Citizenfour
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
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Cast
12 people
Edward Snowden
Self
Also in
America's Surveillance State
CyberWar Threat
Glenn Greenwald
Self
Laura Poitras
Self
William Binney
Self
Also in
Virus
984: Prisoner of the Future
Barack Obama
Self
Also in
Revealing Ukraine
The Pledgefather
Jacob Appelbaum
Self
Julian Assange
Self
Also in
Julian Assange: Revolution Now
The Simpsons
Jeremy Scahill
Self
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Three Thoughts on Terror
Kevin Bankston
Self
Ewen MacAskill
Self
Lindsay Mills
Self
Wolfgang Kaleck
Self
Laura Poitras Director · Trent Reznor Composer Atticus Ross Composer
Worldwide gross $3M · Budget $1M · United States release October 10, 2014
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,003,169
Gross vs. budget
3.0×
Production
Participant
Production
HBO Documentary Films
Production · Studio
The Bertha Foundation
Production
BR
Production
NDR
Production
Praxis Films Berlin
Production
Britdoc Circle
Production
Channel 4 Television
Production
Participant Media
Production
Praxis Films
Production
Germany · United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Portuguese
Release dates
Canada · October 10, 2014
Limited theatrical
United States · October 10, 2014
Theatrical
United States
October 10, 2014 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 24, 2014 · Limited theatrical
November 18, 2014 · Premiere · DOC NYC
February 23, 2015 · TV · HBO
Argentina
April 16, 2015 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Australia
February 12, 2015 · Limited theatrical
Austria
January 1, 2015 · Digital
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 16, 2015 · Premiere · Sarajevo Film Festival
Bulgaria
March 12, 2015 · Premiere · Sofia Film Festival
Canada
March 7, 2015 · Premiere · Kamloops Film Festival
China
June 17, 2015 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
December 5, 2015 · Premiere · Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
Denmark
November 11, 2014 · Premiere · CPH:DOX
Finland
January 31, 2015 · Premiere · DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
France
March 4, 2015 · Theatrical
Germany
October 27, 2014 · Premiere · DOK Leipzig
November 6, 2014 · Theatrical
Greece
December 1, 2016 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 17, 2015 · Premiere · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Ireland
October 17, 2014 · Digital
Israel
May 7, 2015 · Premiere · Doc Aviv
Italy
June 5, 2015 · Premiere · Biografilm Festival
June 9, 2016 · Premiere · Biografilm Festival
Japan
June 11, 2016 · Digital
Mexico
February 2, 2015 · Premiere · Gira de Documentales Ambulante
Netherlands
October 10, 2014 · Limited theatrical
November 19, 2014 · Premiere · IDFA Festival
November 18, 2021 · Premiere · International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
North Macedonia
April 24, 2015 · Premiere · Skopje Film Festival
Peru
August 12, 2015 · Premiere · Festival de Cine de Lima
Portugal
November 14, 2014 · Premiere · Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
Russia
June 25, 2015 · Premiere · Moscow Film Festival
July 9, 2015 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 14, 2015 · Premiere · Endeavours Documentary Film Festival
South Korea
November 19, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
March 27, 2015 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 24, 2015 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
Taiwan
April 11, 2015 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival
Ukraine
March 25, 2015 · Premiere · Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 17, 2014 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
October 31, 2014 · Limited theatrical
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