Let’s Build a Waterfall

A film by Trond Waage, Anniken Førde,
Country: Norway,
Duration: 37min,
Language: Norwegian,
Subtitles: English,
Year: 2015

As many coastal communities in Northern Norway are threatened by decline and depopulation, are the village Bleik experiencing prosperity; there is competition for house plots and waiting lists at the school. What is it with Bleik? Through following different activities in this community with strong storytelling and voluntary work traditions, the film shows how a fishing community can stand up against centralization and structuring through broad mobilization.

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Faces of the Wilderness

A film by Tiia Grøn,
Country: Finland,
Duration: 31min,
Language: Finnish,
Subtitles: English,
Year: 2016

On a road less journey, through the barren lands in Finnish Lapland, the traveler can find shelter and companions to whom to share their story. The film is situated by a small wilderness hut and its surrounding landscape. Through meetings with people that roam the area in different ways, we learn about the character of the place ascribed by the people who dwell in it. The wilderness affords different experiences to the different groups that use it, and sometimes their wishes might be contradictory.
Is this wilderness as empty and isolated as it might seem and why do people find this place so special?

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