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When Heroes Lie premiered in theaters with excellent reviews

Press release 5.10.2012

The Arto Halonen documentary feature film When Heroes Lie, which has garnered large-scale media attention in recent weeks, opened last Friday to overwhelmingly positive reviews. However, in the west-coast region of Finland -- an area that is home to some of Finland's most prominent skiers -- certain movie theaters cancelled showings of the film, and three major newspapers left the film without a timely review in disregard of their usual practice.

When Heroes Lie has been front-page news in Finland since its first press screenings, and on October 5th the film premiered in theaters all over the nation. Halonen produced and directed the film, and wrote it along with co-writers Jouni K. Kemppainen and Kevin Frazier. Despite the unusually strong advance media attention that the film has received, a couple of movie theaters in west-coast areas such as Rauma cancelled their reservation for showing the documentary. At the same time, going against the usual practice of providing reviews on the day of a film's premiere, the regional newspapers Ilkka, Satakunnan Kansa and Pohjalainen left the film without a review.

When Heroes Lie's excellent reviews in the vast majority of Finnish publications have taken the media conversation about doping to a new level. Many critics have found it important to write about the film's fair-mindedness and its support for the pursuit of a more open sports culture, one that would defend atheletes from individual scapegoating if they are caught doping.

The film has also gained a great deal of media attention in Italy, Norway, Sweden and Germany.

From here you can find the reviews of the film and below the list of links to the online articles about the film's international media attention.

 

DAGBLADET (NOR)
Mistenker at nesten alle brukte doping på Mietos tid
Ingen nåde for gamle helter
Hevder Mieto innrømte doping i badstu

NRK (NOR)
Tidligere langrennskjempe beskyldes for dopingbruk

EXPRESSEN (SWE)
Thomas Wassberg om Mieto: "Man vet aldrig"
Tränaren: ”Det lönar sig inte att hålla tyst”
Finske skidkungen pekas ut som dopad

AFTONBLADET (SWE)
Frågade Mieto om dopningsråd?
"Mieto frågade om anabola"
Damkaptenen anklagad: ”Han dopade skidåkarna”

SVT (SWE)
Mieto utpekad i finsk dokumentär

SVD (SWE)
Dopningsanklagelser mot Mieto

LA STAMPA (ITA)
Il film che fa gelare il fondo “La Di Centa ha fatto uso di epo”

UDINE TODAY (ITA)
"Manuela Di Centa ha fatto uso di doping durante la carriera"

UDINE20 (ITA)
Doping: la WADA, “Manuela di Centa ha fatto uso di EPO”

SPORT MEDIASET (ITA)
"LA DI CENTA HA FATTO USO DI EPO"

EUROSPORT ITALIA (ITA)
"Manuela Di Centa ha preso l'Epo"

BEFAN (ITA)
Sci: Clamorosa denuncia, da dimostrare, su pratiche di doping da parte di Manuela Di Centa

IL PALLONARA (ITA)
Shock nello sci, Manuela Di Centa accusata di doping

SPORT LIVE (ITA)
Manuela Di Centa: "Sicuramente ha fatto uso di epo"

OUTDOOR BLOG (ITA)
Manuela Di Centa si è dopata?

RSNEWS (ITA)
Sci: Manuela Di Centa, accuse di Epo

IL PICCOLO (ITA)
Donati accusa: « La Di Centa si dopava »

ALTO ADIEGE (ITA)
Donati: « Schwazer vittima del sistema »

JAL SPOR (ITA)
Sci – “La Di Centa ha fatto uso di epo”, la pesante accusa della Wada

DOVESCIARE (ITA)
SCI - ACCUSE A MANUELA DI CENTA, AVREBBE FATTO USO DI DOPING

NOTIZIARIO SPORTIVO (ITA)
Caso Doping, Donati shock: “Manuela Di Centa ha fatto uso di Epo”

SKINEWS (ITA)
Film-documentario sul doping,sci di fondo e non solo

L'ORSETTO DI GIMMI (ITA)
Tutti puliti: il doping?...che roba è...?

BILD (GER)
Manuela Di Centa verklagt WADA-Berater

HANDELSBLATT (GER)
Manuela Di Centa verklagt WADA-Berater

FREI PRESSE (GER)
Manuela Di Centa verklagt WADA-Berater

DEUTCHLAND TODAY (GER)
Manuela Di Centa verklagt WADA-Berater

WAZ (GER)
Manuela Di Centa verklagt WADA-Berater

FOCUS (GER)
Manuela Di Centa verklagt WADA-Berater

SPORT1 (GER)
IOC-Mitglied verklagt WADA-Berater

OTZ (GER)
Manuela Di Centa verklagt WADA-Berater

THUERINGER-ALLGEMEINE (GER)
Manuela Di Centa verklagt WADA-Berater

Further information:

Art Films production AFP Oy
Merimiehenkatu 10
00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4159 3640
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