Friday, April 13, 2007

Tale of two films


We just spent the last two weeks filming the first half of our current documentary and it's so great to be done!
We spent 5 days in eastern Czech Republic and the rest in Moravia and central Bohemia.
Considering the entire production was very low budget, I could never have asked for better production value. Our Czech DOP and sound man were so wonderful to work with and the director is a dream on every level. Our associate producer secured an exclusive interview with our main subject and the lead researcher was invaluable with organising all the high profile interviews.
I will have much more to say on this in the weeks to come!
In the meantime, I wanted to let you know about the release of the short film I worked on in London in 2005, it is being released at Cannes in April and you can read up on it on Samaritans, Film London and their e-bulletin.
Also, if you are interested in my recent trip to the Balkans, you can see some of my images from Shutka, the Roma settlement in Skopje.