Piers Thompson

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DN195: LIN – Piers Thompson

By MarBelle ⋅ February 11, 2011 ⋅ One comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] A man true to his word, director Piers Thompson returned to DN to discuss ‘the Bulgarian experience’ that was the filming of his BAFTA nominated (fingers crossed for Sunday) short film LIN. You kind of blur reality, truth and the narrative. That’s when I really felt like I [...]

LIN – Piers Thompson

By MarBelle ⋅ February 10, 2011 ⋅ One comment

LIN (2010) A woman arrives at a port town in an unknown country as dawn turns to day. Her recounted stories begin to contradict themselves as she travels across the landscape. She is searching for something, a shape or a structure, which we are not even sure exists. Along the road she is eventually forced [...]

DN EP 130: K – Piers Thompson

By MarBelle ⋅ April 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Director Piers Thompson joins me this week to discuss the process of transforming the feelings of place and atmosphere the Isle of Sheppey evoked in him, into the story of a young girl trapped in a world she desperately wants to escape in his sixth short K. K [...]

K – Piers Thompson

By MarBelle ⋅ April 25, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

K (2007) The story of 15-year-old Kaylee who lives in a caravan park with her father. Ostracised by the community around her, the motherless Kaylee finds daily solace with the wild horses in the local marshland. In this at times challenging portrait, the resilient Kaylee’s encounter with an enigmatic stranger compels her to re-evaluate her [...]