Songs of Earth

Norway2023documentary90'Międzynarodowy konkurs dokumentalny (2023)

The director left her family home thirty years ago. Today, she returns to the mountainous region of Western Norway with a camera, walking in the footsteps of her parents and ancestors in order to answer the question: where do I come from? The film is an encounter with local history and, above all, the region’s pristine nature and the never-ending cycle of birth and death. The family story is transformed into a breadth-taking visual and auditory poem. Employing both a micro and macro scale, it reveals the world which is both intimate and very universal.