Norsk filminstitutt

Documentary film A New Kind of Wilderness
(Ukjent landskap)


On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, the Payne family seeks a wild and free existence. They practice home-schooling and strive for a closely-knit family dynamic in harmony with nature. However, when tragedy unexpectedly strikes the family, it upends their idyllic world and forces them to forge a new path into modern society.    

A New Kind of Wilderness is an intimate story that delves into our life choices, our  responsibility to the planet, our children, and how we navigate life after a significant loss.       

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2024
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2024-04-15
Release date (international):
2024-03-15
Production company:
A5 Film AS
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Viken Filmsenter
Fond for lyd og bilde
Fritt Ord Foundation
NRK
Producer:
Mari Bakke Riise
Sales agent:
DR Sales

Director

  • Silje Evensmo Jacobsen

    Silje Evensmo Jacobsen began her career in 2009 with the award-winning Daughter of God, a student documentary that portrays the complexity of gender through the life of a young boy in India. Since then, she has directed several documentary series and is known for creating one of the most popular series in Norway, Team Ingebrigtsen, about an unconventional Norwegian family where the children are raised to be top international runners. Her first feature film was Faith Can Move Mountains (2021), about nuns breaking boundaries in rural Norway. A New Kind of Wilderness is her second feature documentary, produced by A5 Film — an esteemed Oslo-based production company founded by Jacobsen herself, alongside producer/director Mari Bakke Riise.  

    Silje Evensmo Jacobsen

Awards

2024:
Sundance Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary

Festivals

2024:
Sundance Film Festival
2024:
Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival
2024:
Human International Documentary Film Festival
2024:
One World - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague
2024:
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Screenplay:
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Sound Design:
Yngve Leidulv Sætre
Composer:
Olav Øyehaug
Editor:
Christoffer Heie
Kristian Tveit
Cinematographer:
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Karine Fosser
Line Lyngstadaas
Fred Arne Wergeland
Espen Gjermundrød
Natalja Safronova
Voices:
Henriette Faye-Schøll
Siw Laurent

Technical information

Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
83'
Language:
Norwegian
English
Subtitles:
English

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