<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/788981/open_sms">Send us a text</a>In today&apos;s episode, I interview Christoffer Stenbakken, director of the short film &quot;The Thief,&quot; which follows a boy in a remote town in East Greenland as he looks for his dog that has gone missing.Listen to hear about the challenges of filming with a small crew in a remote location, trying to find the film&apos;s lead actors around town when they didn&apos;t have phones, and the story&apos;s foundation in the personal life of the lead actor. Books mentioned in this episode include:<ul><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4rFz3Tr'>Annihilation</a> by Jeff VanderMeer</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4pU2xLr'>Borne</a> by Jeff VanderMeer</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4q09c76'>The Strange Bird: A Borne Story</a> by Jeff VanderMeer</li></ul>Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:<ul><li>&quot;The Thief&quot; directed by Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4rBnFI2'>La Promesse</a> (The Promise) directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/48HMR70'>Le Fils</a> (The Son) directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4rZqino'>A Prophet</a> directed by Jacques Audiard</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4iJL2v9'>Killing of a Chinese Bookie</a> directed by John Cassavetes</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3XDzUGt'>Winter&apos;s Bone</a> directed by Debra Granik</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4rLrsCy'>The Big Lebowski</a> directed by Joel Coen</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4a4N8Dt'>Unforgiven</a> directed by Clint Eastwood</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/4iQhjAO'>Scooby-Doo</a> directed by Raja Gosnell</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3MmJafK'>Annihilation</a> directed by Alex Garland</li></ul>Follow Christoffer on Instagram @<a href='https://www.instagram.com/christofferstenbakken/'>christofferstenbakken</a>.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/788981/support">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/788981/open_sms"&gt;Send us a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In today&amp;apos;s episode, I interview Christoffer Stenbakken, director of the short film &amp;quot;The Thief,&amp;quot; which follows a boy in a remote town in East Greenland as he looks for his dog that has gone missing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen to hear about the challenges of filming with a small crew in a remote location, trying to find the film&amp;apos;s lead actors around town when they didn&amp;apos;t have phones, and the story&amp;apos;s foundation in the personal life of the lead actor.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Books mentioned in this episode include:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4rFz3Tr'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Annihilation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Jeff VanderMeer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4pU2xLr'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Borne&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Jeff VanderMeer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4q09c76'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Strange Bird: A Borne Story&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Jeff VanderMeer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;The Thief&amp;quot; directed by Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4rBnFI2'&gt;&lt;em&gt;La Promesse&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;The Promise&lt;/em&gt;) directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/48HMR70'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Le Fils&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;The Son&lt;/em&gt;) directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4rZqino'&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Prophet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; directed by Jacques Audiard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4iJL2v9'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Killing of a Chinese Bookie&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; directed by John Cassavetes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/3XDzUGt'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Winter&amp;apos;s Bone&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; directed by Debra Granik&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4rLrsCy'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Big Lebowski&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; directed by Joel Coen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4a4N8Dt'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unforgiven&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; directed by Clint Eastwood&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4iQhjAO'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Scooby-Doo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; directed by Raja Gosnell&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/3MmJafK'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Annihilation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; directed by Alex Garland&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Christoffer on Instagram @&lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/christofferstenbakken/'&gt;christofferstenbakken&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/788981/support"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us a text In today's episode, I interview Christoffer Stenbakken, director of the short film "The Thief," which follows a boy in a remote town in East Greenland as he looks for his dog that has gone missing. Listen to hear about the challenges of filming with a small crew in a remote location, trying to find the film's lead actors around town when they didn't have phones, and the story's foundation in the personal life of the lead actor.  Books mentioned in this episode include: Annihila...

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