Erlend Ropstad

Jon's mom is dead, yet she still comes every night before he falls asleep to wish him a good night. But one night she does not, and Jon can't sleep. His dad comes up with an idea; he ties a long red thread around his big toe and leaves Jon the other end to hold on to while he sleeps. Now Jon can tug on the thread if he becomes frightened. Late in the night, Jon wakes with a start, following the thread, he finds that it doesn't lead to his father's bedroom, but down the hall, out the front door, and into what he fears the most; the darkness in the never ending forest behind the house.

Pål Laukli and Erlend Ropstad met through mutual friends in Harstad around ten years ago and immediately hit it off. The idea of working together stayed with them until the winter of 2024, when Erlend was putting the finishing touches on his album Like Evig Som Oss. Pål, an award-winning and internationally acclaimed photographer, took charge of the visual universe surrounding the release – from the album artwork to music videos and film. Their collaboration took them to Scotland, where they spent a few days in March. The result was Like Evig Som Oss, a poetic music film somewhere between art film, documentary and music video, bringing together Erlend Ropstad’s musical universe and Pål Laukli’s distinctive visual language.