The End

The End

TIFF65: Greek Premiere
The debut fiction film of the two-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer is to no one’s surprise a messy, profoundly penetrating, and politically undermining post-apocalyptic musical, starring Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon. Deep below the earth's surface, within the protective embrace of an abandoned salt mine, a family of the once great elite spends the days in a luxurious shelter reminiscent of a grand estate, trying to forget the catastrophe that led to their seeking refuge there – as well as their own culpability in the whole situation. When a survivor from the world up above unexpectedly finds herself among them, the convictions they all hold dear, and in particular the ones of their young son who was born there in the aftermath of the disaster, will slip from their grasp like a handful of salt. By creating a film that refuses to submit to any type of categorization, Oppenheimer delivers yet another versatile work of art that gleams with the brilliance of a contemporary cinematic classic.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Joshua Oppenheimer
Script: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
Cinematography: Mikhail Krichman
Editing: Niels Pagh Andersen
Sound: Jörg Kidrowski, Henrik Garnov, Per Boström
Music: Josh Schmidt, Marius de Vries
Actors: Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Michael Shannon, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, Lennie James
Production: Final Cut for Real, The Match Factory, Wild Atlantic Pictures, Dorje Film, Moonspun Films, Anagram Sweden
Producers: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joshua Oppenheimer, Tilda Swinton, Viola Fügen, Conor Barry, Flaminio Zadra, Tracy O’Riordan, Ann Lundberg
Costumes: Frauke Firl
Production Design: Jette Lehmann
Executive producer: Jeff Deutchman, Tom Quinn, Emily Thomas, Elissa Federoff, Efe Çakarel, Michael Weber, Jason Ropell, John Keville, Macdara Kelleher, Andrea Romeo, Alberto Fanni, Joakim Rang Strand, Marcus Clausen, Waël Kabbani, Greg Moga, David Unger, Sandra Whipham, Charlotte Cook, Jens von Bahr, Sam Mendes, Ramin Bahrani, James Marsh, Werner Herzog, Raffaele Fabrizio, Caterina Fabrizio, Alessandro Del Vigna, Dana Høegh, Christian Bruun, Melinda Quintin, Michael Quintin, Spencer Myers, Amy Gardner, Jean Doumani
Format: DCP
Color: Colour
Production Country: Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, UK, Sweden
Production Year: 2024
Duration: 148'
Distribution in Greece: Weird Wave
Contact: The Match Factory

Joshua Oppenheimer

Having directed short films such as Market Update (2002) and medium-length movies including The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1998), in 2012 Joshua Oppenheimer (Austin, USA. 1974) directed the feature-length The Act of Killing, shown in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, where it garnered the Audience Award and Ecumenical Jury accolades, and nominated for the Best Documentary Academy Award. The film gave its title in 2016 to San Sebastian Festival's season The Act of Killing, Cinema and Global Violence, in which it was included, as was his following film, The Look of Silence (2014), also nominated for the Best Documentary Film in Venice, where it won the Special Jury Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI prize. The End is his feature film debut.

Filmography

1996 These Places We've Learned to Call Home (short)
2000 Land of Enchantment (documentary short)
2002 Market Update (short)
2002 A Brief History of Paradise as Told by the Cockroaches (short) 2012 The Act of Killing (documentary)
2014 The Look of Silence (documentary)
2024 The End