Private Project

LENGTH OF SWEDEN

LENGTH OF SWEDEN is an endurance ride documentary—following Erik Nohlin, Rita Jett and Kristian Hallberg on the 2,100 km Sverigetempot randonée along the spine of sparsely populated Scandinavia.

All three riders could and would crack a nut like this without talking about it. But these very thoughts that comes up when you’re riding long distance, the mental road you roll after leaving your comfort zone, all tunnels you ride into—we wanted to document in this collage.

  • Kristian Walter
    Filmmakers
    Photographer, Producer
  • Martin Gilluck
    Filmmakers
    Photographer, Producer
  • ERTZUI FILM
    Production Studio
  • Kristian Walter
    Writer
  • Martin Gilluck
    Editing & Sound Design
  • Kai Tebbel / FILMTON
    Sound Mastering
  • Martin Schroeder / REALCUT
    Color Grading
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Travel, Cycling, Adventure, Outdoor
  • Runtime:
    32 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 13, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 1080p25
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Production premiere
    Los Angeles
    United States
    January 21, 2017
    Production premiere
  • Bicycle Film Festival
    New York City
    United States
    June 23, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Berlin Bicycle Week
    Berlin
    Germany
    March 3, 2017
    Official Selection
  • International Festival of Outdoor Films
    Prague / 50 Venues Festival Tour
    Czech Republic
    October 6, 2017
    Official Selection
  • RADKULT Filmfestival Wien
    Vienna
    Austria
    December 15, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Morocco Adventure Film Festival
    Rabat
    Morocco
    December 19, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Wasatch Mountain Film Festival
    Wasatch Foothills / Salt Lake City, Utah
    United States
    April 7, 2018
    Official Selection
Director Biography

Founded in 2009, ERTZUI FILM is a production studio with the mission to make portraits and documentaries about extraordinary ventures, pioneers and discoverers, to help them telling their story. The filmmakers Kristian Walter and Martin Gilluck are the creative minds behind ERTZUI. The studio is based in Leipzig, Germany.

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Director Statement

ERTZUI TAGS: LOVE THINGS WITH CHARACTER, HAVE A GUT FEELING AND LISTEN TO IT, DON'T PUT NUTELLA IN THE FRIDGE, APPRECIATE TRADITION AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, BRAKE A RULE ONCE IN A WHILE, WHEN IN TROUBLE—MANAGE IN STYLE, LOVE YOUR HOMETOWN, UNDERSTAND A VISION AS A MISSION, MAINTAIN YOUR SIGNATURE