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This short is about a Dad and two sons who are rudderless in suburbia following the death of their wife/mother. Told through the eyes of nine-year-old Lars, the film focuses on his relationship with his struggling father, who drowns his sorrows and covets the neighbour. Lars and Peter’s tender exploration of the murkiness of grief and adjustment saw it selected in competition at Cannes (2009). It was made in Denmark by Dunedin expat Daniel Borgman: “life is hard, but it’s also really beautiful, and film is a great medium in which to render that contrast”.
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I know it's directed by an expat but seeing as the site is called NZ on screen hardly see why it qualifies being on this site. Maybe you should put Lee Tamahoris James Bond film on the site too.
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Short Film, 2009 (Full Length)
This short film was also in competition at Cannes in 2009
2010 Robert Festival (Danish Film Academy)
Nominated for Best Short - Fiction/Animation
2009 Cannes Film Festival
In Competition
Festivals include
2009 Melbourne, 2009 Flickerfest (Australia), 2009 New Zealand
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
This website has been made with funding from NZ ON AIR ›
Paul Ward | website
Posted at 12.13PM - 17.06.2011
Hi Jason - Daniel is an NZer and is developing projects with the NZ Film Commission. Lars and Peter was funded by Creative New Zealand. Although there are certainly murky areas, there are many titles on NZ On Screen made by Kiwis about non-native stories and subjects.