Documentary by Ciska Meister – 30 min (2022)
Even though we might want them to, or sometimes naively believe them to be, documentaries aren’t objective windows onto the real world. They are interpretations, readings, testimonies. But if they can’t be considered accurate depictions of reality, what distinguishes them from fiction? ‘A Place Where Reality Lies’ is a dog chasing its own tail: a documentary, in which a director sets out to investigate how other documentarians go about depicting reality.
with
Sherman de Jesus
Barbara Visser
Katharina Smets
Saeed Taji Farouky
Nandisa Ludidi
Writer & Director – Ciska Meister
Producer – Zoë van der Kust
Director of Photography – Judith Boeschoten
Sound Recordist – Femke Bosma
Editor – Colina van Bemmel
Art Director – Kotryna Buruckaitė
Sound designer – Andrea de Jonge
Voice-Over – JC Voicemale
Voice-Over Recordist – Visionair Ordinair
Original Music by – Malcolm Lagger Caldwell and Liza Dries
Line Producer – Eloi Genrich
Gaffer – Lidewei Egbers
Screenings and selections:
– Official Selection Nederlands Film Festival (2022)
– Screening Zwarte Gat Filmfestival (2022)
– Screening VERS – De Spiegel van de Maker (2022)
