EP044 | Jerry Franck, Director of Lambic Documentary, “Bottle Conditioned”
Jerry Franck, Director (left) and Mario Contini, Cinematographer (right) film Bottle Conditioned is the latest film from Jerry Franck, an Academy Award® nominated filmmaker, who is originally from Luxembourg but now living in America. Franck was in Belgium last month for the premiere of the film—a documentary that explores the small Belgian community of Lambic beer, where brewers and blenders of different generations wrestle with tradition and the increased demand for their beers. The film follows the stories of three Lambic producers in particular: Brasserie Cantillon, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, and Bokke. The official trailer for the film, Bottle Conditioned * Stills from Bottle Conditioned, courtesy of Jerry Franck: Bottle Conditioned was produced by Courtney Marsh. Marsh’s work has been distributed and featured on Buzzfeed, Gunpowder&Sky, Netflix, and The Atlantic. She has presented and spoken at Aspen Ideas Festival, the United States Senate, and the United Nations in New York City. Franck and Marsh’s previous film Chau, Beyond the Lines was nominated for an Academy Award® in 2016. In this podcast, we talked to Jerry Franck about Bottle Conditioned, about living in the Lambic world for 4 years, about the creative challenges he faced, and the directorial choices he made. *