story
In a small Norwegian village, a mysterious package filled with gifts arrives on the same family’s doorstep every Christmas, as it has for more than twenty-two years. Since no one knows who the sender is, nine-year-old Edle and her younger brother Brage decide to solve the family mystery themselves. Filmed by their mother, Silje, and guided by clues, family memories and conversations with relatives, they embark on an investigation that takes them further than they ever expected.
about the author
Born in 1986, Silje Evensmo Jacobsen is an award-winning Norwegian documentary filmmaker. She gained international recognition with A New Kind of Wilderness, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival and the Amanda Award for Best Norwegian Documentary.
filmography (selection)
2009 Daughter of God (doc.)
2021 Faith Can Move Mountains
2022 Kraft (TV series)
2024 A New Kind of Wilderness
2026 Mysteriepakken (Mystery Package)
“What I especially love about the documentary is that you need to use what you have. You need to use the story, the people, and then you need to create it visually within certain limits, because the story is unfolding on its own terms. And those limits spur me on creatively. But it's just the way you can use the visuals, the sound, the music and everything else to create an art form or a story. So, I see myself not as an artist, but more as a storyteller, because I use all these elements to tell a story.”
- Silje Evensmo Jacobsen