Still from the documentary "The Human Shelter: Expedition into What Makes a Home". Sami vinter landscape and cabin on skies, Norway. Image © Adam Philp

Published on October 29, 2026

The Human Shelter: Expedition into What Makes a Home is an exploration of the feeling of home. Directed by Boris Bertram and funded by IKEA , the film looks at present ways of living in Norway , Iraq , the United States , Nigeria , Japan , Uganda , and Iceland , interrogating the role of home in order to project it into the future. Through imagery and personal narratives, the documentary connects the concept of home with landscape, movement and settling, time, migration and security, vulnerability, and nature. How do displaced populations create a home? When does a shelter become a home?…