Black Code

Black Code
International Panorama
Nicholas de Pencier
Canada
2015
90min
English, Portuguese, Arabic, Tibetan

Black Code is a gripping account of how governments control and manipulate the internet in order to censor and monitor their citizens. With stories from exiled Tibetan monks circumventing China’s surveillance apparatus, Syrian citizens tortured for Facebook posts, Brazilian activists using social media to distribute alternative news, and Pakistani online violence against women, we see firsthand the high-stakes consequences that our unprecedented level of digital communication can produce. As this battle for control in cyberspace is waged, our ideas of citizenship, privacy, and democracy will be challenged to the very core.

Projections: 
11.15. Wednesday 15:15
Toldi
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English & Hungarian Subtitles
11.18. Saturday 13:15
Művész
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English & Hungarian Subtitles
11.16. Thursday 15:30
Corvinus
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Producer: 
Nicholas de Pencier
Mercury Films
Editor: 
Eric Pedicelli
Camera: 
Nicholas de Pencier
Sound: 
Nicholas de Pencier
Phil Strong
Music: 
Phil Strong
Distribution info: 
Upside Distribution, Estelle De Araujo
Festivals: 
Oslo Documentary Film Festival​ (2017)
Human Rights Watch Film Festival​ (2017)
Hong Kong International Film Festival​ (2017)
Director(s): 

As a director, de Pencier’s credits include the feature documentary Four Wings and a Prayer, about the migration of the Monarch butterfly which won the Grand Prix Pariscience, the Banff Rockie Award for best Wildlife and Natural History Program, the Jules Verne Nature Award, and was nominated for Geminis for best Science Documentary, Best Cinematography and Best Direction in addition to an Emmy nomination for the PBS NOVA version. In 2004, de Pencier was nominated for a Gemini for Best Direction for his performance film Streetcar, while the film’s lead, Peter Chin, won for Best Performance. The film was also nominated for a Banff Rockie Award.