Arctic Film Festival is an annual

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held in September in the Norwegian archipelago,

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's town,

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. The festival is organized by

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, and is a

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' (SDGs) 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

, 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

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-based production company,

, and is a SMART initiative by

(SDGs) platform.

Arctic Film Festival awards winners

2019

The following are the winners of the 2019 Arctic Film Festival are: * Best Feature Film: ''Julia Blue'' (2018), director Roxy Toporowych * Best Short Film: ''Night Shift'' (2018), director Marc Salameh * Best Drama: ''Amaro'' (2019), director Fabian Fritz * Best Feature Documentary: ''Salvage'' (2019), Amy C. Elliott * Best Short Documentary: ''Eskimo Inc.'' (2019), director Max Baring * Best Student Production: ''Games of Survival: A Culture Preserved in Ice'' (2019), director Nicholas Natale * Best Special Mention: ''Rear View Mirror'' (2019), director Jonathan May * Best Experimental: ''Backbone'' (2019), director Eilif Bremer Landsend * Best Animated Short: ''Beyond Us - A Last Story after the Collapse'' (2019), director Maxime Tiberghien * Best Music Score: ''Jetty'' (2018), director Logan Lanier * Best Directing: ''Dancing With Monica'' (2017), director Anja Dalhoff * Best Cinematography: ''Realms'' (2018), director Patrik Söderlund * Best SDG Production: ''ZAN'' (2017), director Rick Grehan * Best Screenplay: ''The Venusian Chronicles'' (2018), writer Lynn Vincentnathan

References

External links

* {{official website, https://www.arcticfilmfestival.net/, Arctic Film Festival's official website Film festivals in Norway September events Annual events in Norway Tourist attractions in Svalbard Norwegian film awards Film festivals established in 2019