Dania, 21, grew up in a Christian congregation on the Faroe Islands. She recently moved to Tórshavn, where she became romantically involved with hip-hop artist and poet Trygvi, aka Silver boy. He is from a secular family and writes dark hip-hop lyrics. Fascinated by Trygvi’s courage to write brutally honest lyrics about being human, Dania starts writing more personal texts that amount to a collection of poems, ‘Skál’, critical of the double life she and other young people are forced to live in order to fit within the strict Christian framework. Where to draw the line, when you are young and Christian? Is it a sin to drink? Is it a sin to have a boyfriend who isn’t Christian? How long is it possible to uphold a double life?
| Original title | Skál |
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| Danish title | Skål |
| Keywords | Faroe Islands, The, Young people, Women, Young women, Love, Sweethearts, Belief, Christianity, Families, Poets, Poems, 2020-2030 |
| Director | Cecilie Debell, Maria Tórgarð |
| Producer | Heidi Kim Andersen |
| Director of Photography | Cecilie Debell, Troels Rasmus Jensen, Rógvi Rasmussen, Maria Tórgarð, Jens Jákup Hansen |
| Editor | Rebekka Lønqvist |
| Sound | Kasper Janus Rasmussen, Jacques Pedersen |
| Composer | Ólavur Jákupsson |
| Production country | Faeroe Islands, Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | DR |
| International sales | DR International Sales |
| Danish theatrical release | 13.05.2021 |
| Online release | 29.09.2021, Filmcentralen |
| Comment | World premiere at CPH:DOX. Cecilie Debell has worked in TV as a director and post-producer on documentary series. Her feature-length debut 'My Mother Is Pink' (2017) was selected for CPH:DOX and Sheffield DocFest. Faroese director Maria Tórgarð is debuting in the long form with 'Skál'. |
| DFI subsidy | Norddok |
| Danish rating | Allowed for all |
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| Production company | Made in Copenhagen ApS |
| Co-production | Kykmyndir |
| With support from | Norddok, Film om Grønland, Færøerne og Danmark, Det Danske Filminstitut, DR |
| In collaboration with | KVF, VGTV, SVT, KNR |
| Domestic distribution | DR |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Cecilie Debell |
| Direction | Maria Tórgarð |
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| Producer | Heidi Kim Andersen |
| Co-producer | Jon Hammer |
| Production manager | Henriette Kræmer |
| Executive producer | Helle Faber |
| Production assistant | Sólvá Svartafoss |
| Production assistant | Rannvá Jónsdóttir Johansen |
| Production assistant | Esther á Fjallinum |
| Production assistant | Anita Hermansen |
| Production assistant | Anna Ofelia Ørum Borregaard |
| Production assistant | Niels Constantin Brun Ejlers |
| Executive producer | Helle Faber |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Cecilie Debell |
| Cinematographer | Troels Rasmus Jensen |
| Cinematographer | Rógvi Rasmussen |
| Cinematographer | Maria Tórgarð |
| Camera assistant | Fríði Birgirsson Olsen |
| Cinematographer | Jens Jákup Hansen |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Rebekka Lønqvist |
| Assistant editor | Karoline Ellekær Bisgaard |
| Trailer editor | Mik Stampe |
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Music |
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| Composer | Ólavur Jákupsson |
| Music supervisor | Cecilie Karpinski |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Kasper Janus Rasmussen |
| Sound designer | Jacques Pedersen |
| Mixer | Kasper Janus Rasmussen |
| Mixer | Jacques Pedersen |
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Visual effects |
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| Graphic design | Rasmus Lange |
| Online | Adam Bendixen |
| Colorist | Anders V. Christensen |
| Assistant colorgrader | Maria Klarlund |
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