Blåst Film

In 2006, the American aluminium company ALCOA decides to build their plant in Greenland. The massive billion dollars’ project is the opportunity for Greenland to become financially independent from Denmark. The film zooms in on the isolated fishing town Maniitsoq as the years pass and the local inhabitants are put on hold – waiting for the American Dream.

In a deep fjord in Norway a small community is changed forever, as a new European road route threatens the local toads. ”A toad story” is a warm film about seeing greatness in the planets smallest creatures.

In the south-coastal coastal culture, the "ishavshanda" is a hand that has experienced not only heavy work, but also harsh weather conditions, and nature experiences that the people home could hardly imagine.