A New Kind of Wilderness

Local title
Metsik perekond
Original title
Ukjent Landskap
Director
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Country
Norway
Year
2024
Programme
Children's Rights Programme, Kumu Documentary
Genre
Drama, Biographical, Youth film
Subject
environment, individual vs society, grief, child-parent relationships, fatherhood, education, lifestyle, rural life, children's rights, childhood, based on a true story

Norwegian photographer Maria Gros Vatne and her husband Nik decide they want to live close to nature with their four children. The family wants to be free, independent and live self-sufficiently. The children are educated at home. However, the idyll comes to an abrupt end. After Maria’s tragic death, the family are forced to rethink how they wish to live and find a way back to modern society.

Recommended age 12+

Director
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Screenwriter
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Producer
Mari Bakke Riise
Cinematographer
Karine Fosser, Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, Line Konstanse Lyngstadaas, Fred Arne Wergeland
Music
Olav Øyehaug
World sales
DR Sales
Runtime
Language
Norwegian
Subtitles
English

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Director
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen

Faith Can Move Mountains (2021), Kraft (2022), A New Kind of Wilderness (2024)

Screenings

Kumu auditoorium KUMU
ScreeningMetsik perekond
SubtitlesEnglish
Trailer