- In the dense thicket, over windblown dunes and in a quiet pine forest, a daily battle is fought to maintain the state of nature. A handful of people have decided to do what they can to maintain the Denmark as it was.
- In the dense thicket, over windblown dunes and in a quiet pine forest, a daily battle is fought to maintain the state of things in the landscape's order. A handful of people have decided to do what they can to maintain the plant and animal kingdom as it was. And their biggest enemy in this never ending fight is so-called invasive species. INTRUDERS is a slow-cinema nature documentary from the Danish landscape. It follows six people, each individually and entirely alone, in an unremitting Sisyphean battle to keep invasive animals and plants in check. Without real dialogue or facts, the audience is invited in with an insistent and at times humorous eye, accompanied by originally composed music by Magnus Plejdrup. In the documentary, nature - despite taking place in small Denmark - is devoid of humans and without signs of other people. However, the six protagonists insist on infiltrating the remotest corners of the Danish nature's domains, and their presence seems unwelcome by the remaining nature itself. The film subtly shows humanity's struggle for control over nature but leaves it up to the audience to reflect on humanity's and thus their own position in our own landscape. We are invited to consider why these people insist on spending so much time fighting these species. And why do they continue this Sisyphean task when the battle seems lost from the start? Is it once again an expression of human hubris when we insist on 100% control over the nature around us? Director David Krøyer has created a unique and artistic work with INTRUDERS that challenges Danish documentary's form and structures. The documentary's closest references are works such as "Leviathan" (2012) and "Ascension" (2022), which also challenge our understanding of the documentary genre and invite the audience into a space for reflection.
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