WINNIPEG FILM GROUP
DISTRIBUTION CATALOGUE


2018

HeimÞrá, In Thrall to Home

Directed by Erika MacPherson

Logline: A deathbed tale. A skeptical daughter. A genealogical goose chase to the remote Icelandic highland.

Synopsis: Doubting details of her mother's deathbed story, a skeptical daughter drags her brother on a genealogical goose chase through the Canadian prairies to the remote Icelandic highland. Becoming spellbound by an increasing sense of belonging to an unfolding story, she discovers a vital piece of its telling is missing: herself.

Distribution Contact: WFG

More Details RUNTIME: 33 Minutes
GENRE: Documentary
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD, 4K
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Manitoba
TECHNIQUES: Time Lapse, Live Action
KEYWORDS: Women, Grandmothers, Iceland, Winnipeg, Interlake, Family, History, Genealogy, Walking, Synchronicity, Queer, Daughter, LGBTQ Filmmaker, Female Filmmaker

Cast & Crew

Director: Erika MacPherson
Producer: Erika MacPherson
Production Company: 6494197 MB Inc.
Writer: Erika MacPherson
Cinematographer: Nate Smith
Cinematographer: Erika MacPherson
Cinematographer: Rob Kokesh
Cinematographer: Bruce Claydon
Cinematographer: Wendy Beulow
Cinematographer: Arne MacPherson
Cinematographer: Solmund MacPherson
Editor: Erika MacPherson
Music: John K. Samson
Music: Christine Fellows
Sound Editor: Anita Lubosch
Sound Mix: Bruce Little
Narrator: Erika MacPherson