<p style="text-align:start;"><span style="color: rgb(34,34,34);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: small;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the efficient combination of documentary and narration, leading to an original reflection on the chance of deeply changing the western lifestyle.</span></p> <p style="text-align:start;"><br>&nbsp;</p>

Synopsis

<p>The enlightened, forward thinking Mo family lead a picture-perfect life on their farm in Norway.&nbsp;</p> <p>But recently, climate anxiety and fear for the planet that will be left to their three children is keeping them up at night. Taking a giant leap of faith, the family decides to take action and move to Permatopia: a brand new self-sufficient, organic farming cooperative in Denmark. But will green community living really be a sustainable solution for a family of five headstrong individualists, each with their own very different expectations and dreams?</p> <p>A heart-warming and brutally honest film about one family’s attempt to make a real difference under the shadow of climate change.&nbsp;</p>

Biography and filmography

<p>Erlend E. Mo is studied literature and Scandinavian languages at Oslo University 1986-90, and film and TV at Volda University College 1990-92. Has produced and directed for NRK’s Departament for Children and Youth, especially focusing on documentaries. Wrote e directed the fictional documentary <em>Forbidden Love</em>  (1998), awarded the Terej Vigen prize at the Norwegian Short Film Festival, and participant ta several other international festival.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Welcome to Denmark</em> (2003) was awarded Best Documentary at Odense, and was the only Nordic film represented at the EuropaCinema 2003 in Viareggio. <em>My Eyes</em> won the IDFA Silver Cub Award, a GuldDok for Best Sound at CPH :DOX.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Four Letters Apart – Children in the Age of ADHD</em> (2013) was selcted for CPH :DOX, Goteborg Film Festival and Hot Docs in Canada.&nbsp;</p>