Arctic Film Festival
Arctic Film Festival is an annual film festival held in September in the Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard's town, Longyearbyen. The festival is organized by HF Productions, and is a United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals' initiative. It is the northernmost film festival in the world.
The festival
Arctic Film Festival was first started in September 2019 and is held annually at the only screening venue in Longyearbyen, Kulturhuset. The event takes filmmakers on environmental excursions in the Arctic region and programs roundtable discussions moderated by HF Head of Production Benn Wiebe. It is organized by Copenhagen-based production company HF Productions and received financial support under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals platform.
Arctic Film Festival awards winners
2019
The following are the winners of the 2019 Arctic Film Festival are:Best Feature Film: Julia Blue, director Roxy ToporowychBest Short Film: Night Shift, director Marc SalamehBest Drama: Amaro, director Fabian FritzBest Feature Documentary: Salvage, Amy C. ElliottBest Short Documentary: Eskimo Inc., director Max BaringBest Student Production: Games of Survival: A Culture Preserved in Ice, director Nicholas NataleBest Special Mention: Rear View Mirror, director Jonathan MayBest Experimental: Backbone, director Eilif Bremer LandsendBest Animated Short: Beyond Us - A Last Story after the Collapse, director Maxime TiberghienBest Music Score: Jetty, director Logan LanierBest Directing: Dancing With Monica, director Anja DalhoffBest Cinematography: Realms, director Patrik SöderlundBest SDG Production: ZAN, director Rick GrehanBest Screenplay: The Venusian Chronicles, writer Lynn Vincentnathan