Trollywood productions presents
Beneath the Surface
Touch the Sky
Movie trailer
Animation by Simone Hooyman - music and composition by Winter Lazerus and Heidi Torsvik. The animation for the song “Beneath the Surface, Touch the Sky” is a journey in search for the soul of the hidden fjords from the deepest hidden places to the highest mountain top. An exporation of layers of experience that exist in the extraordinary fjords of Western Norway.
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In ́Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky ́ I react on a deeper emotional understanding and connection I have with the fjord landscape that is surrounding me. I am interested in the power of nature that is difficult to capture with the logic of reason. Familiarity or unfamiliarity with nature arises unconsciously, leaving space open for the mystery of life.
́Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky ́ is part of the album and art project “Hidden Soul Of The Fjords”.
Initially composed in an old wooden home on the edge of the fjord waters and including multiple field recordings and found sounds from travels throughout the region, “Hidden Soul Of The Fjords” album production touches the heart, mind and Soul with a unique musical vision that that might remind the listener of such diverse musical references as Arvo Part and Massive Attack. Hidden Soul Of The Fjords seeks to bring the magic of one of the Earth’s greatest natural eco-systems to the all who listen in a one-of-a-kind ‘Elemental-Sonic Soundscape.”
Trollywood creative team
Winter Lazerus
Winter Lazerus, co-creator / owner of ‘Trollywood Productions AS’. Winter is a Grammy nominated, 12-time multi-gold and platinum award-winning record producer, composer, writer, artist, musician, and mastering / mix engineer. His early work includes the recording of Donald Fagen’s, ‘The Nightfly’ which was nominated for seven Grammy Awards. By the age of 23 Winter moved into Record Production professionally, soon working with artists including Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, Jean Michel Jarre, Laurie Anderson, Stevie Wonder, and Mike Oldfield and film projects with directors Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood.
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He also worked on music for two Sundance Winning Films “Dig!” and “Fuel”. Winter has been involved globally on creative projects from Manhattan to Paris, Iceland to Ireland and continues to travel and create. He is currently based in Norway and Los Angeles. His current focus includes the new animated film ‘Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky’ and new composing for the next ‘Hidden Soul’ album and live performances. The band ‘Hidden Soul’ headlined its first ever live performance at the ‘Gulatinget Festival’ in August 2024. The successful concert included musician’s Ronni LeTekro and Karl Seglam as band members with Winter and Heidi. Creating artistic content for Immersive Dome and Planetarium production is an ongoing interest for Winter. Winter has a Master’s degree in Consciousness Studies. “In ‘Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky’ I am composing with a sense of the uniqueness of my experience of the fjords of Western Norway. A world created by the Ice Age and capable of both radically, extreme intimacy and savagely expansive wilderness. Working with Heidi we sought to also capture with words, the heart of the creatures and the Norwegian people who call the fjords home.”
Heidi Torsvik
Heidi Torsvik is a Bergen-based, Norwegian artist / singer / composer / performer / producer and co-creator / owner of ‘Trollywood Productions As’. She began performing as a singer in public by the age of 8 and was in her first recording session by the age of ten. As a teenager, she performed with the likes of jazz-legend Toots Thielemans and has worked on numerous recording projects in Norway.
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One of her projects, “The Last Hurrah”; received universal critical acclaim. Heidi’s 2017 release, “A Flash of Bliss” (under her synonym as Heidi Goodbye) has received 5-star reviews from the best music critics in Norway. Heidi continues to innovate and create visionary art with music, film, writing, and explorations of new technology. Heidi’s vision includes seeing Western Norway become one of the great, global creative centers for art / performance / film / television and unique new technological formats such as Immersive Dome theaters. Heidi is currently working on her next solo album called ‘Now That You Are Here’, co-produced with Winter Lazerus, along with the new songs for the next ‘Hidden Soul’ Album.
Simone Hooymans
Simone Hooymans (b. 1974) works mainly with drawing and animation. Inspired by natural and organic forms, the artist draws elements that change over time and become part of a larger universe where imagination, sensuality and awareness of nature’s fragility are central. With a fascination for ecology and life’s inexplicables, she explores how to translate and convey the essence of her research on a visual imaginary level.
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Hooymans creates synergies between innovative music and art with her animations and video installations. She has collaborated with several Norwegian musicians and has participated in a series of international group exhibitions and film festivals. “In ́Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky ́ I react on a deeper emotional understanding and connection I have with the fjord landscape that is surrounding me. I am interested in the power of nature that is difficult to capture with the logic of reason. Familiarity or unfamiliarity with nature arises unconsciously, leaving space open for the mystery of life.”
Jon Fosse
Jon Fosse (b. 1959) is a Norwegian author of novels, plays, poems, children’s books, and essays, who has also worked as an instructor and a translator. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2023 “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.” The prolific wordsmith has written more than 40 plays and some 30 works of fiction in Nynorsk (New Norwegian), the less common of the two written forms of Norwegian the other is Bokmål).
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One of her projects, “The Last Hurrah”; received universal critical acclaim. Heidi’s 2017 release, “A Flash of Bliss” (under her synonym as Heidi Goodbye) has received 5-star reviews from the best music critics in Norway. Heidi continues to innovate and create visionary art with music, film, writing, and explorations of new technology. Heidi’s vision includes seeing Western Norway become one of the great, global creative centers for art / performance / film / television and unique new technological formats such as Immersive Dome theaters. Heidi is currently working on her next solo album called ‘Now That You Are Here’, co-produced with Winter Lazerus, along with the new songs for the next ‘Hidden Soul’ Album.
Bill Pullman
William James Pullman was born in Hornell, , one of seven children of Johanna (Blaas), a nurse, and James Pullman, a doctor. He is of Dutch (mother) and English, Northern Irish, and Scottish (father) descent. After high school, Bill went into a building construction program at SUNY Delhi in New York.
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He also worked on music for two Sundance Winning Films “Dig!” and “Fuel”. Winter has been involved globally on creative projects from Manhattan to Paris, Iceland to Ireland and continues to travel and create. He is currently based in Norway and Los Angeles. His current focus includes the new animated film ‘Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky’ and new composing for the next ‘Hidden Soul’ album and live performances. The band ‘Hidden Soul’ headlined its first ever live performance at the ‘Gulatinget Festival’ in August 2024. The successful concert included musician’s Ronni LeTekro and Karl Seglam as band members with Winter and Heidi. Creating artistic content for Immersive Dome and Planetarium production is an ongoing interest for Winter. Winter has a Master’s degree in Consciousness Studies. “In ‘Beneath The Surface Touch The Sky’ I am composing with a sense of the uniqueness of my experience of the fjords of Western Norway. A world created by the Ice Age and capable of both radically, extreme intimacy and savagely expansive wilderness. Working with Heidi we sought to also capture with words, the heart of the creatures and the Norwegian people who call the fjords home.”
Margreth Olin
Margreth Olin (b. 1970) is a director and producer with a large cinema audience in Norway. She has made 15 films, which have received critical acclaim, participated at numerous festivals abroad, and she’s won several Norwegian and international awards. Margreth has managed to catalyze important dialogues with the topics her films shed light on. She has personally received 26 honorary awards for her commitment and focus on human rights.
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Her credits include In The House of Angels (Yamagata 1999), My Body (Tribeca 2002), EFA- nominated Raw Youth (2004),The Angel (TIFF 2010), Nowhere Home (IDFA 2012), Cathedrals of Culture, The Oslo Opera House (Berlinale 2013). Olin was one of 6 directors in Wim Wenders series Cathedrals of Culture, among Wim Wenders and Robert Redford. Her film Doing Good (2016) is the second highest grossing documentary ever in Norway. Her film Self Portrait (DOC NYC 2020) won seven awards internationally. Olin was one of the recipients of the 2022 Chicken & Egg Award. She was awarded the Anders Jahre Culture Award 2022 together with Joachim Trier, Deeyah Khan and Nils Gaup, which is Norway’s biggest honor for outstanding cultural effort. Olins latest feature length documentary Songs of Earth (2023) premiered in 2023. Wim Wenders and Liv Ullmann are Executive Producers. Songs of Earth was selected as Norway’s Oscar entry in the category of Best international film.
Upcoming events
Behind the Surface, Touch the sky
world premiere
14th - 23rd February
Geiranger Light Art Festival
Experience light art in one of the world's most beautiful places! Geiranger Light Art Festival presents Norwegian and international light artists. There will be light installations, video art and light art projected on buildings and in the beautiful nature, music and good atmosphere. Bring your friends and family and experience our large outdoor exhibition, indoor concerts and other events like light-yoga and light-bathing in the fjord.
Contact
Trollywood Productions AS
c/o Winter Lazerus
Stubs gate 7A
5006 BERGEN