It’s not every day that you get to sail down the Amazon River in a canoe to do location scouting with a Palme d’Or winning director who is guiding you on your short film. But that was the recent experience of Kate Vinen, one of 50 directors selected for PlayLab Films’ 10-day development lab in Peru with Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Seth Gabrielsson was one of 50 emerging filmmakers who ventured into the jungles of Yucatan, Mexico in August for an 11-day directors’ intensive led Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Here, he shares what he learnt from the Palme d'Or-winning director - or more correctly, didn't learn.