Home // Get in Touch // Recent Work // Post Yourself var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-16533888-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @northerndirector)http://northerndirector.co.uk/<iframe src="http://www.nowness.com/media/embedvideo?itemid=1860&issueid=1872" width="500px" height="315px" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><div class="content-title"> <h1 id="title">Nowness.com: Return of the Sun</h1> </div> <h2 id="description">Filmmakers Glen Milner and Ben Hilton Witness the Greenland’s First Dawn of the Year</h2> <div class="content-text"> <p>Set against the expansively beautiful and iridescent landscape of Northern Greenland, Glen Milner and Ben Hilton’s subtle and touching short visits the annual sun-welcoming ritual of the country’s Inuit population, which celebrates the dawn after more than 40 days of complete winter darkness. Following the daily routine of an Inuit ice fisherman and his son, <em>Return of the Sun</em> examines the affects of the changing climate on their livelihood and community, and pays tribute to the locals’ innate adaptability. “While we were there our fisherman lost hundreds of pounds of fish due to ice breaking away and lines being lost, rare for this time of year,” explains Milner. “The fishermen were already thinking of new ways to hunt and the Inuit attitude in such a harsh environment proved inspiring.” Although the pair had previously worked together on diverse projects including Rwandan genocide prisoners and a short on experimental rock band Rolo Tomassi, filming in Greenland’s harsh environment offered unique new challenges. “Filming in such low temperatures with high winds is grueling. Keeping the camera out of the battering snow, keeping it warm and getting sound away from the winds was really tough, and it’s so dark,” says Hilton. “But emotionally, you see nature at its most inspiring and its most intense.”  </p> </div>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/17049812048http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/17049812048Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:20 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxys2a1T9f1qdtt66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Last day of filming in the arctic.</span></p> <div class="photoUfiContainer"> <div class="UIImageBlock clearfix fbPhotoContributor"> <div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"> <div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowboxCaption">Aurora Borealis. <br/><br/>photo by @glen_milner</div> <div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption"></div> <div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption"></div> <div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption"></div> <div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption"></div> </div> </div> </div>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/16026268002http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/16026268002Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:34:58 +0000arcticnorthern lightsAurora Borealis<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpc6cUyH61qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/15733849573http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/15733849573Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:13:24 +0000arctic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxmt2ogkVe1qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>8.30am in Greenland and it looks how it did when I went to sleep. The Moon massive and bright, first day of filming begins.</p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/15666925878http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/15666925878Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:25:36 +0000arcticreturn of the sungreenland<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxluuvNmOa1qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/15639041175http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/15639041175Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:06:31 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx7psgjXp51qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/15232819068http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/15232819068Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:50:40 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwpnj70PJU1qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas….</p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14720545310http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14720545310Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:45:07 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwass1NgMx1qdtt66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14307029944http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14307029944Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:14:25 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwasp8PQyG1qdtt66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14306993003http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14306993003Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:12:44 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9pdrF6Qf1qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14280343756http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14280343756Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:03:27 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw8urpHAvH1qdtt66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Episode 2 soundtrack list. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14258896214http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14258896214Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:02:12 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw8mbtBBME1qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Our Christmas Tree!</p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14256829130http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/14256829130Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:59:53 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvy326ojPj1qdtt66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dave brings a Friday feeling to Edit 3. #nearlytheend #cuttingroommusic #editingbanjos (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13971316282http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13971316282Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:27:41 +0000editingbanjosnearlytheendcuttingroommusic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv5oigfjF71qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>River Taxi Pickup @ Wandsworth Pier</p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13246460026http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13246460026Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:20:40 +0000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv4t5rEyll1qdtt66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13218580781http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13218580781Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:03:27 +0000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv279cWyEV1qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13154437517http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13154437517Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:15:12 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyibosJj11qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13056721593http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13056721593Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:23:48 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyagks8kG1qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Foggy London Town.</p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13053750919http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13053750919Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:33:56 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luwxds2YaG1qdtt66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soundtrack List (final) (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13012306608http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/13012306608Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:53:51 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luti40TPcM1qdtt66o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/12931156769http://northerndirector.co.uk/post/12931156769Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:31:12 +0000