Denmark 2006, Danish with English subtitles, 35mm, 100 min
Director: Lars von Trier
Screenplay: Lars von Trier
Cinematography: L ars von Trier
Cast: Iben Hjejle, Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler
Print Source: Danish Film Institute
Lars von Trier returns to DIFF screens with a hilarious and unnerving comedy in which the owner of an IT firm wants to sell out. The trouble is that when he established his firm he invented a non-existent company president to hide behind whatever unpopular steps needed taking. When the potential purchaser insists on negotiating with the president face to face, the owner has to take on a failed actor called Kristoffer to play the part. Kristoffer really throws himself into the role, forging complicated relationships with the loyal staff and questioning his character's motivation, while becoming a pawn in a game that sorely tests his dubious moral fibre.
This is a delightful farce with an extremely funny script and strong comic performances. Explosive and anarchic, the film slips into brilliance despite the director's suggestion at the beginning of Boss of It All that this is a trifling experience.
The film is also notable for a technique called Automavision, in which Von Trier was able to limit human influence on filmmaking by choosing the best possible fixed camera position and then allowing a computer to choose when to tilt, pan or zoom.
The Cape Winelands will again at the 2012 edition of this festival present a series of Masterclasses and workshops. These events are sponsored by the City of Cape Town and Wesgro.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film has the magic of a fairy tale and the simplicity of a folk tale. Wonderfully immersive, slow and dreamy, 
