Сакарис Стоура

Sakaris Stórá

Director

Sakaris Fríði Stórá (1986) was born and raised in the small town of Skopun, on the Faroe Islands. In 2007, he moved to Norway to study film at the Nordland College of Art and Film. After finishing filmschool, he moved back to the Faroe Islands to work as a writer and director, to pursue his goal, to give the Faroese language and culture a place in cinema. His short film Winter Morning won the Special Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury at the 2014 Berlinale.