Movies: Maria Winther Olsen

A Faroese-Danish low-budget feature film about an aspiring author named Nina who moves to the remote island country Faroe Islands together with her boyfriend William, then finds herself isolated and lonely due to William’s heavy workload as a doctor....

The young Julia – the priest's daughter – falls in love with the beautiful Barbara, who just moved to the island. A story about forbidden love and the hard choices it leads to....

STAY is a short film depicting two people going their separate ways. A story about connecting while departing. About loneliness in togetherness. A love story about sharing, taking, losing, wanting and not wanting one another....

Two young and queer friends from the Faroe Islands have left their home but still live in its shadow. The film is a firework of poetics and tells the story of friendship, polarization and belonging....