“The Peasants” – watch the interview with Hugh Welchman for Deadline Contenders International

Hugh Welchman was a guest of Melanie Goodfellow for a special Deadline Contenders panel, in which the co-director and co-writer of “The Peasants” spoke about the production of the hit film and artistic choices made for the painted animation. Watch this intriguing video.

Hugh Welchman said during the panel that “It’s a story of a community over the course of a year and these very dramatic events, but it also tells the cycle of the agricultural year, the changing of the seasons. It’s got some of the most breathtaking descriptions of nature.”

Welshman recounted how DK sourced translations of the book for him to read without revealing her adaptation ambitions.

“It had been out of print since 1943 so she had to buy antique copies online from America and Britain. I was very intimidated by this pile of antique books and put them to one side until we finished Loving Vincent,” he recounts.

Deadline Contenders International – watch the interview with Hugh Welchmanem

The video-interview with Melanie Goodfellow and Hugh Welchman can be found on the Deadline Contenders website.