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| A Year Along the Abandoned Road | |
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| Directed by | Morten Skallerud |
| Written by | Morten Skallerud |
| Produced by | Morten Skallerud |
| Cinematography | Morten Skallerud |
| Edited by | Morten Skallerud |
| Music by | Jan Garbarek |
Production company | Camera Magica |
| Distributed by | Oro Film / Norsk Filmklubbforbund(Norway) Norwegian Film Institute (internationally) |
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Running time | 12 min. |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | None |
A Year Along the Abandoned Road (Norwegian:Året gjennom Børfjord) is aNorwegianshort film shot over a period of 105 days in 1988/1989 and released in1991. Directed byMorten Skallerud, the film was shot inSuper Panavision 70 (65 mm negative) and shows a whole year passing by inBørfjord inHasvik Municipality, Norway, at50,000 times the normal speed in just 12 minutes. The camera was moved slightly each day, and so the film gives the viewer the impression of seamlessly travelling around thefjord as the year goes along, each day compressed into a few seconds.
The film which premiered at the KortfilmfestivalenGrimstad in June 1991, has been screened at over 300film festivals throughout the world and won 12 different awards, among which the NorwegianAmandaprisen for best short film in 1991, and the Grand Prix at theTampere Film Festival in 1992. The film is traditionally the opening movie of the annual 70 mm film festival held at the Cinemateket film club inOslo.
In 2002 director Jesper Hiro used footage from the film ina-ha's "Lifelines" music video.
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