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Virunga

2014 British documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel
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Summary

Virunga is a film[1]. Virunga ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (654 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Grierson Awards[3]
  • Director: Orlando von Einsiedel[4]
  • Screenwriter: Orlando von Einsiedel[5]
  • Composer: J. Ralph[6]
  • Genre: documentary film[7]
  • Producer: Leonardo DiCaprio[8], Orlando von Einsiedel[9]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[10], French[11], Swahili[12]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[13]
  • Review score: 9.1/10[14], 95/100[15], 100%[16], 8.1/10[17]
  • Color: color[18]
  • Country of origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo[19], United Kingdom[20]
  • Publication date: April 17, 2014[21]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[22]
  • Narrative location: Africa[23]
  • Official website: http://virungamovie.com/[24]
  • Main subject: environmental issue[25], petroleum industry[26]
  • Film editor: Masahiro Hirakubo[27]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[28]
  • Executive producer: Leonardo DiCaprio[29]
  • Title: Virunga[30]
  • Duration: 90 minutes[31]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 12[32]
  • P14449: 117364[33]

Why It Matters

Virunga has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Virunga is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did Virunga receive?

Honors received include Grierson Awards[3].

Related Entities

Democratic Republic of the Congo film Leonardo DiCaprio Netflix United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 24
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'ha', 'he', 'id', 'it', 'ko', '
    Ampas collections film id → W117663
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · Οἶδα · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cineuropa film id → 287502
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 133875
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 133875, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269271|batch #269271]]"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2014-04-17T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Orlando von Einsiedel
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+90'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English, French, Swahili
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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