THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET

POLISH TITLE: GRUNT POD NASZYMI STOPAMI

A warm, human film from an elderly home in Reykjavík, with a poetic eye for the small mysteries and miracles of everyday life – and a great love for life itself, as long as it lasts. Winter turns to summer, that turns to winter and, maybe, to summer again, for a group of elderly people living together in a grand old building in Reykjavík. It is an institution, but also a home. Some have lived a lifetime that spans almost a century. The daily actions they have performed throughout their lives are portrayed as meditative experiences, while their bodies and memory perform as creeks flowing down a mountain to the sea. A sensitive and humanistic film about life at the end of life.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRYI:
Polska, Islandia
RUNNING TIME:
82'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
kolorowy
DIRECTING:
Yrsa Roca Fannberg
DOP:
Wojciech Staroń
EDITOR:
Federico Delpero Bejar
MUSIC:
Skúli Sverrisson
PRODUCER:
Staroń Film, Akkeri Films

Yrsa Roca Fannberg »

Reżyserka, scenarzystka, operatorka. Studiowała sztuki piękne w Londynie i dokumentalizm kreatywny w Barcelonie. Wykłada dokument kreatywny i historię dokumentu na Uniwersytecie Islandzkim i jest pasjonatką fotografii analogowej. „Grunt pod naszymi stopami”, jej najnowszy film dokumentalny, miał premierę na festiwalu CPH DOX 2025.