Longyearbyen, Spitzberg, Norway
Directed by Gerry Meaudre

26 MIN
BETA DIGITAL (16/9)

Original version available
with English or French commentary
 
documentary – lifestyle – surroundings – art – culture
– society – history – nature – work – everyday life

SYNOPSIS

Looking at life in the Artic. Longyearbyen is a small mining village located in the artic archipelago of Svalbard. One of the most important centres of artic studies is located here. The light touch of Grete Smedal has transformed life in this isolated by offering it a new identity. This artist seeks inspiration in the nuances of the land during summer that colours all buildings. Plunged into darkness for 3 months of polar nights, the inhabitants, coming from all over the world adapt to this colourful programme and claim it fully today. “Kaléidoscope” journeys to these extremes to meet the artist, the ice, the snow scooters, the inhabitants and … the invisible bears.

CREDITS

Directed by : Gerry Meaudre
Script : Gerry Meaudre
Mister Kaleidoscope was written and acted by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Image : Michel Baudour
Editing : Paul-Jean Vranken
Sound : Jean-Jacques Quinet

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

Wajnbrosse Productions
Video cassette available on request: Contact - us

PRODUCTION

ARTE France
Panic Productions
Wajnbrosse Productions

With the support of:
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) ,
Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique et des Télédistributeurs Wallons
Programme MEDIA de l'Union Européenne
PROCIREP

REFERENCES

La complainte de l’ours de Jean Louis Etienne. Edition : J.C Lattès

LINKS

http://www.svalbard.com

Guide : Nox Polaris. (Manuel Kliese et Roger Zahl Odegard) : nox@nox.no
Hotel : Radisson SAS Polar Hotel : sales@lyrzh.rdsas.com
Bed and breakfast : 102 – Hundreogto : 102@wildlife.no
Sledge rides : Arctic Wilderness Experience (Robin Buzza) : arctic@awe.no
Artist and architect : Grete Smedal : grete.smedal@khib.no
Svalbard Tourist board : Marie Gorseth : marie@svalbard.net