A Call from The Wild
Filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature in his home country Norway, where he has photographed all his life. From the lives of bees at his farm, to wild reindeer on the high mountains, and puffins at the ocean's edge, he shows the beauty of threatened nature and tracks down human actions responsible for its decline. This is a personal story about our connection with the non-human world, the relationship between the small and the big, and a reminder of nature's strength and vulnerability.
Credits and Cast
Producers: Ageliki Lefkaditou & Asgeir Helgestad
Director: Asgeir Helgestad
Writer: Asgeir Helgestad & Anne Elvedal
Cinematography:
Editing: Klaus Müller & Asgeir Helgestad
Music: Oliver Heuss
Sound: Anders Tveten & Eric Watland
Director’s Biography Asgeir Helgestad
Asgeir Helgestad is an award-winning director, cinematographer, writer and producer from Norway. He has over thirty years of experience with documentary and photo. Nature has always been his greatest love and inspiration and his work reflects deep passion and empathy for his subjects. His recent documentary, Queen without Land (2018), has been shown in more than fifty festivals, received over thirty international awards, and reached audiences worldwide. His stills photography has been awarded at the biggest wildlife photo competitions such as Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The first book he authored and photographed, Dyr i skogen / Animals in the Forest (2001), received the Norwegian Ministry of Culture debutante prize. Asgeir established the independent film production company Artic Light in 2006 with focus on giving a voice to nature and those creatures that otherwise are not as visible in the public space. He is member of The Norwegian Society of Cinematographers and Norske Naturfografer.