*Video updated on April 16, 2025.

Reflecting on the effects of hardships and diversity can prove to be a powerful way to support unity and a sense of belonging. The new documentary short, ‘A Home on Every Floor,’ does just that by explores the relationship between spoken word and the methods of cinema playing with memories and nostalgia, especially from a child’s perspective.

Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid directed and produced the Norwegian movie, which she also co-wrote with Hanna Asefaw. The latter also appears in the 11-minute short, which is presented in Norwegian with English subtitles.

‘A Home on Every Floor’ chronicles how Asefaw, who’s a poet, as she reflects on her memories of growing up in a municipal flat in Oslo with her Eritrean family in the late 1990s. Through an electrifying spoken word performance, she visits her childhood universe reimagined in miniature figures, and reflects on community, diversity and belonging – and the political indifference that broke it apart.

‘A Home on Every Floor’ had its Georgia Premiere at the Academy Award recognized Atlanta Film Festival this past Saturday, April 27. The d will documentary have its second screening this Sunday, May 5 at 3:00pm ET at The Tara Theatre’s Jack Auditorium. Following its second in-person premiere, the short will stream virtually from May 6 through May 12.

In honor of ‘A Home on Every Floor’s Georgia Premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival, Rosenlund-Hauglid and Asefaw generously took the time to talk about scribing, helming and producing, as well as screening the short at the Atlanta Film Festival, during exclusive interview over Zoom. Watch the video interview above.