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MOTHER LAND

by Mari Soppela

synopsis

When Finnish documentary filmmaker Mari Soppela took her children and husband to live for a year on Pyhätunturi (the Sacred Mountain) in Kemijärvi, she was fulfilling a lifelong dream to share the arctic wilderness of her childhood with her family. But when, years later her children turn the camera onto her she is forced to confront her motivation for filming them in this searching and searingly honest cinematic exploration of identity, belonging and motherhood.

international title: Mother Land
original title: Äidinmaa
country: Finland, United Kingdom
year: 2022
genre: documentary
directed by: Mari Soppela
film run: 80'
screenplay: Mari Soppela, Ilari Anemaet
cinematography by: Mari Soppela
film editing: Mari Soppela
music: Ilari Anemaet, Leo Anemaet
producer: Leo Anemaet, Mari Soppela
production: LPMA Productions, Cinatura Development Ltd

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