Year: 2018

Director: Hans Pool

Duration: 88’

Language(s): English, German, Russian

Country: The Netherlands

Cast: Eliot Higgins, Timmi Allen, Veli-Pekka Kivimäki, Aric Toler, Hadi Al-Khatib, Christiaan Triebert

Sound: Pepijn Aben

Editor: Simon Barker

Research/Editorial: Sasha Ourikh, Yula Altchouler

Music: Frank Wienk (Binkbeats)

Commission editor VPRO: Barbara Truyen

Production company: Cinephil

Awards: Raven Awards Docutah 2019, Humanitarian Award Feature Festival des Libertes 2019, RTBF Award Thin Line Fest 2019, Global Awareness AwardRab Film Festival 2019, Best Documentary Film - The Golden Frame Awards San Francisco DocFest Awards 2019, Jury Prize for Best Feature 

Synopsis: Bellingcat explores the promise of open source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the "citizen investigative journalist" collective known as Bellingcat.

Director’s bio: Hans Pool, (The Netherlands, 1962) is an award-winning director and cinematographer, who combines a journalistic approach with intellectual depth. He masterfully conveys topics that are difficult to grasp with a cinematic language that is understood by all. Previous films include Putin’s Olympic Dream and Looking for an Icon.