The Faroese Film Scene

Trailer: Waves

- a film made by Heiðrik á Heygum in 2010:

Waves (Aldur) 85 year old Maria á Heygum has the past 45 years been swimming in the cold sea surrounding The Faroe Islands. The isolated island group is located in the middle of the Atlantic sea somewhere between Scotland and Iceland. Every day, despite the harsh and cruel weather, Maria makes her way down to the shore. This has become part of her; This is the place, where she, as she says, found her will to live.