"Conversation with Kafka", a film shot on location in Prague, Czech Republic and Wilmington, North Carolina, is an amazing partnership between the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, involving many departments, students, international programs, honors programs, UNC-Wilmington alumnus, and professionals and vendors in the community, and across the nation. The process has been exciting and has strengthened old and new relationships between the University and the local and international film community.
Underscoring that fact, the film has gained national recognition from the Eastman Kodak Company, who generously donated all the film stock for the project and has featured the film in their In Camera Magazine.
In addition to the film´s unusual and successful production team, the project is experimenting with innovative and perhaps groundbreaking technology. The film was shot with a 16mm camera with 2.35 Research Anamorphic Lenses. This technology reflects 25 years of research by Mr. Joe Dunton, BSC (British Society of Cinementographers), who is the CEO of Joe Dunton Cameras in Wilmington, North Carolina. Mr. Dunton, an internationally acclaimed businessman, has served as mentor to the project and is the "PHD" in problem solving and international travel.
In addition, Dr. Renee Vincent, Director of the film, was awarded a Research Reassignment Award and a Summer Research Initiative from the UNC-Wilmington´s College of Arts and Sciences to facilitate the film project.
"The global benefits to the film industry and the academy are clearly understood in this film. I think [the viewer] will be amazed at the quality of this student work and our collective objective to support innovation in film."
- Dr. Renee Vincent
