Three Miles North of Molkom

Three Miles North of Molkom
Directed by	Robert Cannan Corinna McFarlane
Release dates	2008 (2008)(festivals) 18 September 2009 (2009-09-18)

Three Miles North of Molkom is a 2008 documentary film directed by Corinna Villari-McFarlane and Robert Cannan. ^{[1] [2]} It was nominated in the Best British Documentary category for the British Independent Film Awards 2008. ^{[3] [4]}

It follows seven participants of the 2007 No Mind Festival ^[5] at Ängsbacka, a course center located in Molkom, Sweden. This yearly New Age event lasts one or two weeks, has a thousand participants, and is claimed to be the largest alternative festival in Northern Europe. ^{[6] [7]}

The activities shown in the film include tree hugging (each one choosing his own tree), firewalking, nude swimming, sweat lodge, hugging, Tantric sex, singing, dancing, talks in "sharing circles". There is also an exercise in defending oneself against a physical attack using psychic energy. ^{[8] [9]}

The portrayed participants are:

• Siddhartha, a Swedish harbor master, who says he feels like a king in his nice house, but also that he is lonely, and longs for a woman. ^[8]
• Nick, an Australian rugby coach who explains that he expected a different kind of festival; a female journalist friend suggested he attend while she would be there writing a story about the festival. He is very skeptical at first, describing the festival as a cult, but evolves into an enthusiastic participant. He teaches the group some Australian expressions, pronounced in the Australian way, such as "no worries". ^[10]

References

1. "Three Miles North Of Molkom, review". The Telegraph. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
2. Keslassy, Elsa (12 January 2016). "Dan Mazer Boards Studiocanal's 'Three Miles North Of Molkom'". Variety. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
3. "Three Miles North Of Molkom · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
4. "Corina McFarlane". Festival International du Film de Marrakech. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
5. "No Mind Festival - Ängsbacka Kursgård | Course center". en.angsbacka.se. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016.
6. "Sweden's No Mind Festival - Three Miles North of Molkom". The List. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
7. "Three Miles North Of Molkom". UNCUT. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
8. Bradshaw, Peter (17 September 2009). "Three Miles North of Molkom | Film review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 16 October 2020.
9. "Three Miles North of Molkom". New Internationalist. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
10. "Three Miles North of Molkom | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links

• Three Miles North of Molkom at IMDb
• Info on the film production from the Dutch distributor Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (mostly in English)