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A Year Along the Abandoned Road
Året gjennom Børfjord
1991 · Film · documentary · 12 min
Directed by Morten Skallerud
A portrait of a deserted fisherman's village in Northern Norway called Børfjord - a place with an incredible personality in the middle of a magnificent Arctic nature. The 12 minute short film was filmed in 70mm Super Panavision, using a specially developed "nature animation" technique. The result is a magic flight in one single shot, along the remains of an internal village road. At the same time a whole year passes by at 50 000 times normal speed! Most of the year, the village of Børfjord lies empty with virgin snow between cold houses. People show up only during a short and hectic summer season. But the cycles of nature go on as they have always done, totally independent of what people might do.
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There's a 12 minute a short film and timelapse over an entire year made in a remote and derelict town in the North of Norway as well, called A Year Along the Abandoned Road (Norwegian: Året gjennom Børfjord). The pop band A-HA used this short film in their music video Lifelines. The original short film featured music made by Jan Garbarek. It's well worth a peek.