It is important that the producer of Nanook Film, Peter Roehsler, who accumulated 20.000 euros for a documentary, did not panic when I said: “Forget the documentary, we’re shooting a featured film.” As an experienced producer, who worked with Ulrich Seidl and other well-known authors, he knew that all authors are madmen. He shortly replied: “If you think that you can write a screenplay, write it an send it to me for reading.” “I’ve already written it, but there is no point in me sending it to you, we’re shooting it in Arabic, Persian and Dari.”

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