Arctic Film Festival
Arctic Film Festival is an annual film festival held in September in the Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard's town, Longyearbyen. The festival is organized by HF Productions, and is a United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals' (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 Longyearbyen, 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 Copenhagen-based production company HF Productions and received financial support under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (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

== External links ==
Arctic Film Festival's official website