THE VISITORS

THE VISITORS

THE VISITORS

2022, Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia, 83, Veronika Lišková

Synopsis

A young anthropologist, Zdenka, moves with her husband and three sons to Svalbard, Norway, to study how life is changing in polar regions. She has received a prestigious two-year grant to carry out extensive research on the impact of globalisation on the inhabitants of the world‘s northernmost town, Longyearbyen. After falling in love with her new home, Zdenka discovers that more than icebergs and permafrost are vanishing in the Arctic. Through conducting interviews with residents, she begins to perceive how heterogeneous the small local community actually is, while also revealing tensions that lie beneath the surface. Zdenka then has to work out the extent to which she can get involved in the local community that she only originally intended to observe.

World Premiere: Semaine de la Critique Locarno 2022, One World Czech Republic 2023 - Best Film in the Czech Competition, Chicago International Film Festival 2022, CinEast 2022, Cork Film Festival 2022, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2022, Abu Dhabi 2022, HRFF Zurich 2022, One World Slovakia 2022, FIPADOC 2023, Trieste Film Festival 2023, Tromso International Film Festival 2023, Sedona International Film Festival 2023, Tempo Documentary Film Festival 2023, WOW Wales One World Film Festival 2023, Crossing Europe 2023, Hot Docs 2023, International Frauen Film Fest 2023, Trento Film Festival 2023, DOK.fest München 2023, FILMKUNSTFEST 2023, Neiße Filmfestival 2023, Master International Film Festival 2023, Krakow Film Festival 2023, Docudays UA IHRDFF 2023, Euganea Film Festival 2023, European Film Festival Palic 2023, Pärnu International Film Festival 2023, MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival 2023, IceDocs 2023, 🏆 Imagine Science Film Festival - Science New Wave - Honourable Mention, Umeå Film Festival 2023, Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival 2023, Independent FilmFest Osnabrück 2023, CineEco Seia 2023, Bergen International Film Festival 2023, Job Film Days 2023, Greek Documantary Festival - Docfest Chalkida 2023, FREE ZONE BELGRADE 2023, Pianeta Mare 2023, DokuArt 2023, International Festival of Winter Cinema (IFWC) 2024, Blue Planet Future Festival 2024
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