Synopsis

In summer 2008 the Sri Lankan Government decided to finish the 30-years civil war against Tamil rebels at any cost – which meant: irrespective of the sufferings of the civilian population. The documentary is the culmination of three years of journalistic investigation and deeply disturbing evidence of the century’s worst crime against humanity and of the failure of the international community to prevent this catastrophe.

Festivals & Awards
Festival du Film et Forum International sur Les Droits Humains, Geneva
Movies that Matter Festival 2013, The Hague
Tri-Continental Human Rights Film Festival, Cape Town / Johannesburg & Pretoria
FIDH Human Rights Award – Festival des Libertés, Brussels
Jury Special Mention – Film Asia Film Festival Kathmandu, Nepal
Audience Award – Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival, 2013
Jury Special Mention – CPH:DOX festival, Copenhagen

Director’s Statements

Director’s Bio
BAFTA nominated film maker, writer and journalist CALLUM MACRAE has been making films for more than 20 years in the UK and around the world, including Iraq, Japan, Haiti and several in Africa, covering wars and conflicts in Cote D’Ivoire, Uganda, Mali, and Sudan. His films have ranged from observational documentaries to current affair investigations including three major investigations into allegations of coalition crimes in Iraq. His most recent major projects were the two TV documentaries on the end of civil war in Sri Lanka and a film made in South Kordofan of Sudan, documenting Khartoum’s war of terror against the Nubian population. As writer for Observer, he won the Bank of Scotland Campaigning Journalist of the Year Award.

Links
http://nofirezone.org/
www.imdb.com/title/tt2949516/