Ariadne Asimakopoulos and Maartje Wegdam filming No Place For A Rebel
One of the highlights of this year’s Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival has been Ariadne Asimakopoulos and Maartje Wegdam’s documentary No Place For A Rebel, which explores the issues around former child soldiers returning from the Lord’s Resistance Army and trying to rebuild their lives as civilians. History and politics mingle with observations on the social challenges involved and the mental health problems suffered by the returnees, all centred on the personal story of 26 year old Opono Opondo. Just a day after it won Best Feature at the Justice Film Festival, the two directors Skyped in from a café in the Netherlands to discuss the film.
“To introduce ourselves, we knew each other before we started making the film,” says Maartje. “We’ve been friends since childhood, actually. Ariadne studied Conflict Studies and my background is in documentary film.
One of the highlights of this year’s Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival has been Ariadne Asimakopoulos and Maartje Wegdam’s documentary No Place For A Rebel, which explores the issues around former child soldiers returning from the Lord’s Resistance Army and trying to rebuild their lives as civilians. History and politics mingle with observations on the social challenges involved and the mental health problems suffered by the returnees, all centred on the personal story of 26 year old Opono Opondo. Just a day after it won Best Feature at the Justice Film Festival, the two directors Skyped in from a café in the Netherlands to discuss the film.
“To introduce ourselves, we knew each other before we started making the film,” says Maartje. “We’ve been friends since childhood, actually. Ariadne studied Conflict Studies and my background is in documentary film.
- 11/2/2017
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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