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How ‘Shadowland’ Filmmakers Pivoted to Address Allegations Leveled at Horrormeister Richard Stanley (EXCLUSIVE)
‘Shadowland’ director Otso Tiainen and producer Kalle Kinnunen talk doc set in the French Pyrenees, Richard Stanley abuse allegations.
Kalle Kinnunen, co-writer and producer of “Shadowland,” says: “The film we set out to make in early 2021 was about ‘the Zone,’ as [Stanley] calls the region, and people [seeking healing] in that world of magic and make-believe.” Stanley, who is from South Africa, tells Variety, “The legal battle against my internet accusers came to trial in 2022 when the high court in Carcassonne, France, my adopted homeland, found I had no case to answer. As a “fun-filled trip to the south of France” turned into arduous eight-year journey, Kinnunen – a film journalist and critic for 25 years – and Tiainen, a self-taught filmmaker behind doc series “Sami Yaffa – Sound Tracker,” set out to explore themes of “loss, searching, faith, confusion, the inescapable nature of secrets and the responsibility that comes with power.”
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