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- The grounded and romantic Kári loves the simple life he has in a small village on an isolated island, in one of the smallest countries in the world. But times soon take a turn for the worse. The only source of income for the local community is the fish factory where he works, and when it faces closure, the workers and his best friend look for a way out. But unlike most young people on the island, Kári wants to stay. He is at peace with things as they are, and even when everyone is chasing a better future somewhere else, Kári decides to stay and face the challenges head-on. Because for him, his home town is The Last Paradise on Earth.
- The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental changes threaten their way of life forever.
- On an isolated island, Ester goes about her mundane life, quietly obeying her religious parents. One day the rebellious Ragna moves to town, and together they enjoy the summer nights, dreaming about something different, something better.
- After having lived for a number of year's abroad, the two friends Rannvá and Barba return for a visit to their native country, the Faroe Islands. They feel that they have outgrown the small island community, present themselves in outrageous colourful clothing and with a superior attitude to all things Faroes. The real purpose of their visit is to solve unfinished family matters, but they soon loose the grip, and find themselves fleeing the answers they came looking for. The girls are "rescued" by Rúni, a local fisherman, who gives them a lift in his old Ford Granada, decorated with zebra covers, flower lights and a stuffed crocodile in the back. On their journey up north they meet, among others, a fallen rock-singer, missionary grandparents, thirsty wedding guests and a Jesus wannabe. Rúni is constantly running errands, there is always someone he has to meet. Who is this silent, shy man? What is his curious business? And why does he get more bruised after each errand? The short route north develops into a long roundabout, across the islands. Skeletons start popping out of the closet. This is a film about hypocrisy, broken dreams, unfortunate fate, and finding oneself. The story is told with a mixture of sadness and satirical humour, just like life so often presents itself.
- Dania is 21 years old and from a Christian congregation in the Faroe Islands. She has just moved to Tórshavn and has become friends with Trygvi, a hip-hop artist who writes about the shadowy sides of man. Dania is fascinated by the honesty and courage in Trygvi's lyrics. She begins to write poems herself, which develops into "Skål", a collection of critical poems about the double life she and other young people have to live in the Christian framework - which she does not want to leave, but instead to renew.
- Two very different men keep running into each other under strange circumstances in Tórshavn, the world's smallest capital. Slowly, they find out that they are bound together by a strange and mystical force.
- Agnes Peterson is a student of journalism. Maria Guttesen suddenly disappeared in 1966 when she was 20 years old. 50 years later, Agnes will undertake an investigation to fulfill her grandfather's dream; to find his sister Maria, dead or alive, and solve the mystery of her disappearance. Jákup Jacobsen, a famous writer in Europe, was one of the main suspects, but evidence was never found against him. His latest published book talks about kidnappings of women. Agnes will move between reality and fiction to solve the case.
- A psychological drama taking place during a day and a night in the life of a young family living in a beautiful house by the sea in the village of Sandur in the Faroe Islands. At a first glance it seems like an ordinary, happy family - mum and dad and their 11-year-old daughter - but soon we realize that something dark and sinister lies lurking behind the facade waiting to explode.
- Presents a day in the life of a few inhabitants of Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands: A father and his daughter are having breakfast when the fire-brigade drive by. A woman and her child are looking at the fire and meet a married couple. The couple say hello to a man who is going out with his boat... and so on.
- When a woman meets the ancient Babylonian goddess, Ishtar, in her dream, she embarks upon a journey to complete a lethal mission.
- Documentary about the founder of Vivino, Heini Zachariassen. Vivino has more than 44 million downloads worldwide and has its HQ in San Francisco.
- The desire for freedom is basic to human nature all over the world. To obtain a driving license is becoming a key factor towards personal freedom for Afghan women. However, is the Afghan society prepared for women behind the wheel?
- It tells the story of a theater actor fighting with his own demons.
- Onstage interview with filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and Richard Richard Peña. Introduced by John Vickers and translated by Adele Yaraghi.
- Gentle and tough. Fragile and existentially hard hitting. Those are a few of many labels you can put on Joanes Nielsen (f. 1953) - a fisherman, workman, socialist, nationalist, and - not least - writer and poet from the Faroe Islands, a small, self governing part of Denmark, situated in the middle of the North Atlantic. Joanes Nielsen is the strongest voice in modern Faroese literature and in this portrait film he generously shares the experiences, which have formed him as a writer. He is not afraid of showing his vulnerability as a human being and as a man. Alternating between narrative and poetry, the filmmaker Katrin Ottarsdottir gives us a fascinating portrait of what drives Joanes as a writer.
- "Ein regla um dagin má vera nokk!" (aka A Line A Day Must Be Enough!) is a portrait of the Faroese poet, painter and performance artist Tóroddur Poulsen (born 1957). He has been a remarkable and important unique voice in Faroese literature, art and music for the last 25 years. Referred to as the "black punk poet" of the Faroes, it is precisely his anarchistic, experimental and subtle approach to poetry as well as life, which characterizes his artistic work. This is a way into the peculiar universe of Tóroddur, and the otherwise not very talkative artist gives us a glimpse of his thoughts on art, God, life and death.
- Joanes Nielsen is the strongest voice in modern Faroese literature and in this portrait film he generously shares the experiences which have formed him as a writer.