Norsk filminstitutt

Musician Terje Isungset's artistic universe is purely made of ice, even though making music from ice is close to impossible. His beautifully crafted instruments are only used once, before they melt and disappear. Global warming has made ice music difficult and Terje's artistic project even more important. When he receives an unexpected invitation to play in Chinas greatest opera house, he decides to build an instrument from each of the worlds most endangered glaciers to bring to Beijing. This takes him on an extraordinary journey to exotic and remote places in the world, meeting some of the people who will suffer the most from a changing climate. But how will a sobering ice symphony communicate with the Chinese audience? 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2023
Production country:
Norway
Co production country:
Germany
Release date (international):
2024-02-15
Production company:
Dox Division
Co production company:
Road Movies GmbH
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Viken Filmsenter
Talent Norge
Executive producer:
Wim Wenders
Tom Kjeseth
Tonje Hessen Schei
Producer:
Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Peter Engel
Sales agent:
Dogwoof

Director

  • Tommy Gulliksen

    Tommy Gulliksen's background as a political and current affairs-journalist has resulted in over 20 documentaries during his working years at broadcaster TV2, and production companies Dokumentaravdelingen and Norsk Fjernsyn AS. He has been awarded six and nominated for several Norwegian Emmys (Gullruten) and won the Nymphe D´Or in Monte Carlo for the documentary "Terror Island" about the terrorist attacks at Utøya. 

    He is one of four founders of Norsk Fjernsyn AS and works as a director and is currently working on three documentaries and series in different phases of development and production.  Tommy has been following artist Morten Traaviks projects for many years and has traveled with him to North Korea several times, in 2015, as co-producer of the documentary film Liberation Day that was released worldwide in 2016.  
     

    Tommy Gulliksen

Crew

Director:
Tommy Gulliksen
Screenplay:
Bjørn Olaf Johannessen
Cinematographer:
Sven-Erling Brusletto
Hallgrim Haug

Technical information

Length in min's:
90'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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