[11] In August 2023, it was screened at the Norwegian International Film Festival in the 'Human Nature' theme of the main programme,[12] and at the 23rd edition of Dokufest, at Kosovo.

[22] Vladan Petkovic reviewing for Cineuropa highlighted that the film is so well made that "it puts the big-budget nature documentaries to shame with its visuals, music and sound."

Concluding Lemercier wrote, "Even if the visuals, sound design and score are more impressive than in any big-budget nature documentary, it is the finely developed personal dimension that brings out the meaning and the message of the film, which is made all the more poignant by the carefully devised tone and balance in the directorial approach.".

"[24] Wendy Ide in the review for ScreenDaily gave positive views and opined that Margreth Olin began "this lyrical, strikingly beautiful project, returning to her childhood home in Oldedalen, in Western Norway and accompanying her 84 year-old father" with a first-rate specialist team, of cinematographer, sound recordist and composer Rebekka Karijord; and "the result is an arresting study of this particularly photogenic corner of Norway which repays a big-screen viewing."

Ide concluded, "Jorgen’s [Olin's father] whole message is that we should not get so absorbed by concerns about the past – or indeed the future – that we lose our connection to the present.