THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET
Iceland, Poland 2025 – Director: Yrsa Roca Fannberg – Original language: Icelandic – Subtitles: English – Length: 82 min.
Painting nails, dancing, Spanish classes, fitness exercises – it’s the small daily rituals and the loving care of nursing staff and relatives that makes retirement dignified for the residents of an Icelandic care home. With sensitivity, the film follows everyday life in the home, through touchingly beautiful but also sad moments. Anja Klauck
Content warning: This movie deals with the topic of dying
German premiere
Biography
Yrsa Roca Fannberg studied Fine Art in London and Creative Documentary in Barcelona. She teaches creative documentary and documentary history at the University of Iceland and is a passionate analog photographer.
Filmography (selection)
THE LAST AUTUMN, IS 2019, 78 min.
SALÓME, IS, ES, SE 2014, 58 min.
No youth rating
English/Original Title: JÖRÖIN UNDIR FÓTUM OKKAR. Writer: Yrsa Roca Fannberg. Camera: Wojciech Staron. Sound: Björn Viktorsson. Editing: Federico Delpero Bejar. Music: Skúli Sverrisson. Production: Akkeri Films. Producer: Hanna Björk Valsdótitr. Co-Producers: Malgorzata Staron, polish co-producer.
