Faroese-born emerging director Andrias Høgenni, winner of a Canal+ award at Cannes Critics’ Week in 2021 with his short film “Illi illa meint,” just got married this summer.
Spearheaded by Danish production partners Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard of Studiocanal-backed SAM Productions and Rikke Tambo Andersen of Tambo Film , the project has secured co-production partners from France and the Faroe Islands, La Rochelle-based In Vivo Films, behind the 2022 Toronto-bound “Autobiography” and 2019 Rotterdam entry “La Fortaleza,” has come on board at script stage, together with the leading Faroese producer, Jón Hammer of “Trom” backer Kyk Pictures.
Set on a summer day in Runavík on the Faroe Islands, the film chronicles the misadventures of Jákup. All he wants is his step-daughter’s happiness for her wedding day. But he accidentally invites Stina’s biological father, the estranged drunkard Anton. Jakúp must race against the time to stop Anton from ruining the day.
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