At Nordic Docs Sunday 11th May 2014

Just saw an absolutely stunningly beautiful film “Efter Dig”

efter dig

http://www.story.se/films/efterdig/

One of the joys of documentary at festivals is the scope for storytelling outside of the broadcast box. In the planning stages of my documentary it is easy to constantly consider what will appeal to the funding bodies in terms of content and style. There is so much more than this. The Masterclass yesterday with Jørgen Leth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Leth) was an insight into the kind of filmmaker that has inspired the likes of Lars Von Trier and a reminder that the pioneers that we read about in film studies were both brave and uncompromising. I need to see this:

the 5 obstructions

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354575/