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THE SPIES AMONG US premiered internationally at the Warsaw IFF in October 2025, and won the top documentary award at the festival.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM — THE SPIES AMONG US, dir. Jamie Silverman, Gabriel Silverman – United States, 2025
The film’s protagonist — a victim of the East German secret police, the Stasi — reveals a brilliant parallel between criminal communist espionage and the distorted mechanisms of contemporary populism. We chose to recognize its sophisticated cinematic language, outstanding cinematography, editing, and dramaturgy. It is a deeply moving and powerful story about the search for freedom, truth, and personal healing.
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“A gripping and unsettling documentary…in its closing moments, Spies Among Us reminds us how history turns its wheel, reshaping everything — and everyone — in its path.” – Universal Cinema, 41st Warsaw Film Festival: “The Spies Among Us”, A Bitter Slap from History
“The Spies Among Us reveals the thrillingly broad scope of social surveillance carried on by the infamous East German secret police—the STASI—for forty years after WW2. The insightful, well-researched, and dynamically told story of historian Peter Keup, who attempts to unravel the hidden, everyday work of STASI officers at various organisational levels, approaches the subject from multiple angles and perspectives, delineating its inner workings and the human psychology behind the system’s deadly effectiveness. The Spies Among Us manages to uncover a human face of the organised cruelty, indifference, and the state’s relentless pursuit to subjugate an individual; a face that is full of fear, paranoia, and suspiciousness towards everyone and everything.” – Modern Times, Review: The Spies Among Us
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