AL JAZEERA | The Archipelago

"Beautifully shot and deceptively paced, The Archipelago depicts a rare, empathetic view of whaling focusing on self-sustainability within the Faroe Islands community. Huguet's strength is in his storytelling - his unflinching eye doesn't moralise or sensationalise. The documentary is surprising and compelling, allowing insight into the inhabitants’ reaction to the protests of the controversial act of whale hunting – an act so embedded into the culture of the islands.”  Daisy Fili, Sheffield Doc/Fest

The Archipelago is a medium-length feature film set in the Faroe Islands and investigating its inhabitants’ controversial whale-hunting practices. The film was distributed globally, winning major awards at international film festivals. It was acquired by Al Jazeera for its flagship documentary television programme, "Witness".

Broadcast AL JAZEERA - WITNESS
Commissioner FIONA LAWSON-BAKER
Associate Producer KAMILLA KRISTIANE HODØL
Sound Recordist NATASHA ROPER
Editor NEIL LENTHALL
Sound Designer ROB MALONE
Music Composer ANTONIO NARDI
Colourist ALEX PETERS
Directed, Filmed and Produced by BENJAMIN HUGUET

BROADCASTS

Al Jazeera International (Witness) - February 15, 2018
RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal - November 11, 2018

AWARDS

International Documentary Association David L. Wolper Award 2018, Los Angeles, USA
Best Student Film Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018, Sheffield, UK
Best Documentary Prize at CILECT 2018, Brisbane, Australia
Audience Award at Sehsüchte 2018‏, Berlin, Germany
Green Screen film festival 2018 - Best Newcomer Award, Eckernförde, Germany
FIFE 2018 : Special mention for Best Short documentary, Paris, France
Jury Prize at the International Island Film Festival 2018, Groix, France
Professional Jury Prize at the "Pêcheurs du Monde" Film Festival 2018, Lorient, France
Gaïa Student Film Award at BIFED 2018, Bozcaada Island, Turkey
Jury Prize at the "Traces de Vies" Film Festival 2018, Clermont-Ferrand, France

MAIN SELECTIONS

The International Documentary Association Awards 2018, Los Angeles, USA
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018, Sheffield, UK
Le Mois du Documentaire 2018, France
Millennium International Documentary Film 2018, Brussels, Belgium
13th Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival 2018, Berlin, Germany
The London Short Film Festival 2018, London, UK
The Sehsüchte film festival 2018, Babelsberg, Germany
The 2018 Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
FIFE - The International Environmental Film Festival 2018, Paris, France
The Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival 2018 Bristol, UK
Pyongyang International Film Festival 2018, Pyongyang, North Korea

AND ALSO

Rencontres Documentaires de Clermont-Ferrand 2018, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Pêcheurs du Monde film festival 2018, Lorient, France
Tartu World Film Festival 2018, Tartu, Estonia
14th Gdańsk DocFilm Festival 2018, Gdańsk, Poland
5th Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival 2018, São Paulo, Brazil
DokumentART 2018, Neubrandenburg, Germany
Festival du Film de Douarnenez 2018, Douarnenez, France
Festival "Etonnants Voyageurs" 2018, Saint-Malo, France
Festival international du film insulaire de Groix 2018, Groix, France
BIFED 2018 - Bozcaada Film Festival for Ecological Documentary, Bozcaada, Turkey
Festival du Film de L'Ouest 2018, Rennes, France
Territoires en Images Film Festival 2018, Paris Institute of Geography, France
Terra Festival 2018, Guadeloupe, France
Savonlinna International Film Festival 2018, Savonlinna, Finland
Elliniki Etairia: Panorama Film Festival 2018, Plaka, Greece
The International Student Film Festival in Romania 2018, Bucharest, Romania
The Marda Loop Justice Film Festival 2018, Calgary, Canada
Marburg International Ethnographic Film Festival 2018, Marburg, Germany
Les Rencontres Hivernales du Documentaire de Grignan 2018, Grignan, France
The Peloponnese International Documentary Festival 2018, Kalamata, Greece
Bergamo Film Meeting 2018, Milan, Italy
Greenscreen - The International Wildlife Film Festival 2018, Eckernförde, Germany
Les Rencontres AdHoc 2018, Mirabel et Blacons, France

SHORTLISTED

The Royal Television Award 2018, London, UK
Vision du Réel Film Festival 2018, Nyon, Suisse
The Grierson Awards 2018, London, UK