Vincent wanted a particularly free process in making this surrealist film. Some degree of independence from traditional funding institutions, a small team, a method as unconventional as it is innovative. He wrote the scenes at 5am on the morning of the shoot, fixing little more than the locations and the actors in advance. As of May 2026, the film is still taking shape - but what's certain is that it will be a ride into the subconscious and into our collective fears of war and  displacement - a narrative centred around Ivan, a Ukrainian refugee filmmaker, roaming aimlessly around Berlin. 

For me, this level of spontaneity meant working in essentially a documentary style even though OKTOPUS is a fiction film. Typically I would improvise a flexible, but cinematic lighting concept on the day. Much of the film is shot in a well-framed, 4/3 tableau style that I feel quite at home in. Some of it falls well into the territory of experimental film, with a walking shot through a Berlin S-Bahn carriage filmed on an FX3 rigged to a power drill marking just one of the highlights. Can't wait for this one to come out.