Cinema of the Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands has a small population, and due to the high initial cost of filmmaking, the islands cinema history is modest. The first film director of the Faroe Islands was Katrin Ottarsdóttir. Her first film set in the Faroe Islands was Atlantic Rhapsody in 1989.

The first feature films in Faroese language with full Faroese castings ("Rannvà" 1975, "Heystblómur" 1976 and "Pall Fángi" 1977) were made in the mid-seventies by Miguel Marín Hidalgo, a Spaniard who stayed for several years in the Faroe Islands. In July 2015, the three films were screened again in the Faroe Islands, at the Nordic House in Tórshavn, with the presence of its writer, Miguel Marín Hidalgo. The Faroese National TV, Kringvarp Føroya, broadcast "Rannvá" on 25 and 27 December 2016 and "Heystblómur" on 1 and 3 January 2017.

Recently self-taught Johan Rimestad directed the self-financed feature Karrybollarnir, which takes place in Tórshavn.

In 2012 the first Faroese film prize was established, it is called Geytin. The young Faroese director Sakaris Stórá won the first award for his short film Summarnátt (Summer night). In 2013 he directed a new short film Vetrarmorgun (Winther morning), which was awarded at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2014 grants for filmmaking were on the Faroese Government Budget (fíggjarlógin) for the first time. 22 applied for a grant, 9 of these received a grant, all together the grants were 485 000 Danish krone.

List of Films of the Faroe Islands
This is a list of films concerning the Faroe Islands, either the director is Faroese or the film or parts of it is played in the Faroe Islands:
 * 1975 - Rannvá
 * 1976 - Heystblómur
 * 1977 - Páll Fangi


 * 1989 - Atlantic Rhapsody -
 * 1990 - 1700 meter fra fremtiden
 * 1992 - Tre blink mod vest
 * 1995 - Maðurin ið slapp at fara
 * 1997 - Barbara (Denmark)
 * 1998 - Dansinn (Iceland)
 * 1999 - Bye Bye Blue Bird
 * 2002 - Burturhugur
 * 2003 - Brudepigen - Færgeturen - Jagten på kæledyret
 * 2005 - Trøllini og Mafian


 * 2008 - Ein regla um dagin má vera nokk!
 * 2008 - Eingin kann gera tað perfekta
 * 2009 - Karrybollarnir
 * 2009 - Sporini vaksa úr orðum
 * 2012 - Summarnátt


 * 2013 - Vertarmorgun


 * 2014 - Ludo
 * 2014 - Skuld
 * 2016 - Gjógv - millum Norðhavið og Skarðið (
 * 2017 - Dreymar við Havið