“I’ve come home to join you on another journey…” Strand Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for a Norwegian documentary film titled Songs of Earth, a slow cinema gorgeous work of art made by the doc filmmaker Margreth Olin. This premiered at CPH:DOX and IDFA and TIFF last year, and will be released in US cinemas in early 2024. A beautiful, meditative doc about the power of this planet. “Being connected to nature, what does it mean? Father knows and father shows. The director’s father is 84. We follow in his footsteps into the mountain home. Into nature’s smallest life and out to grand panoramas, where he grew up.” It’s set in a valley in Norway called Oldedalen (see Google Maps), where her family is from. All of the breathtaking shots of the landscape are mostly accompanied by sounds of nature transposed into melodies by the London Contemporary Orchestra. A sweeping natural spectacle rooted in a personal history. Reviews praise the film: “A remarkable, poetic meditation, Songs of Earth weaves the smallness of human lifespan into the grandness of the earth’s history, and does it all with unspeakable beauty.” This looks so beautiful… // Continue Reading ›
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