'The Last Paradise On Earth'

Source: Adomeit Film

‘The Last Paradise On Earth’

Sakaris Stora’s The Last Paradise On Earth has become the first Faroese film to win the prestigious Nordic Council Film Prize.

The Faroe Islands’ first-ever submission to the award receives the DKK 300,000 ($46,811) prize, shared between director, writers, and producer.

It was selected by a jury of Heidi Hilarius-Kalkau Philipsen, Jan Berg Jorgensen, Marjo Pipinen, Klaus Georg Hansen, Jona Finnsdottir, Anne Gjeldsvik, and jury chair Jonas Holmberg.

The Last Paradise On Earth follows a man living a simple life in a small village on an isolated island. When the fish factory that provides the island’s only source of income faces closure, he decides to stay and face the challenges head-on.

The film is written by Tommy Oksen, Mads Stegger and Stora, and produced by Jon Hammer, all of whom share the prize. Production companies are Adomeit Film and Kykmyndir.

It was the first film ever shot on the remote Faroese island of Suduroy; and had its world premiere in the Nordic Light strand at Goteborg Film Festival in January.

The jury described The Last Person On Earth as “a film that, beyond the question of staying or leaving one’s homeland, explores themes of personal paralysis and ecological crisis. Told with unsentimental authenticity, it captures frozen, quiet grief.”

The Film Prize is one of several cultural awards from the Nordic Council that will be presented on October 28 at Sweden’s Riksdag. The Faroe Islands are also represented by poet Vonbjort Vang, winner of the Literature Prize.

The other nominees for the 2025 Film Prize were My Eternal Summer, The Helsinki Effect, WALLS – Akinni Inuk, When The Light Breaks, Dreams and Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989. This was the first time in the two-decade history of the prize that it presented seven nominees.

Last year’s award went to Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex.

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