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A New Kind of Wilderness

Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / NO, 2024 / 84 min.

On a small farm in Norway’s forests the Payne family strive to live wild and free. However, after a tragic event they are forced to leave their idyllic farm and enter modern society. Best Documentary at Sundance.

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On a remote, yet idyllic farm in Norway’s forests, the Payne family lives a wild, free, self-supporting life. Maria and Nik homeschool their children Ulv, Falk, Freja and Ronja and strive to be a tight-knit family living in harmony with nature. A tragic event brings their paradisiacal life to an abrupt end, forcing the family to take a new route towards the modern world and all the expectations that entails.

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Persons under 12 years must be accompanied by an adultScenes from this movie may cause fear

Director

Silje Evensmo Jacobsen

Production year

2024

Country

NO

Original title

Ukjent Landskap

Length

84 min.

Language

Norwegian, English

Subtitles

ENG or NLD

Format

DCP

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still A New Kind of Wilderness (Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, NO 2024)
still A New Kind of Wilderness (Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, NO 2024)
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