Songs of Earth is the opening film at Krakow Film Festival

Songs of Earth – Margreth Olin's breathtaking visual and auditory poem will open the 63rd Krakow Film Festival. The opening gala of the Festival and the Polish premiere of the documentary film with the participation of the director will take place on May 29 at 7:00 pm at the Kijów cinema in Kraków. The film is one of fourteen productions from around the world competing in the prestigious International Documentary Competition.

“I have always dreamed of making such a film. I wondered how best to portray the deep bond between man and nature and returned home to visit my father,” confessed the author of the documentary, Margreth Olin. – “My father is now 86 years old, and perhaps his generation is the last to have a deep understanding of how to care for nature.”

“For the festival's opening, we always choose a spectacular film that is going to captivate the audience and encourage them to not to leave the cinema for a week. Songs of Earth is an extraordinary documentary that has mesmerised us and will surely delight anyone who comes to experience it on the big screen,” explained Krzysztof Gierat, director of the Krakow Film Festival.

The Norwegian Embassy in Poland is a partner of the screening.

The Krakow Film Festival is on the exclusive list of qualifying events for the Oscars® in the categories of short film (live action, animated, documentary) and documentary feature, as well as a recommending event for the European Film Awards in the same categories.

The 63rd Krakow Film Festival will be held in Kraków's cinemas from 28 May to 4 June and across Poland at the KFF VOD online streaming platform between 2 and 18 June.

Susanne Sundfør - aloysha (Directed by Margreth Olin)

Susanne Sundfør and Margreth Olin started their collaboration with the film Self Portrait about the photo artist Lene Marie Fossen.
Susanne created the original music for the film, including a song for Lene Marie: When the Lord, which is one of Susanne's most played songs on Spotify.
Susanne will release the album Blómi 28th April.

aloysha is one of the songs in Blómi. Margreth Olin is the director of the music video. 

Photographer Janne Rugland

Anders Jahre Culture Award

Grateful, touched and happy to receive the Anders Jahre Culture Award 2022, together with Deeyah Kahn, Joachim Trier and Nils Gaup. Norways biggest culture award. A great honor to be included in the ranks of artists who have received this award in the past.

Thank you to the award committee and the board of the Anders Jahres Humanitarian Foundation!

Thank you to everyone who has shared their lives in front of the camera.

Thanks to everyone I worked with who made the films possible.

Thanks to my parents and my girls for the love.

And thank you all for a lovely award ceremony!

Chicken & Egg

So grateful and happy to receive the Chicken & Egg Award 2022! Thanks for this recognition! And the opportunity to team up with five great documentary filmmakers from Brazil, South Africa, Canada and US.  Looking forward to develop my new film Songs of Earth together with the Chicken & Egg Family.

Chicken & Egg supports women and gender non-conforming non-fiction filmmakers whose artful and innovative storytelling catalyzes social change. The program envisions an inclusive media industry in which women filmmakers, representing a range of experiences and backgrounds, are fully supported to realize their artistic goals, and to build sustainable and fulfilling careers, says the company statement.