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Director Viktor Kossakovsky Raves About ‘Gunda’s Porcine Star: She’s “Like Meryl Streep” – Contenders Documentary
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deadline.comRussian-born director Viktor Kossakovsky says it was a monumental struggle to make his documentary Gunda, starring the title character: a sow raising her litter of piglets on a farm in Norway.“I spent 20 years to find a producer,” Kossakovsky reveals during the panel for the Neon film at Deadline’s Contenders Documentary event. “No one believed in this idea.
No one.”The idea was to show chickens, cows and pigs as sentient beings with intellect and feelings. Kossakovsky shot in black and white, and didn’t resort to traditional ways of tugging at viewers’ heartstrings.“Many people made films about animals…but they were trying to film slaughter and put voice-over explaining how bad we are and put music with violin.
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