LET OUR MOUNTAINS LIVE WITH WORLD PREMIERE AT CPH:DOX

LET OUR MOUNTAINS LIVE WITH WORLD PREMIERE AT CPH:DOX

The documentary Let Our Mountains Live, will have its world premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, Denmark (11.-22 March). It will be competing in the Nordic:Dox competition programme for Nordic documentary films and in the Human:Rights Award competition programme. The documentary is directed by Håvard Bustnes, co-written and co-produced with Kati Eriksen and Johannes Vang. 

The documentary follows the process when Sámi reindeer herders win a Supreme Court victory against Europe’s largest wind farm – but when the state refuses to act, their fight reveals a deeper crisis of justice and trust. Let the Mountains Live documents the impact on the reindeer herding community, the legal process and the broader public debate that followed the Supreme Court decision.

ABOUT LET OUR MOUNTAINS LIVE

For twenty years, Sissel Stormo Holtan and Terje Haugen have fought to protect their ancestral grazing lands from Europe’s largest wind power project. Despite their protests, the Norwegian state allowed 151 massive turbines to be built on the Fosen mountains before the legal battle was even over.

Read more about the film on CPH:DOX here.

Name: La Fjella Leve (No) / Baajh vaeride årrodh (Åar) / Ellos várit (Dav) / Let Our Mountains Live (Eng) | Runtime: 100 min | Director & Producer: Håvard Bustnes (Up North) | Writers: Håvard Bustnes, Johannes Vang, Kati Eriksen | Co-Producers: Johannes Vang (Aurinko Film), Kati Eriksen (Home River Media) | Outreach Producers: Torstein Parelius, Christian Dyresen | Cinematography: Łukasz Zamaro, Åsmund Hasli, Maja Holand, Bjørn Ánte Røe, Ask G. Jacobsen | Film Editor: Anders Teigen | Sound Designer: Micke Nyström | Composer: Jonas Colstrup | Countries: Norway, Finland

ABOUT CPH:DOX

CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is one of the world’s leading documentary film festivals and the largest in Scandinavia, and runs March 11 to March 22, in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2025, the festival reached an audience of 150,000, including 2,000 industry guests. Alongside film screenings, CPH:DOX hosts industry events, debates, and professional forums for the international documentary sector. Last year the festival screened 200 films, 550 screenings and events in Copenhagen. The festival also serves as a key platform for financing and co-production, through CPH:Forum, its industry forum for projects in development.

The documentary, through Aurinko Film AS, has received a total of NOK 600 000 in production and distribution support from the International Sámi Film Institute.