"A monumental travel report.ELSEWHERE also subliminally reveals the effects of phenomena such as globalization." -Der Standard "In a patient, respectful manner, Austrian documentary filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter connects the observation of traditional ways of life with an eye for the peculiarities and absurdities that result from the confrontation with so-called civilization." -Zurcher Tages-Anzeiger In ELSEWHERE, often there is only a fine line dividing delicate humor from painful bitterness." -Die Presse "A great, subtly structured documentary…a venture that is without equal, not only in the documentary field.
"Four short hours of pure cinematic fascination." -OON
"Shockingly beautiful!" -Rob Nelson, Village Voice "Nikolaus Geyrhalter is certainly not the first documentarian to make life on the planet's margins the core of his body of work, but he might yet be one of the best." -Benjamin Mercer, The L Magazine "The result of a colossal endeavor, combine(s) a poetic sensibility and political intent." -New York Times "ELSEWHERE is an astoundingly unique, landmark film, and a not-to-be missed opportunity to see places few of us will ever visit ourselves." -Doc Films "Cumulative effect is extraordinary, offering a refreshed view of how people live and raise families with little technological aid, yet with increasing dependency on the modern, outside world." -Variety In observational and striking visual portraits, impressions of modernization's influence on traditional societies emerge.Īn homage to humanity, ELSEWHERE is a nuanced portrait of life - fragile and resilient - at the start of the 21st century. Geyrhalter films expansive vistas of desert, snow, jungle, ice, and rainforest, travels with a scooter-riding Finnish reindeer herdsman, visits the home of a Namibian couple with relational problems, ventures out to sea with a Sardinian fisherman. From Nikolaus Geyrhalter, the director of OUR DAILY BREAD, comes this IDFA Special Jury Award-winning documentary, an epic journey to twelve remote and rarely glimpsed locales and communities around the world.
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