Not All Quiet on the Eastern Front
Exciting News from World Film Productions and Armistice Day.
Armanshar, Hassan Nazer’s long suffering epic, has begun to make a resurgence. A lot has happened since I joined the team in Jaipur and Aberdeen. Surviving a two week stint in Kabul, one of the worlds most dangerous cities, and an adventure into the frozen mountains of Tajikistan it would appear that the team might actually have a chance of putting a film together. A fairly decent one at that.
Nazer recently stated his intentions in an interview to Iranian Film Daily magazine to take the film to the Berlinale 2015. The director, a fan of grand statement, has battled to fund the project but the latest previews are keeping the hype the project needs after a troubled year of filming. Stalling payments and non-committal talent has blighted the project fairly late into filming.
The one thing that has appeared is a new redux trailer, suggesting progress is being made. The final cut is being prepared and, hopefully, the books are finally balancing in time for festival season.
More to follow.
Hall of the Mountain Fest
Big news, also, Siegfried will be showing to a select screening at the Kendal Mountain Fest in a fortnight. It is part of the WWI Centenary commemorations and the anniversary of Siegfried Herford and George Sansom’s heroic ascent of Scafell Pike.
With photography of Britain’s most breathtaking climbs, it will be well worth a viewing if you can get ticket!
T.x