Iva PlemiÄ Divjak ⢠Producer, Horopter Film Production
âIâm afraid we will soon be exclusively preaching to the convertedâ
Serbian producer
Iva PlemiÄ Divjak, of Horopter Film Production, one of the 2021 Emerging Producers, talks about his work and producing documentaries nowadays.
Why do you produce documentaries? Do you understand documentary film as an instrument of social and political change?
Iva PlemiÄ Divjak: The nature and dynamics of documentary filmmaking resonates with me more than any other kind of production work. The small crews chosen on merit as much as on gut feeling; patiently navigating the story together; progressing in a very natural way; having freedom to follow, if the truth (letâs call it that way) you are trying to capture shifts into a different register and takes you into a new direction. Thereâs way less artificial drama and much more flexibility then in making fiction.
Finnish producer
Niklas Kullström, of Hillstream Pictures, one of the 2021 Emerging Producers, talks about his work and producing documentaries nowadays.
Why do you produce documentaries? Do you understand documentary film as an instrument of social and political change?
Niklas Kullström: Documentaries are for me a way to understand the world and what it means to be human. I think that all documentaries are in some way political and have the potential to change society, but I donât have any illusions that my films will start a revolution, Iâm a very feet-firm-on-the-ground realist type of a Finn. I produce films because they are involved with topics and issues that I find personally important, or they try to answer questions that I would like to understand better. So I make films mainly for myself, and Iâm that selfish that I think that if Iâm interested in the topic, then somebody else will also be. My starting point is never the question: âWhat wo