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Filmmaker Uncovers Heartwarming Family Mystery in "The Mystery Package"
13 Oct
Summary
- Sundance-winning filmmaker Silje Evensmo Jacobsen's new documentary "The Mystery Package"
- Mysterious Christmas package received by a Norwegian family for 20 years
- Children investigate the package's origins, uncovering family grief and bond
In 2025, Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner Silje Evensmo Jacobsen is set to release her latest film, "The Mystery Package," a heartwarming documentary that follows a Norwegian family's decades-long mystery. For the past 20 years, the Sandnes family from Valdal has been receiving an anonymous Christmas package every year, filled with gifts for the entire family.
Curious to uncover the package's origins, the family's children, Edle (9) and Brage (6), team up with their parents, Magnus and Silje herself, to investigate the mystery. As the young detectives dig deeper, they discover that the first package arrived the year their father's elder brother Hans Petter committed suicide, adding an emotional layer to their quest.
Through the children's eyes, the film blends a whimsical detective story with a tender exploration of family memory, grief, and the bonds that shape us. Jacobsen, who steps in front of the camera alongside her kids, allows the cinéma-vérité style to gradually take shape, capturing the family's real-time journey of uncovering the truth.
Described as a "Christmas adventure documentary family film," "The Mystery Package" is set to captivate audiences as an "instant Christmas Classic" when it premieres in early 2026.
