The Borneo Case
Short film In Production 2018
Directors
DYLAN WILLIAMS / ERIK PAUSER
Doc Society helped with
Production
Impact
Went to Good Pitch
The Borneo Case is a modern day thriller building upon unique material filmed over 25 years, that tells the epic tale of how the Rainforest was transformed from the home of the last nomads into a land stripped of its natural resources. A story that reveals how billions of dollars of illegal profits solicited by the Chief Minister of Sarawak, the Malaysian part of Borneo, were money laundered with the assistance of the largest global banks into offshore accounts and property portfolios all over the world.
Gordon Brown, in the independent called what has happened in Borneo The largest Environmental crime of the century.
Long Synopsis:
The Borneo Case is a modern day thriller building upon unique material filmed over 25 years, that tells the epic tale of how the Rainforest was transformed from the home of the last nomads into a land stripped of its natural resources. A story that reveals how billions of dollars of illegal profits solicited by the Chief Minister of Sarawak, the Malaysian part of Borneo, were money laundered with the assistance of the largest global banks into offshore accounts and property portfolios all over the world.
The film begins when a small group of activists get their hands upon leaked secret documents from a well-placed insider that offer concrete proof of the workings of the money trail.
As their investigation gathers pace, the group, made up of a Borneo tribesman now living in exile in Canada, a pirate DJ on the run in Borneo, Clare Rewcastle Brown an English investigative journalist and Lukas Straumann a Swiss historian, activist and writer soon find themselves on a collision course with some of the most powerful timber mafia organizations in the world. A journey filled with intimidation, death threats and murder before finally ending up at the heart of the financial centre of the world.
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called the deforestation of Sarawak, a sliver of rain forest on the island of Borneo, in Malaysia, "probably the biggest environmental crime of our times." In his newly released book Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia, Lukas Straumann investigates that crime.
Outreach Work Supported
Digital Security and outreach strategy summit.
Crew
DYLAN WILLIAMS / ERIK PAUSER
Directors
Erik Pauser works as a director, producer and visual artist. His latest film as a director and producer is “The Machine” about the poet Johan Jönson. Before that he has produced “Men Who Swim”. Before that he directed and produced the feature documentary ‘The Face of the Enemy. The film premiered in competition at IDFA 2009. He has among other films produced Maneuvers in the Dark by Maria Ramström, Once there was Love by Håkan Pienowski, Lars Siltbergs “Holocene” with the Swedish Radio symphonic orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Together with Jan Röed he produced and directed the prizewinning feature Tong Tana – The Lost Paradise 2001. The film Lucky People Center International a Memfis, Zentropa release that he directed and edited with Johan Söderberg was released in cinema and TV in a number of countries and became an instant cult movie. He’s films have won prizes at AFI-Silverdocs, Los Angeles International Film Festival, Art Doc Fest Moscow, Nordic Panorama, San Francisco international film festival, FICA Brazil. His installations have been shown in galleries and museums in a number of different countries. www.erikpauser.com
Dylan Williams is a multi-award winning producer and director whose films have received international cinema distribution whilst being shown on SVT, NRK, DR2, YLE, BBC, PBS, ZDF-ARTE, Discovery Channel and The History Channel amongst others.
His credits as Director include the tragic comic Madame and Capt. Nilsson (2006), Reserved for George (2007), and Men Who Swim(2010) which was shown at over 50 festivals picking up half a dozen prizes and was the opening film at Nordisk Panorama in Bergen 2010.
About AMP film
AMP Film is a production company based in Stockholm that was established in 2008 by Erik Pauser and Dylan Williams. The company was founded after the two experienced producers / filmmakers decided to join forces in order to produce high production value documentaries which touched upon international subjects in political and social contexs reflected through personal stories. Our filmmaking always places a premium on storytelling. On finding a way to best capture and engage an audience in the subject at hand.
The films produced by Amp have been shown on all the major networks throughout the world including BBC, Arte, PBS (a total of more than 30 Networks in total). Our films and have also been enjoyed theatrical releases in Sweden, the UK, Spain, Taiwan, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Russia. The films have been shown in over 50 film festivals around the world and picked up a number of awards and special mentions from several leading festivals which include - Audience Award AFI-Silverdocs Washington, Best Film – Vera International FF, Supertar FF Croatia, Los Angeles International Film Festival, Nordisk Panorama, ArtDoc Festival, Moscow, Ikaros Prize – Best Swedish TV Documentary, Pärnu International FF Estonian People's Award, Grierson Award nomination, Prix D’Italia nomination and a Prix D’Europa nomination.
