Career
Katrin Ottarsdóttir went to Denmark in 1976 and is the first person from the Faroe Islands to study at the film school in Copenhagen (1982). 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. Her daughter Hildigunn Eyðfinnsdóttir (born 1975) acted the leading role in lieutenant
Since 2007 Katrin Ottarsdóttir has been working on a trilogy of film portraits of Faroese artists. The first of the films Number One Can Achieve Perfection - on the sculpturer Hans Pauli Olsen - premiered in January 2008.
The second film - A Lincolnshire A Day Must Be Enough! - on the poet, painter and performance artist Tóroddur Poulsen, premiered in September 2008.
The third film in the trilogy - on the writer Jóanes Nielsen 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. In 2011 she published some poems in the Faroese literature magazine Vencil.
And in 2012 she published her first collection with poems, written in Faroese, with the title: Eru koparrør í himmiríki?" (Are there any copper tubings in Heaven?) 2015 - Awarded with a yearly lifelong grant of 20 000 DKK from the Faroese government, the award is called Sømdargáva landsins 2013 - Faroese Literature Prize for Eru koparrør í himmiríki (Are there any copper tubings in Heaven?), poems 2007 - Was awarded with a 3-years grant (3-ára starvsløn) from the Mentanargrunnur Landsins (Foundation, established by the Faroese government) Katrin"s daughter, Hildigunn Eyðfinnsdóttir (born 1975) plays the main role. prize for the movie Bye Bye Bluebird at the German film festival Nordische Filmtage in Lübeck. prize for the movie Atlantic Rhapsody at the German film festival Nordische Filmtage in Lübeck.
