In Prince of Muck, Dutch Director Jansen brings a cool, seemingly detached ‘outside eye’ to a classic Scottish scenario, as a Laird surveys his Life and Land.  Just as the themes and exact cinematic language in Jansen’s first mid-length documentary film, Auld Lang Syne, reveal complex family ties at play, here too, the carefully constructed narrative gives space to inter-generational tensions, to slow-burn, dramatic effect.

Director: Cindy Jansen
Production : De Productie
Length: 77’
Countries: Nederland, Schotland
Executive Producer Mark Thomas
Producers René Goossens, Annemiek van Gorp, Grant Keir
With: Lawrence MacEwen and Jenny MacEwen, Colin MacEwen, Ruth MacEwen, Mary Fichtner-Irvine, Oscar, Hugh, Tara, Alex, Magnus

premier: Edinburgh Internationaal Film Festival (EIFF) 2021
release date: February 10, 2022

Selection: IDFA 2021