WINTER'S YEARNING

WINTER'S YEARNING

Country/ies
Norway
Production
Editor
Åsa Mossberg
Length
77
Original Language
Original language
Status
Completed
Completed in
2019
Eurodoc Participant
Eurodoc Producer
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Year participation
2017
Distribution

«Winter’s Yearning» is a cinematic film about dreams, lives on hold and the human capacity to rise again.

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.

Festivals & Awards
2021 Trento Film Festival (Italy) - Selection
2019 CPH:DOX (Denmark) – Nominated for best Nordix:Dox Documentary Film (World Premiere)
2019 Moscow International Film Festival (Russia) – Nominated for best Int'l Documentary Film
2019 Nordisk Panorama (Sweden) - Nominated for Best Nordic Documentary
Production & financial support