--Enjoy the thrilling boat ride just like in the movie at metsä! Exclusive Norwegian menu also available--　

Metsä Village (Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture), Japan's largest Nordic lifestyle experience facility, will be holding a "Movie & metsä Travel Summer Vacation Campaign" to commemorate the new Norwegian film "SONG OF EARTH" (this year's Academy Award winner for Best International Feature Film), executive produced by master director Wim Wenders and Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann, starting on Friday, September 9th, the first day of the film's release.

The film "SONG OF EARTH" is a documentary film that shows an elderly couple living in the beautiful valley of one of the most magnificent fjords on Earth, filmed by their daughter. In the naturally rich metsä village surrounded by forests and lakes, the film and metsä are loosely connected through food culture and boat experiences, with the keywords "Norway" and "nature" that appear in the film.

Even during this season in Japan, when the summer heat is still lingering, you can experience the coolness of Norway and the Nordic philosophy of living a simple and rich life through the films and metsä.

~The movie "SONG OF EARTH" x metsä Village~ Set in the Nordic country of Norway! A summer getaway campaign with the movie and metsä

1. A limited collaboration where you can enjoy the food culture of Norway, where the movie was shot

1. Norwegian salmon doughnuts

A limited-edition fresh donut made with luxurious Norwegian salmon and filled with homemade salmon tartar sauce.

Sales store: Market Hall "10+Flowers"

Selling price: 700 yen (tax included)

②Oslo Beer

OSLO Brewing Co. is a new craft brewery established in Oslo, the capital of Norway, in 2015. Their beers are designed to be easy to pick up and have a simple taste.

Sales store: Market Hall "LAAVU"

Special offer: 3 yen discount for purchases of 300 or more bottles

3) Norwegian waffle

A classic Norwegian snack: cute heart-shaped waffles.

Available at: Market Hall "KEITTIÖ LAAVU"

Selling price: 800 yen (tax included)

2. Experience the world of the movie on the wooden boat that appears in the movie! Everyone who boards the metsä boat will receive a limited edition postcard as a gift.

Take home the moving scenes from the movie! Relive the beautiful boat scenes from the movie on metsä's wooden boat "Classic Canoe," which allows you to feel the warmth of wood. Everyone who experiences any of metsä's boats will receive an original postcard from the movie "SONG OF EARTH."

Location: Boat reception "Venevuokraus"

※ It ends as soon as it disappears

3. Movie & metsä "Summer Travel" Gift Campaign

Follow the official "SONG OF EARTH" and metsä Village X accounts and repost the post to win a "SONG OF EARTH" movie ticket and boat experience ticket set. Five lucky winners will receive a "SONG OF EARTH" movie ticket and boat experience ticket set.

Boat experience ticket details

(1) Classic canoe ticket for 2 people

(2) Island boat, clear kayak, and cycle boat tickets for 1 person each

*You cannot choose the boat experience ticket content.

〇 How to apply

(1) Official website for the movie "SONG OF EARTH"@songofearth_jp) and metsä Village Official X (@Metsa_Official) Follow 2 accounts

(2) Repost the relevant post from Movie Official X

(3) Winners will be contacted via direct mail at a later date.

Application period: Friday, September 2024, 9 to Friday, October 20, 2024　

Winners announced: Tuesday, October 2024, 10 (planned)

4. Mini Gallery of the Movie "SONG OF EARTH"

There will also be a mini gallery displaying famous scenes from the movie, perfect for those who can't wait for the release or want to savor the afterglow after watching it!

Location: Craft Bibliotech

About the film "SONG OF EARTH"　

https://www.transformer.co.jp/m/songofearth/

An elderly couple living in the great outdoors, filmed by their daughter, in this Nordic documentary about the philosophy of living simply and richly.

Oldedalen is a mountainous region in western Norway, surrounded by breathtakingly beautiful nature. This film is a year-long documentary by documentary filmmaker Margret Olin (If Buildings Could Talk, etc.), the daughter of an elderly couple who live in this valley, which boasts some of the most magnificent fjords on earth. Watching her parents, who are rooted in the earth and live a simple and rich life, the daughter learns about the meaning of life and death. What does it mean to live, and to grow old? This is a moving documentary that explores life through the story of a family living through the harsh yet beautiful four seasons of Norway.

Wim Wenders, the master director who is still fresh in our minds with his hit film ``Perfect Days,'' and Liv Ullmann, Norway's greatest actress who is also known as the muse of director Ingmar Bergman (``Persona,'' ``The Woman in the Mirror''), are sympathetic to this project and are serving as executive producers.

Directed by: Margret Olin

Executive producers: Liv Ullmann, Wim Wenders

Starring: Jörgen Mikroen and Magnhild Mikroen

2023 / Norway / Norwegian / 94 min. / Cinemascope / Color / 5.1ch / G / English title: Songs of Earth / Original title: Fedrelandet

Japanese subtitles: Izumi Iwabe / Supported by: Norwegian Embassy in Japan / Distributed by: Transformers

© 2023 Speranza Film AS

It was Norway's entry for the 96th Academy Awards® for Best International Feature Film, won the Best Cinematography award at the Nordic Documentary Film Festival, won the Samsung Excellence in Visual Aesthetics Award at the Krakow Film Festival, and was selected as a recommended film for the European Film Awards.

About Director Margreth Olin

Born in Stranda, Norway in 1970, she is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for her documentaries that focus on the vulnerable in society, and has won numerous awards at film festivals.

In 2014, he was featured in the architectural anthology documentary If Buildings Could Talk, executive produced by Wim Wenders, in a segment on the Oslo Opera House designed by architect Snøhetta.