

Best NonFiction Program | 2015

Best Direction of a NonFiction Program | 2015

Best Editing in a NonSeries | 2015

Seattle Film Critics Award

Best Documentary | 2015 | Laura

SIYAD Award

Best Foreign Film | 2015

VFCC Award

Best Documentary | 2015

ACCA Award

Best Documentary Feature | 2014 | Laura

CFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2014

CPH:DOX Award

2014 | Laura

DFCC Award

Best Documentary | 2014

FFCC Award

Best Documentary | 2014

OFCS Award

Best Documentary | 2014

PFCS Award

Best Documentary | 2014

SEFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2014

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Collection 3,003,169 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Director Laura Poitras edited the film in Germany after flying directly there from Hong Kong with the Snowden footage, to prevent the FBI from showing up with a search warrant for her hard drives.

Edward Snowden used the number "4" for his code name because Thomas Drake, William Binney and J. Kirk Wiebe all tried to expose the NSA's mass surveillance before him; in his mind they were numbers 1-3.

According to an undisclosed source in the film, 1.2 million people are on watch lists of the US intelligence agencies.

The Guardian and the Washington Post received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for reporting by Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, and Barton Gellman.

Laura Poitras took many security precautions related to the film, described by military writer Peter Maass among others. She moved to Berlin, Germany after being detained repeatedly at border controls when entering the US. She edited the film in Germany after flying directly there from Hong Kong with the Snowden footage, to prevent the FBI from showing up with a search warrant for her hard drives. All the film footage is kept on encrypted drives with multiple levels of nested protection. The computer she uses for reading sensitive documents is separated from the internet by an air gap.

Popular Dialogues

"Edward Snowden: Assume your adversary is capable of one trillion guesses per second."

"Edward Snowden: We are building the biggest weapon for oppression in the history of mankind."