Expedition to the End of the World

Film images copyright Haslund Film.

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Aug 29 - Sep 04, 2014

(Daniel Dencik, Denmark, 2013, 90 min)

Seattle premiere!

In 2011, a crew of scientists and artists, including a marine biologist, environmental geochemist, archaeologist, two painters and a film crew, boarded a three mast schooner and set out for the rugged fjords of Northeast Greenland. Their mission? Simply to explore. 

Encounters with polar bears, new species, and lingering existential questions are accompanied by an eclectic soundtrack featuring Mozart and Metallica. Director Daniel Dencik brings the same philosophically probing tone that served him so well as editor of The Five Obstructions and Into Eternity to this irreverent and adventurous contemplation of our environmental impact on our shared world. 

“Visually ravishing. Thought-provoking" —Hollywood Reporter 

"Courses with the zeal of Robert Flaherty, the fearlessness of Werner Herzog and the fatalistic humor or Lars Von Trier." —The Onion/AV Club

"A GORGEOUS, SURPRISING, meditative film. Opens up one of the world's last unknown places." —Village Voice

"ominously gorgeous, philosophically rich, and sometimes surprisingly funny" —The Stranger

Expedition to the End of the World - trailer from Haslund Film on Vimeo.

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