Poetry and Personality
In co-operation with the Norwegian Film Institute, Southern Norway Film Centre and Zoomin, Films from the South invited Norwegian documentary filmmakers to a closed workshop with this year’s guest of honour, Raoul Peck, on October 12th - 14th at Filmens Hus. - Peck is really one of the greatest documentary film directors, so this was simply an opportunity I could not miss, workshop participant Petter Vennerød says.As one of the twelve people attending, he is impressed by Peck’s lack of compromise.
- Peck never gives up, is very inspiring, concrete and goal-driven, while also being generous and broad-minded.
- This year, we decided to invite professional politically-oriented filmmakers, regardless of discipline. Most people attending this years workshop are directors, while last year focused we on cinematography, project manager Arild Støfring says.
Peck’s films are powerful stories with a distinctive poetic formal language. Even his documentaries bear witness of this style, which otherwise can only be found in fiction film. For example, Sometimes in April is a much more powerful film than the more well-known Hotel Rwanda, and the goal of this workshop is to find out what makes a film so striking.
Our photographer wanders carefully around among the participants, who work in groups of three people. Concentrated, quiet, and just interrupted by discussions and telephone research. The issues revolve around children, refugee policy, human smuggling, prejudice, fundamentalism, local environments, politically correctness, «the dark side of Norway».
Raoul Peck’s films in the programme:
Somtimes in April
Desounen - Dialogue with Death
Haiti - Silence of the Dogs
Haitian Corner
It's Not About Love
Lumumba
Lumumba - Death of a Prophet
Man on the Shore
Profit and Nothing But!
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