Noorderlicht has prepared a video programme especially for this festival. It provides extra background information about several of the participating photographers. In this way you will have an opportunity to get acquainted with the photographers, the theme and, of course, the medium of photography in still another way.

• Address: Museum Dr8888, Museumplein 2, Drachten

• Free after museum admission

• Total duration: appr. 1.5 hrs

• The film programme is shown in a continous loop, all day, every day. You can start watching at any moment.

• Mainly English spoken

The videos are:

Meike Nixdorf

In brief atmospheric impressions alternating with her beautiful landscape photos, we follow Meike Nixdorf as she photographs for 'In the Orbit of El Teide'. The photographer from Berlin travelled to Tenerife for her project.

• In the Orbit of El Teide - A video documentary

• Credits: Filmed & edited by Grit Hackenberg © 2011/2012, b&w photography by Grit Hackenberg © 2011, color photography by Meike Nixdorf © 2011, music by Nine Inch Nails: '13 Ghosts II'

• 6:57 minutes | Germany

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Peter Solness

'Nocturnal' provides us with insight into the nocturnal adventures of the Australian photographer Peter Solness. His night landscape photos are particularly unusual for their use of artificial light installations that he sometimes even has attached to this clothing.

• Nocturnal

• Produced by Anna War

• 4:42 minutes | Australia

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Simon Roberts

In 'How to take a photograph on a 5 x 4 inch camera' Simon Roberts explains to us how and why he works with a view camera. The young British photographer reminds us again of all the beauties of 'the anti-snapshot machine'.

• How to take a Photograph on a 5 x 4 inch Camera

• Credits: National Media Museum

  Part of exhibition 'We English', 2010

• 4:46 minutes | Great Britain

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Rena Effendi

The fascinating and atmospheric slide show 'Oil Village' lets us see portraits of residents of a village where nature seems to have been overcome by waste from the oil industry.

• Oil Village

• Credits: Institute for Artist Management (Azerbaijan). Music by: The News Breed / Half seas over

• Oil Village by Rena Effendi was part of Multimedia Night: Women in Mulitmedia, curated by Laura de Marco and Erica McDonald for Arte Fiera, gepresenteerd bij Spazio Labo', Center of Photography in Bologne, Italy, January 2012

• 2:35 minutes | Azerbaijan / Egypt

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Renui Zhao  | Simon Roberts

Troika Editions has done a series of videos about their photographers, in which they talk about the things which fascinate them. 
Simon Roberts tells about 'Sunderland vs. Liverpool' and the relation that we as people have with the landscape. 

Renhui Zhao speaks about his meeting with scientists at the "Critical Zoologists" institute, deep in the forests of China. Zhao is interested in the principles behind the distribution of knowledge and the acceptance of truths.

• Interviews

• Credits: A Troika Editions video made by Michael Walter.

• 5:00 minutes | Great Britain

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Michael Flomen

Under the Cover of darkness

In the splendid documentary 'Under the cover of darkness' we see the artist Michael Flomen at work. The world is his camera, the night his darkroom. It is an inspiring document about how experimentation and an unconventional manner of working can produce little gems.

• Under the cover of darkness

• Credits: La Maison de l' image et de la photographie

• 27:10 minutes | Canada

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