The Islands and the Whales

The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but when a local professor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, and the seabird populations’ collapse, environmental changes threaten to change the community forever, calling them to choose between health and tradition. A visually stunning, aurally impressive technical marvel that captures the power of this misty piece of land in the middle of the archipelago.

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Cinematography: Mike Day

Editing: Mary Lampson, Nicole Halova, Mike Day, Claire Ferguson

Sound: Christopher Barnett

Music: Antony Partos & Mike Sheridan

Production: Intrepid Cinema

Producers: Mike Day

Format: Color

Production Country: UK-Scotland-Denmark

Production Year: 2016

Duration: 81

Contact: Ro*co Films annie@rocofilms.com

Awards
Grand Jury Prize – DOC NYC 2016, USA
Best Emerging International Filmmaker – Hotdocs IFF 2016, Canada

Mike Day

Filmography

(selected)
2011 The Guga Hunters of Ness
?2016 The Islands and the Whales