INTO THE LAND OF ICE AND FIRE

By Dimitra ZIROU

ISME FILM - as PROD

Art - Culture - Post-Production 2021

Two parallel stories are gradually unfolding the everyday life of two very different persons - that of 86-year-old Sara and 7-year-old Mihka - both residing in Guovdageaidnu - Kautokeino, in the middle of the Norwegian arctic tundra.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Art - Culture, Documentary
    • Countries
    • GREECE, NORWAY
    • Languages
    • NORWEGIAN
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Dimitra ZIROU
    • Producer(s)
    • Nikos MOUSTAKAS (BAD CROWD)
    • Synopsis
    • Into the Land of Ice and Fire is a character-based feature documentary inspired by the contemporary life of the indigenous inhabitants of arctic Norway, the Sámi and it is being implemented with their necessary collaboration and most precious guidance.

      The Greek award-winning director of the film, specialised in ethnographic cinema has been researching and photographing the Norwegian arctic landscape and the Sámi culture for twenty years before starting this documentary.

      Two parallel stories are gradually unfolding the everyday life of two very different persons - that of 86-year-old Sara and 7-year-old Mihka - both residing in Guovdageaidnu - Kautokeino, in the middle of the Norwegian arctic tundra, through the drastic change of the arctic seasons and the passage from the long winter’s darkness to the never-ending light of the summer season.