Two decades after the tragic death of his brother, the director’s family is falling apart. When his overworked dad is unexpectedly let off and decides to sell the family home, Christian goes back home in an attempt to assemble the family and recover what is lost. Armed with 30 years of home video, 75.000 family photos, and three tightly fit superhero costumes, he ventures into landscapes of long-lost time, in an attempt to confront a 25-year-old tragedy, and the hidden wounds left in its wake.
Christian Einshøj
Christian Einshøj is a self-taught director and film editor born in Denmark in 1985 but raised in a Norwegian suburb. His editing credits include Bodil award winning Q’s Barbershop (2019). In 2018, his short doc Haunted was awarded Best International Short at HotDocs and went on to play at festivals around the world. The Mountains is his first feature.