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When a man finds himself in a place of deep sorrow he decides to venture to eastern Europe to clear his mind but when he arrives he’s met with his greatest darkness yet. Peder Thomas Pedersen’s short film Between the Ocean and the Snow, which is co-directed with Heine Kaarsbjerg is the latest instalment in the interconnected output of his work in music and film, is a dark, unsettling noir thriller about a man battling his own morality whilst in a spiralling mental descent. Pedersen follows his protagonist, who is played by the writer/director, through seedy environments lit by neon hues that visually, and at times thematically, recall the work of Nicolas Winding Refn. Directors Notes caught up with Pedersen as Between the Ocean and the Snow arrives online to talk over his artistic influences, the lengthy process of developing the film and his craft as a filmmaker,...