Trollywood
Productions
Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky
Animation by Simone Hooymans
Original Score by Winter Lazerus and Heidi Torsvik
Poem: ‘one day when the darkness is not apparent’ by Jon Fosse
English Narration by Bill Pullman
Nynorsk Narration by Margreth Olin
The story told in Trollywood Productions new Animated Film, “Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky” is all about the rich diversity of nature found in the Fjords of Western Norway. There is a famous story that many who live in the fjords like to tell. This is how the tall mountain you see looming high above, can be turned upside down and dropped into the fjord waters that surround it and it will fit perfectly in that depth of water. Like perfect puzzle pieces created by The Ice Age. So it is that the mountaintop and the bottom of the fjord share a common existential reality, they come from the same place and are deeply tied together. Visually, musically and lyrically, the film created by Artist Simone Hooymans and Composers Winter Lazerus and Heidi Torsvik is based on this experience. The profound connection of all life and locations in the wild Fjords of Western Norway.
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The film has a special lead character known as “Woman on a Boat” and she is singing to nature as she rows her small boat out to the middle of the fjord. We then dive into the waters and descend to the very bottom where we experience countless creatures who live in the fjord. From crabs to herring, salmon to killer whales, we have an exciting experience of the rush of all this life surrounding the audience. Then we return to the surface, as our Woman rows the boat to the shoreline. From here we climb up the mountain, as shown from wildly cosmic perspectives, until we arrive at the mountaintop where we encounter the majestic Sea Eagle who takes flight from its nest and soars downwards to high above our Woman, who is back on the water in her boat heading towards the sunset.
Upcoming events
Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky
WORLD PREMIERE
14th - 23rd February
Geiranger Light Art Festival
Experience light art in one of the world's most beautiful places! Geiranger Light Art Festival presents Norwegian and international light artists. There will be light installations, video art and light art projected on buildings and in the beautiful nature, music and good atmosphere. Bring your friends and family and experience our large outdoor exhibition, indoor concerts and other events like light-yoga and light-bathing in the fjord.