WINTER’S YEARNING / HÅBETS Ø

One-off, Creative Documentary, 77 & 52 min, 2019.

When the American aluminium giant ALCOA decides to build their next aluminium plant in Maniitsoq, Greenland, the citizens of the small finishing town have high hopes. Could this be the first major step towards Greenlandic independence? But as years go by and ALCOA is nowhere to be seen, the people of Maniitsoq fall into a state of waiting. The future has been postponed, but for how long?

A social worker, a young woman, and the town’s aluminium coordinator are the main protagonists in this portray of a small society that yearns for change and progress. A progress that in the end comes from an unexpected place.

Directors Sidse Torstholm Larsen & Sturla Pilskog

Cinematograher Henrik Bohn Ipsen

Editor Åsa Mossberg

Sound designer & Mixer Niels Arild

Music by Sebastian Öberg

Producers Sturla Pilskog & Are Kvalnes Pilskog

Co-producers Vibeke Vogel, Emile Hertling Péronard & Inuk Silis Høegh

Produced by Blåst Film (Norway)

Co-producer Bullitt Film (Denmark) & Ánorâk Film (Greenland)

Supported by Norwegian Film Institute, Western Norway Film Centre, Danish Film Institute, Fond for lyd og bilde, EU MEDIA, The Greenlandic Self Rule Government, Zefyr Media Fund, Freedom of Speech Foundation, KNR (Greenlandic Broadcaster) & DR.

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