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Indiewire Jan 7, 2015
"The stuff of Orwellian nightmares...it plays like the greatest paranoid thriller since 'All The President's Men.'"
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BBC Jan 7, 2015
"It's chillingly dramatic, a Bourne-like motif of intrigue that has the effect of making us realize that no, this is not just a movie."
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Associated Press Jan 7, 2015
"One-of-a-kind...an uncommon view of history in action."
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First Showing Jan 7, 2015
"It's as if they have captured lightning in a bottle."
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The New York Times Jan 7, 2015
"Tense and frightening...a primal political fable for the digital age."
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Rogerebert.com Jan 7, 2015
"The movie of the century...one of the most absorbing things I've ever seen."
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WINNER Jan 15, 2015
THE ACADEMY AWARDS
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WINNER Feb 23, 2015
THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS
Best Documentary Feature -
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CINEMA EYE Feb 23, 2015
Cinema Eye Honors
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DGA Feb 23, 2015
DGA AWARD
Best Documentary -
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BAFTA Feb 23, 2015
BAFTA AWARD
Best Documentary -
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WINNER Jan 21, 2015
LONDON FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
Boston Film Critics
Best Documentary -
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
LAFCA
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film -
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
New York Film Critics Circle
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) -
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
IDA
Best Feature -
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
Gothams
Best Documentary -
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Best Documentary -
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
Detroit Film Critics Society
Best Documentary -
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
San Diego Film Critics Society
Best Documentary -
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WINNER Jan 9, 2015
Austin Film Critics Association
Best Documentary -
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NOMINEE Jan 8, 2015
Independent Spirit Awards
Best Documentary -
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NOMINEE Jan 8, 2015
Satellite Awards
Best Motion Picture, Best Documentary -
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NOMINEE Jan 8, 2015
Washington DC Area Film Critics
Best Documentary -
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NOMINEE Jan 8, 2015
Chicago Film Film Critics Association
Best Documentary -
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TOP 10 Jan 7, 2015
Vanity Fair
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TOP 10 Jan 7, 2015
Time
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The New York Times Oct 23, 2014
"Tense & frightening... a primal political fable for the digital age."
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The Hollywood Reporter Oct 10, 2014
"One of the major and defining documentaries of recent times!"
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First Showing Oct 12, 2014
"It's as if they have captured lightning in a bottle."
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RogerEbert.com Oct 24, 2014
"One of the most absorbing things I've ever seen!"
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Rolling Stone Oct 24, 2014
"A wake-up call that hits you like a cold slap in the face."
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The Telegraph Oct 16, 2014
"Everybody needs to see it... Crackling, necessary viewing that places us in the eye of the storm"
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Little White Lies Oct 16, 2014
"Extraordinary... Poitras has produced a work that is at once politically empowering and an encapsulation history unfolding on camera"
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Evening Standard Oct 17, 2014
"No wonder Citizenfour is being talked up as an Oscar hopeful. A canny, visually stylish balance of the personal and political, it’s the stuff Tinseltown thrillers are made of."
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Mark Kermode Oct 19, 2014
"Bravely made and utterly engrossing... John le Carré couldn’t have made this stuff up"
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Radio Times Oct 31, 2014
"A thrilling, shocking snapshot of a moment in time that will live in history"
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kino-zeit.de Oct 15, 2014
"Spannender kann ein Dokumentarfilm kaum sein: Der Zuschauer ist unmittelbar in einer Situation dabei, in der Weltgeschichte geschrieben wird."
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Zeit Online Oct 12, 2014
"Es ist dieser Moment im Hotelzimmer in Hongkong, der die Kraft dieses Films auf den Punkt bringt..."
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Der Standard Oct 21, 2014
"„Citizenfour“ geht an den Ausgangspunkt zurück, um daran zu erinnern, dass die Dimension des Skandals in auffallendem Missverhältnis zu seinen unmittelbaren politischen Konsequenzen steht."
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Berliner Zeitung Oct 30, 2014
"Erstaunlich unaufgeregt. Und unbedingt sehenswert..."
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The Guardian Jan 7, 2015
"The most chilling thriller of the year."
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The Washington Post Jan 7, 2015
"Palpably electric...the action is perilously real and the camera isn't only capturing the historical event it's part of the making of it."
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The Village Voice Jan 7, 2015
"Scenes of such intimate momentousness that the movie's a must see piece of work."
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Wired Jan 7, 2015
"A haunting historic document of Snowden's motivations and personality."