North of the sun

Inge Wegge (25) and Jørn Ranum (22) spent nine months of cold, Norwegian winter in the isolated and uninhabited bay of a remote, arctic island by the coast of Northern-Norway, facing nothing but the vast Atlantic Ocean. There they built a cabin out of driftwood and other cast-off materials that washed up on shore, and ate expired food the stores would otherwise have thrown away. But the boys brought with them two items of utmost importance: Their surfboards - perhaps their biggest motivation for the arctic adventure. Because the remote bay holds a well kept secret; Some of the worlds finest surfing waves.
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BANFF mountain film review:
“If it's possible to have a perfect adventure film, then this year's Grand Prize Winner comes about as close as you can get. A highly original adventure that's captured in a film planned to perfection: a wonderful story, engaging personalities, breathtaking camera work, and expertly edited. It should be no surprise then that this was the unanimous choice of the jury. It's a great privilege to present this years' Grand Prize to two people who not only followed their dream but made a film so full of joy that we can all share in their adventure. If you ever thought the people of Norway are just a bit different from the rest of us... you must see this film.”
— Richard Else

Awards:
2012 The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival: Audience Award
2012 The Norwegian Short Film Festival: Honorary Mention - Documentary Films
2012 Canadian Surf Film Festival: Best Film, Best Cinematography
2012 London Surf Film Festival: Best Documentary
2012 Wavescape Surf Film Festival, Cape Town: Best Feature Length Film
2013 Waimea Ocean Film Festival: People's Choice Award, Best Film Ocean Experience
2013 Sheffield Adventure Film Festival: Grand Prize - Gold Award, Spirit Of Adventure - Silver Award
2013 Nord \ Nordwest Surf Skate Film Festival Hamburg: Best Feature Length Film
2013 Dunkirk World Sea Film Festival: Le Prix du Jeune Réalisateur
2013 Pelicam International Film Festival: Best Feature Length Film
2013 Portugese Surf Film Festival: Surf Film Best
2013 Cervino CineMountain International Mountain Film Festival: Premio Vie de Montagne
2013 BANFF: Grand Prize, People's Choice Award and Dolby Audio Award
2013 25. Internationales Berg & Abenteuer Filmfestival Graz: Alpine Camera in Gold
2014 The Coldsmoke Award
2014 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Best Environmental Film
2014 International Mountain Film Festival Domzale: Best Mountains, Sports and Adventure Film Award
2014 Lookout Wild Film Festival: Best Exploration Film
2014 BEST DOCUMENTARY and seaweed GOLD: FICSURF
2014 Best Extreme Sports Film Award: Ladek mountain film festival
2014 Audience award: Environmental Film Festival Melbourne

Official selection
2012 The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
2012 The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2012 Fjellfilmfestivalen - Norwegian Mountainfilm Festival
2012 Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Festival, Oulu
2012 Canadian Surf Film Festival
2012 London Surf Film Festival
2012 Wavescape Surf Film Festival, Cape Town
2013 Waimea Ocean Film Festival
2013 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
2013 Göteborg International Film Festival
2013 Sheffield Adventure Film Festival
2013 One World - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague
2013 Aotearoa Surf Film Festival
2013 ViewFinders: Atlantic Film Festival for Youth
2013 5Point Film Festival
2013 Trento Film Festival
2013 Elixir/Nordic Outdoor Festival
2013 Au Bout du Rêve - Adventure Film Festival
2013 Mountainfilm in Telluride
2013 DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival
2013 Dunkirk World Sea Film Festival
2013 Pelicam International Film Festival
2013 Ombak Bali International Surf Film Festival
2013 Portugese Surf Film Festival
2013 New Zealand Mountain Film Festival
2013 Cervino CineMountain International Mountain Film Festival
2013 Transatlantyk Poznan International Film and Music Festival
2013 Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren
2013 Surfilmfestibal 2013 Mill Valley Surf Film Festival
2013 Adventure Film Festival Boulder
2013 International Festival of Mountain Films Poprad
2013 Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
2013 DOCSDF International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City
2013 Banff Mountain Film Festival
2013 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
2013 International Mountain & Adventure Film Festival Graz
Oh, sorry there is not more space to write here. See the full list here: nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/search/Film?key=105727