Estonian premiere
Songs of Earth
Local title
Maa laulud
Title in Russian
Песнь о Земле
Original title
Fedrelandet
Director
Margreth Olin
Country
Norway
Year
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 breath-taking visual and auditory poem. Employing both a micro and macro scale, it reveals a world which is both intimate and very universal.
Director
Margreth Olin
Screenwriter
Margreth Olin
Producer
Margreth Olin, Lena Faye-Lund Sandvik
DoP
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo, Herman Lersveen, Torbjørn Martinsen, Dag Asle Mykløen
Composer
Rebekka Karijord
Runtime
Language
Norwegian
Subtitles
English
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