WALLS - AKINNA INUK, SELSHAMURINN, FAÐIR MÍN FAÐIR | West Nordic Film Days
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West Nordic Film Days returns October 9-11 at Scandinavia House! A celebration of cinema from Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, this annual film festival returns with selections curated by Birgir Thor Møller.
The matinee screening on October 10 at 2 PM will feature screenings of the Greenlandic feature film Akinni Inuk (Walls, dir. Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg and Sofie Rørdam, 2025), followed by the Icelandic short film Selshamurinn (Sealskin, dir. Ninna Pálmadóttir, 2019) and the Faroese short film Faðir mín Faðir (Father, Oh Father, dir. Julia í Kálvalíð, 2024).
𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗘 — 𝗔𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗜𝗻𝘂𝗸, 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗻, 𝗙𝗮ð𝗶𝗿 𝗠𝗶́𝗻 𝗙𝗮ð𝗶𝗿
Walls – Akinni Inuk
Dir. Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg and Sofie Rørdam, Greenland/Denmark, 2025 | 72 min.
In Kalaallisut and Danish with English subtitles
The award-winning Greenlandic documentary portrays Ruth Mikaelsen Jerimiassen, a Greenlandic woman who has spent nearly half her life behind bars. Her reality shifts when she meets Nina, a filmmaker visiting the prison for a documentary film project. Despite their very different lives, the two women discover a shared traumatic past and form an intense, supportive bond. Eight years in the making, the film offers a raw, non-sensationalized look at the Greenlandic justice system by following the profound friendship that develops between an incarcerated woman and a filmmaker.
Selshamurinn / Sealskin
Dir. Ugla Hauksdóttir (short fiction), Iceland, 2020 | 13,20 min
In Icelandic with English subtitles
Five-year-old Sol and her father live in an isolated house by the sea. Sol spends lonely days with her imagination while her father, a composer, struggles with his music. When Sol senses that her father is burdened by sorrow, she finds solace in an old Icelandic folk tale. The poetic and thoughtful short film from Iceland is directed by Ugla Hauksdóttir.
Faðir mín Faðir / Father, Oh Father
Dir. Julia í Kálvalíð, Faroe Islands, 2025 | 26 min
In Faroese with English subtitles
A woman wishes to connect with her biological father, whom she never met and is now dead. With his remains beside her, she drives around the Faroe Islands showing him the sights of her everyday life and childhood. The short film is directed by the Faroese director Julia í Kálvalíð, confirming her great talent for serving tragicomic stories, combining dark Nordic humor with sparks of color.
𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦
Join us this fall for the festival West Nordic Film Days, a celebration of cinema from Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands! The annual festival returns with selections curated by Birgir Thor Møller, including a range of acclaimed recent feature films, documentaries and shorts. All screenings take place in Victor Borge Hall from October 9-11 with English subtitles.
See the full lineup here:
https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/sh/films/west-nordic-film-days-2026/
𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦
Tickets $13 ($8 ASF Members)
Festival Pass $40 ($30 ASF Members)
The matinee screening on October 10 at 2 PM will feature screenings of the Greenlandic feature film Akinni Inuk (Walls, dir. Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg and Sofie Rørdam, 2025), followed by the Icelandic short film Selshamurinn (Sealskin, dir. Ninna Pálmadóttir, 2019) and the Faroese short film Faðir mín Faðir (Father, Oh Father, dir. Julia í Kálvalíð, 2024).
𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗘 — 𝗔𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗜𝗻𝘂𝗸, 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗻, 𝗙𝗮ð𝗶𝗿 𝗠𝗶́𝗻 𝗙𝗮ð𝗶𝗿
Walls – Akinni Inuk
Dir. Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg and Sofie Rørdam, Greenland/Denmark, 2025 | 72 min.
In Kalaallisut and Danish with English subtitles
The award-winning Greenlandic documentary portrays Ruth Mikaelsen Jerimiassen, a Greenlandic woman who has spent nearly half her life behind bars. Her reality shifts when she meets Nina, a filmmaker visiting the prison for a documentary film project. Despite their very different lives, the two women discover a shared traumatic past and form an intense, supportive bond. Eight years in the making, the film offers a raw, non-sensationalized look at the Greenlandic justice system by following the profound friendship that develops between an incarcerated woman and a filmmaker.
Selshamurinn / Sealskin
Dir. Ugla Hauksdóttir (short fiction), Iceland, 2020 | 13,20 min
In Icelandic with English subtitles
Five-year-old Sol and her father live in an isolated house by the sea. Sol spends lonely days with her imagination while her father, a composer, struggles with his music. When Sol senses that her father is burdened by sorrow, she finds solace in an old Icelandic folk tale. The poetic and thoughtful short film from Iceland is directed by Ugla Hauksdóttir.
Faðir mín Faðir / Father, Oh Father
Dir. Julia í Kálvalíð, Faroe Islands, 2025 | 26 min
In Faroese with English subtitles
A woman wishes to connect with her biological father, whom she never met and is now dead. With his remains beside her, she drives around the Faroe Islands showing him the sights of her everyday life and childhood. The short film is directed by the Faroese director Julia í Kálvalíð, confirming her great talent for serving tragicomic stories, combining dark Nordic humor with sparks of color.
𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦
Join us this fall for the festival West Nordic Film Days, a celebration of cinema from Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands! The annual festival returns with selections curated by Birgir Thor Møller, including a range of acclaimed recent feature films, documentaries and shorts. All screenings take place in Victor Borge Hall from October 9-11 with English subtitles.
See the full lineup here:
https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/sh/films/west-nordic-film-days-2026/
𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦
Tickets $13 ($8 ASF Members)
Festival Pass $40 ($30 ASF Members)
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