Siberia-Set Reindeer Herder Doc from 'Honeyland' Director Heads to Venice

In the world of independent filmmaking, directors are continuing to push the boundaries of what's possible with celluloid. Just three days ago, it was reported that the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary 'Honeyland', Ildikó Enyedi, is taking her latest film, a Siberia-set documentary about reindeer herders, to the Venice Film Festival's Gap-Financing Market.

Meanwhile, Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi has taken celluloid filmmaking to new heights with her triptych drama 'Silent Friend', which will compete for the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival. During production, Enyedi developed over 65,000 feet of 35mm and nearly 30,000 feet of 16mm film stock - enough to carpet the Lido several times over.

This trend of ambitious celluloid productions is not limited to Enyedi. Last year, 'The Brutalist' director Brady Corbet boasted that it took 26 reels of 70mm film stock, weighing approximately 300 pounds, to bring his 215-minute epic to life. Both Enyedi and Corbet chose to process their film stock at Budapest's NFI Filmlab, which has become a premier destination for analog post-production services in Central Europe.

The NFI Filmlab, founded in 1957, has recently undergone a dramatic upgrade to its facilities, attracting a growing number of critically acclaimed filmmakers, including Yorgos Lanthimos, Pablo Larraín, and Hungary's László Nemes. The lab's highly skilled professionals and meticulous approach to their work have made it a go-to destination for directors seeking to achieve a unique, analog-inspired visual style for their films.