Katrin Ottarsdóttir is a Faroese movie director.

Katrin Ottarsdóttir went to Denmark in 1976 and is the first person from the Faroe Islands to study at the film school in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 (1982). In 1989, she received for Atlantic Rhapsody

Atlantic Rhapsody

Atlantic Rhapsody is a 1989 Faroese documentary film by Katrin Ottarsdóttir. The original Faroese title is Atlantic Rhapsody - 52 myndir úr Tórshavn, where the second part means "52 pictures from Tórshavn". The film presents a day in the life of some inhabitants of Tórshavn, the capital of the...

the first prize for a Faroese film at the film festival Nordische Filmtage

Nordische Filmtage

The Lübeck Nordic Film Days is a film festival for movies from the Nordic and Baltic countries held annually in Lübeck, Germany, since 1956 on the first weekend in November...

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Ottarsdóttir writes her screenplays herself and also leads the direction. She also produced Atlantic Rhapsody. Most actors in Ottarsdóttir's films are Faroese people because the island maintains a rich theater scene and there are many skilled actors there. The Faroe Islands, with their unique landscape, are prominently showcased in her films.

The road movie Bye Bye Bluebird

Bye Bye Bluebird

Bye Bye Bluebird is a 1999 Danish-Faroese comedy film directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir and starring Hildigunn Eyðfinsdóttir and Sigri Mitra Gaïni. The satirical film relates the tale of two eccentric young women who, after years abroad, return to their native Faroe Islands, and embark on a strange...

received top honors in 1999 at Nordische Filmtage and the Tiger Award in 2000 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam

International Film Festival Rotterdam

The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands held at the end of January. It is approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno...

. Her daughter Hildigunn Eyðfinnsdóttir (born 1975) acted the leading role in it.

Since 2007 Katrin Ottarsdóttir has been working on a trilogy of film portraits of Faroese artists. The first of the films No One Can Achieve Perfection

No One Can Achieve Perfection

No One Can Achieve Perfection is a 2008 documentary film directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir. It is a portrait of the Faroese sculptor Hans Pauli Olsen .-Synopsis:...

 - on the sculpturer Hans Pauli Olsen

Hans Pauli Olsen

Hans Pauli Olsen is a sculptor based in Denmark, and held in high regard.He is one of the most popular artists in the Faroes. His work is to be found not only in art galleries but in many towns in the Faroes, especially in the Faroese capital Tórshavn...

 - premiered in January 2008. The second film - A Line A Day Must Be Enough!

A Line A Day Must Be Enough!

A Line a Day Must Be Enough! is a 2008 documentary film directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir. It is a portrait of the Faroese poet, painter and performance artist Tóroddur Poulsen...

 - on the poet, painter and performance artist Tóroddur Poulsen, premiered in September 2008. The third film in the trilogy - on the writer Jóanes Nielsen

Jóanes Nielsen

Jóanes Nielsen is a Faroese author and poet of the 1980s generation. He has written both short stories, plays and novels. He has now published seven collections of poetry, and has been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the fourth time with his latest collection of poems,...

 will be premiered at the end of 2009.

All three portrait films are "one-(wo)man, one camera" productions - directed, shot and edited by the filmmaker herself.

Films

• 1989 - Atlantic Rhapsody
  Atlantic Rhapsody
  Atlantic Rhapsody is a 1989 Faroese documentary film by Katrin Ottarsdóttir. The original Faroese title is Atlantic Rhapsody - 52 myndir úr Tórshavn, where the second part means "52 pictures from Tórshavn". The film presents a day in the life of some inhabitants of Tórshavn, the capital of the...
  
  . Feature film. 74 min.
• 1991 - Hannis. Children's short film. 30 min.
• 1995 - The Man Who Was Allowed to Leave. Short film. 56 min.
• 1999 - Bye Bye Bluebird
  Bye Bye Bluebird
  Bye Bye Bluebird is a 1999 Danish-Faroese comedy film directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir and starring Hildigunn Eyðfinsdóttir and Sigri Mitra Gaïni. The satirical film relates the tale of two eccentric young women who, after years abroad, return to their native Faroe Islands, and embark on a strange...
  
  . Feature film. 85 min.
• 2003 - Regin smiður. Dance film. 5 min.
• 2008 - No One Can Achieve Perfection
  No One Can Achieve Perfection
  No One Can Achieve Perfection is a 2008 documentary film directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir. It is a portrait of the Faroese sculptor Hans Pauli Olsen .-Synopsis:...
  
  . Documentary. 85 min.
• 2008 - A Line A Day Must Be Enough!
  A Line A Day Must Be Enough!
  A Line a Day Must Be Enough! is a 2008 documentary film directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir. It is a portrait of the Faroese poet, painter and performance artist Tóroddur Poulsen...
  
  . Documentary. 58 min.
• 2010 - Sporini vaksa úr orðum. A portrait of the Faroese writer Jóanes Nielsen
  Jóanes Nielsen
  Jóanes Nielsen is a Faroese author and poet of the 1980s generation. He has written both short stories, plays and novels. He has now published seven collections of poetry, and has been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the fourth time with his latest collection of poems,...
  
  

External links

• Blue Bird Film, website of filmmaker Katrin Ottarsdóttir.