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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:

• Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
• Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Strange Bird: A Borne Story by Jeff VanderMeer

Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:

• "The Thief" directed by Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken
• La Promesse (The Promise) directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
• Le Fils (The Son) directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
• A Prophet directed by Jacques Audiard
• Killing of a Chinese Bookie directed by John Cassavetes
• Winter's Bone directed by Debra Granik
• The Big Lebowski directed by Joel Coen
• Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood
• Scooby-Doo directed by Raja Gosnell
• Annihilation directed by Alex Garland

Follow Christoffer on Instagram @christofferstenbakken.

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