Loop (2005) is an award-winning documentary following four Norwegians who have decided to live their lives to the full, and make their dreams happen. Narrated by the 92-year-old alpinist and philosopher Arne Næss, it’s a beautiful reminder that life is what you make of it – but also that you sometimes have to take a risk to find happiness. The protagonists in the movie, amateurs with no former acting experience, all leave modern life’s hectic pace and society’s constraints behind to reconnect with nature. We follow a base-jumper struggling to ascend a particularly steep cliff face. Two part-time fishermen who make for the spectacular Lofoten islands in the middle of winter to ski in extreme conditions. And an ambulance driver who every year spends four months living at the top of Linneklepen firewatch tower, surveying the forests of Indre Østfold in almost complete solitude. What they all have in common is a desire to find out what makes them happy – and act on it. A film that will get you thinking, and stay with you long after the credits have rolled.

Loop (2005). Directed by Sjur Paulsen. Norwegian with English subtitles.

Watch a trailer here: www.filmenloop.no/page.php?p=129&c=56&language=en (Norwegian only)