For almost one hundred days the Faroe Islands - a small and isolated Atlantic nation - were under the initial lockdown, struggling together to avoid fatal consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cinematography
Stunning Atlantic emptiness—cliffs, fog, villages clinging to oblivion.
Writing
No narrator preaching, just voices from the edge of the world.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Faroes' 'grindadráp' whale hunt tradition sparked global controversy in 2021—the lockdown forced the nation to confront which traditions could pause and which could not.
Director Heiðrik á Heygum shot most footage on his phone while himself in quarantine, technically making this the most prestigious home movie in pandemic cinema.
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