International Competition

(T)ERROR

Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe
Screening time  
22.02. / Monday, 13:00 - 15:00 Theatre 1  
25.02. / Thursday, 16:00 - 18:00 Theatre 4  
27.02. / Saturday, 21:00 - 23:00 Theatre 3  
Film illuminates the fragile relationships between individual and surveillance state in modern America

(T)error is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of “Shariff”, a 63-year-old black revolutionary turned informant, viewers get an unfettered glimpse of the government’s counterterrorism tactics and the murky justifications behind them. Taut, stark and controversial, (T)error illuminates the fragile relationships between individual and surveillance state in modern America, and asks who is watching the watchers.

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Lyric R. Cabral

Lyric R. Cabral is an independent documentary filmmaker and photojournalist, named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in 2013. In support of her documentary work, Cabral has received artist grants from Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, BBC Storyville, ITVS, International Documentary Association, and the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. (T)error is her first feature-length documentary.

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David Felix Sutcliffe

David Felix Sutcliffe is an independent documentary filmmaker whose work has been supported by the BBC, the Tribeca Film Institute, the Sundance Institute, and ITVS. In 2013, Filmmaker Magazine named him as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. David’s first film, Adama, was broadcast on PBS in 2011. (T)error is his latest documentary.

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(T)ERROR

USA
2015, 84'

Directed by:
Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe

Cinematography:
Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe

Edited by:
Laura Minnear, Jean-Philippe Boucicaut

Music:
Robert Miller

Producer:
Christopher St. John

Produced by:
Stories Seldom Seen, Charlotte Street Films

Festivals & Awards:

Sundance Film Festival 2015 – Special Jury Prize, CPH:DOX 2015 – F:ACT Award – Honorable Mention, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2015 – Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award, International Documentary Association 2015 – Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award, Tribeca Film Festival 2015, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2015, Little Rock Film Festival 2015, Nashville Film Festival 2015, Philadelphia Film Festival 2015