Category: On Stage

  • A First-Time Filmmaker’s Rollercoaster Ride

    A First-Time Filmmaker’s Rollercoaster Ride

    When I decided to go to Iceland for the premiere of my first feature-length film, I realised that I had to document that journey. Today, I am very glad I did — because that journey was as much a rollercoaster as the production of the film had been. Here is a little ten-minute video that…

  • Uploading my first film to a server in Iceland

    Uploading my first film to a server in Iceland

    Today is a big day. I uploaded a 33 GB file to an online space that’s managed by the people at Harpa venue in Iceland. Because that is where my documentary feature film “Purpose” will have its premiere on June 11th. The file (a 1080 HD mp4) is my finished film. It will be shown…

  • Charming A Crowd Into Attention

    Charming A Crowd Into Attention

    In January 24th, we had the chance to do a vollehalle gig at SID — “Stadtwerke Impact Day” in the northern German town of Lübeck (‘Stadtwerk’ is a nicely concise German term for ‘municipal energy company’. We can do short and sweet, who would’ve thought?!) SID is designed to unite forward-looking people in the municipal…

  • Dropping ‘Climate’ From Our Tagline

    Dropping ‘Climate’ From Our Tagline

    Soon after we started vollehalle, the show’s tagline became ‘the climate show that provides courage’ (sounds excessively clumsy in English, but it’s a decent slogan in German). By the time 2019 rolled around, we fit right in. The Fridays for Future movement was getting plenty of attention. Greta had become a star. Everyone was looking…