Boris Everts and Jan van den Berg 07-11-2010 First edit Silent Snow
With temperatures constantly above 35 Celsius – even the computer often stopped working - Boris Everts and Jan van den Berg managed to edit a first 90 minutes version of the feature length film, just to discover that a lot of work still has to be done. The coming months we’ll concentrate on the edit, music, a trailer, publicity plans and the site, all ready before September, to be in time for IDFA November 2010. Thanks for all who assisted us and keep on doing this.
Greenland 06-07-2010 Silent Snow at Strawberry Earth Film Festival
Last weekend at the Dutch Environmental Film Festival Strawberry Earth Silent Snow proved to be one of the greenest film projects: we filmed all over the world with local crews, we found a great editor in our city of Utrecht, Boris Everts, who's coming on bike to edit at drsFILM headquarters and we decided to postpone the world premiere from September in Toronto to IDFA in November, being able to invite people who helped us in Greenland, India and Africa to the city of Amsterdam, avoiding many extra travels to Canada. See www.silentsnow.org
Seminar Jon Reiss 05-14-2010 DIY distribution seminar
A two days seminar in Amsterdam - where DIY ‘do it yourself‘ guru Jon Reiss - author of Bomb It gave us a lot of ideas and positive energy - was the perfect start for the distribution of the feature length Silent Snow film. With the help of our ambassadors worldwide we’ll be able to organize a great campaign around the film. On the picture from left to right, standing: organizers Carlos Natalio and Chai Locher, sitting: independent producer Jean Hellwig, Jon Reiss and Jan van den Berg
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Dog sledge early morning 04-16-2010 Soft ice in Saattut
An evening in Saattut, a small settlement in North West Greenland. The heavy snow last night has made the ice even more unreliable than yesterday and it seems we’re unable to return to Uummannaq. Too much “soft ice”. Lars, a brave Danish never-no-fear guy who’s just back from Afghanistan, wants to go ahead alone and see if we can make it on our dog sledges. On his snow scooter it won’t take him more than an hour, he has told us. But after some hours there is still no news from Lars.. See blogs in www.silentsnow.org
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Pipaluk and Viraj 04-12-2010 Viraj in Greenland
As I flew out of Copenhagen, I cursed my luck as I didn’t get a window seat. I wanted to have my first glimpse of Greenland. As we were in the air, the captian announced how we could see Iceland below and I twisted my neck to see if Bjork was dancing somewhere on some mountain, but I was in the center seat and all I could see white clouds. 10 days later as we all know, those clouds were replaced by clouds of ashes that would cause aeroplane’s engines to shut down, which would then cause all of Europe to shut down its airports, leaving us stranded in the land of the glaciers. See his blog on www.silentsnow.org
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Sophia 03-23-2010 Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann in Uganda
I again flew 9 hours , but this time southwards - to Uganda. From Entebbe we drove to Kampala to pick up Ellady. Ellady works for Toxic Free Malaria Control in Uganda and he will join us on our trip to Lira in the north of Uganda. He did a lot of research in the region and knows exactly what happened there. On the picture: Pipaluk and Sophia, who was put in prison because she refused to let her house be sprayed. See Pipaluk's blog at www.silentsnow.org
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Periyar river near Eloor 02-26-2010 An Indian struggle against pollution
The ferry over the beautiful Periyar river near Eloor, an island with 160 chemical factories. One of these factories produces DDT, a dangerous pesticide still widely used in India. It causes extreme pollution. In case of an accident people are trapped on the island, because the ferry closes at 9 PM. Jose, appointed by Greenpeace as first river keeper in Asia, fights against the pollution of his river. But it doesn’t make him popular amongst his fellow islanders, because many are dependent on these factories. Photo by Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann. More info: www.silentsnow.org
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Pipaluk KO on sledge 01-24-2010 Premiere feature length Silent Snow planned for fall 2010
After 9 awards on International Film Festivals for the short film in which two girls examine the slow poisoning of their environment we’re already working on the long film. We follow Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann who’s traveling all over the world to the sources of this pollution. “That we, especially young women, can’t eat our food anymore. The mere thought of it made me crazy.” In different continents she faces heart breaking dilemma’s. The premiere of the feature length film is planned for the fall 2010. See www.silentsnow.org
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Glory 12-20-2009 Silent Snow in Africa
In East Africa film maker Glory Mollel (picture) discovers how difficult it is to get rid of DDT in a Masai village in Tanzania. People can't afford the more expensive alternatives and need something against malaria mosquitos and flees. The governments of neighbouring countries Ugana and Mozambique start spraying the houses with DDT again, leaving the farmers - who just started to grow ecological cotton - with a harvest they can't sell anymore. A solution seems far away. See www.silentsnow.org
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Schaapherder Arnold Bemelmans 12-18-2009 Gallows Creek and Taming The Floods together on DVD
In Gallow Creek (Het Galgenven) a girl is fighting to preserve a unique forest. She comes up against a real estate developer who has very different ideas. Now on DVD, together with Taming The Floods and a lot of extra's like the making of by Dennis Case and a clip of the title song by Jantine Bindels. More info on the Dutch site: www.hetgalgenven.nl.

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