A New Kind of Wilderness
Local title
Metsik perekond
Original title
Ukjent Landskap
Director
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
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2024
A documentary about one family’s grief.
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
Production
A5 Film
Music
Olav Øyehaug
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Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen (1986) is a Norwegian producer known for “A New Kind of Wilderness” (2024), “Faith Can Move Mountains” (2021) and “Kraft” (2022).
Faith Can Move Mountains (2021), Kraft (2022), A New Kind of Wilderness (2024)
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