Øyvind Sandberg

For a year, we follow the life of two farms, with calving, slaughter, dung spread and production of traditional food. We join in an entertaining journey into the realities of life, and get an insight into a disappearing culture.

A twig can be used for all sorts of things.

Free and airy, high above the Norwegian westland fjords, small, sunny, fertile farms cling to steep mountain sides. These small farms are still run according to traditional methods, with horses and self-made tools. In close interaction with nature and the cycles of the seasons, the small farmers look after the land, animals, crafts and cooking. Thrift, perseverance and calm characterize this latest generation of farmers on the steeply sloping small farms.

Kåre Morten is a Norwegian man with Down Syndrome. Without commenting or interfering, director Sandberg observes his daily life. The fly-on-the-wall images provide a remarkable glimpse into the emotional life of a special person and his immediate surroundings.

Meet a group of people who despite age differences and geography have in common that they live in a dying culture: the Norwegian coastal culture.

Øyvind Sandberg turns his camera on his mother and father's lifelong passion for the film medium.

Sitjenotfisket has existed for 150 years and is an exciting and unique way to fish salmon. Brothers Terry and Rolf Sims is a third generation salmon fishermen and still uses two months every summer to fish for salmon in giljo.