Songs of Earth
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 breadth-taking visual and auditory poem. Employing both a micro and macro scale, it reveals the world which is both intimate and very universal.
Margreth Olin
Margreth Olin is a director and producer with a large cinema audience in Norway. She has made 13 films, which have received critical acclaim, participated at numerous festivals abroad, and won several Norwegian and international awards. Margreth has managed to catalyze important dialogues with the topics her films shed light on. She has personally received 26 honorary awards for her commitment and focus on human rights. Her new feature length documentary Songs of Earth (2023), this film is coproduced by BBC and SWR in cooperation with ARTE. Wim Wenders and Liv Ullmann are Executive Producers.
Selected filmography
2012 Zawsze obcy / De andre / Nowhere Home (doc.)
2016 Czynić dobro / Mannen fra Snåsa / Doing Good (doc.)
2017 Dzieciństwo / Barndom / Childhood (doc.)
2020 Autoportret / Selvportrett / The Self Portrait (doc.)
2023 Pieśni Ziemi / Fedrelandet / Songs of Earth (doc.)