--- title: 'Balibo (2009)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Connolly' released: '2009-01-01' runtime_minutes: 111 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Australia' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/balibo-2009' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111876/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Balibo (2009) 2009 · 111 min · Drama · Australia ## Synopsis Balibo is a 2009 Australian war film directed by Robert Connolly. Based on true events, the film follows the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists who were captured and killed while reporting on activities a few months prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in December 1975. The film, which takes its name from the town of Balibo, is loosely based on the 2001 book Cover-Up by Jill Jolliffe, an Australian journalist who met the men before they were killed. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Anthony LaPaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-lapaglia), [Dominic Purcell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-purcell), [John Maynard](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-maynard-3) - **Director:** [Robert Connolly](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-connolly) - **Original Music Composer:** [Lisa Gerrard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-gerrard) ## Cast - [Damon Gameau](https://cinepixo.com/people/damon-gameau) as Greg Shackleton - [Mark Leonard Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-leonard-winter) as Tony Stewart - [Michael Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-stone-2) as Interviewer - [Anthony LaPaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-lapaglia) as Roger East - [Nathan Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathan-phillips) as Malcolm Rennie - [Oscar Isaac](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-isaac) as José Ramos-Horta - [Gyton Grantley](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyton-grantley) as Gary Cunningham - [Thomas M. Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-m-wright) as Brian Peters ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.balibo.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/balibo-2009 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2597292); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.