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Mined Zone

ELSEWHERE
THYLAND

• Director: Vibeke Bryld
• DENMARK / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 73’ / Danish; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Vibeke Bryld
• Director of Photography: Lis Dyre
• Editing: Julius Krebs Damsbo
• Music: Signe Lykke
• Producer: Heidi Elise Christensen
• Production Co.: Final Cut for Real
• World Sales: Taskovski Films

2021 Arctic Open FF (Russia) Best International Documentary

An ancient legend about fallen angels and an invisible vagabond called Beelzebub: this is not fantasy, but the myths of the North-Western Danish region of Thy. Accompanied by voice-over narration in authentic Thybo dialect, Bryld's poetic expository style retells the myths that have shaped the people north of the Limfjord and still influence them today. Testimonies from today's residents of Thy describe inexplicable events, accidents and rituals, but central to all the stories is nature itself. The windswept landscape, which is just as beautiful as relentless. Bryld re-enchants the nature of Northern Jutland as she lets her camera sweep across cornfields and hills, crumbling buildings and lush gardens, in a free and expressive account of the stories that bind a local community together. Here, nature is not something that needs to be understood, but is felt. Elsewhere is a powerful example that demonstrates how folk horror can go beyond narrative cinema and becomes a thematic and aesthetic tool in non-fiction film.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.