Best of Fests
A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS
Norwegen 2024 – Director: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen – Original version with English subtitles – Length: 83 min.
The 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. Barbara Off
Biography
Norwegian filmmaker Silje Evensmo Jacobsen has made award-winning films and series over the last 15 years. These include the documentary series TEAM INGEBRIGTSEN, as well as the documentary films FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS and A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS in 2024, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Filmography (selection)
TEAM INGEBRIGTSEN, NO 2016, 38 min.
FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, NO 2021, 80 min.
Winning film of the DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit
No FSK youth rating
English/Original Title: UKJENT LANDSKAP. Production: A5 Film. Producer: Mari Bakke Riise. International Sales: DR sales (sales agent).
