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Movies: Best Movies from Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands

Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norwegian: Svalbard og Jan Mayen, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: SJ, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: SJM, ISO 3166-1 numeric: 744) is a statistical designation defined by ISO 3166-1 for a collective grouping of two remote jurisdictions of Norway: Svalbard and Jan Mayen. While the two are combined for the purposes of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) category, they are not administratively related. This has further resulted in the country code top-level domain .sj being issued for Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and ISO 3166-2:SJ. The United Nations Statistics Division also uses this code, but has named it the Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands. Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean under the sovereignty of Norway, but is subject to the special status granted by the Svalbard Treaty. Jan Mayen is a remote island in the Arctic Ocean; it has no permanent population and is administered by the County Governor of Nordland. Svalbard and Jan Mayen have in common that they are the only integrated parts of Norway not allocated to counties. While a separate ISO code for Svalbard was proposed by the United Nations, it was the Norwegian authorities who took initiative to include Jan Mayen in the code. Its official language is Norwegian. ()
Languages used in Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands: Norwegian

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When the Light Comes(1998)

1h 55min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A young woman spends an adventurous winter with a trapper on Spitsbergen.

Directed by Stijn Coninx - With Francesca Vanthielen, Joachim Król, Reidar Sørensen, Rick Engelkes

Project Iceman(2022)

1h 53min | Documentary, Adventure
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

~ 3.9 km Swim ~ 180 km Bike ~ 42.2 km Run ~ The impossible journey to complete the first ever long-distance triathlon in Antarctica, The Iceman. To prove that limitations are perceptions.

Bardo(2016)

13min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

I initially visited Pyramiden in 2012 for four hours while on The Arctic Circle residency. I returned on my own, in July 2014, to continue ongoing research and begin development on a new project based specifically in Pyramiden. The goal of this fourteen-day expedition was to conceptually recreate and capture the last moments of Pyramiden before its residents hastily evacuated, as well as to document and interpret the rich narrative of remaining artifacts left behind before they are looted or destroyed. The result of this project is Bardo, a twelve-minute film that imagines the final movement of objects as remnants of a fleeing population, succinctly captured within the abandoned spaces throughout the village. The soundtrack was created on the world's northernmost 'Red October' grand piano.

The Chronicles of Polyaris(2014)

1h | Drama, Science Fiction
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A surreal portray of the abandoned Russian settlement Pyramiden on Spitsbergen from the point of view of a traveller lost in space and time.

Directed by Christine Reeh

It's Not Silence(2019)

25min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Far north, in the isles of Svalbard, is a small town called Pyramiden that was once the finest model of communism. Now the former home of Soviet workers is almost empty – but not completely abandoned. Every year thousands of tourists come to see the town of Pyramiden. Nine people live in Pyramiden to serve the tourists as guides, cooks and hotel employees. The residents live without Internet or telephone connections. It’s a place where one can hide from the flood of stimulus and constant messaging that surround us in the modern world – a sanctuary to find peace of mind.