Kiffaanngissuseq Maani - Freedom Is Here

Junnguk, a 45 year-old man from Ilulissat in the Northwestern part of Greenland, most of all treasures his freedom to live the life that makes him happy. For him this is inconsistent with town-life, an everyday life run by the clock and other people’s decision making.

In the great Ice fiord some 30 miles from town Junnguk and a group of other men have chosen their way of life catching halibut and hunting seals as it has been done in generations by their fathers, grandfathers and those before them.

Throughout the winter months Junnguk and his fellows travel by dog sledge to the ice fiord where they spend days in each other’s company howling their long lines before returning to town with their catch.

This is a story about friendship, feeling at home, tradition and modernity as found in contemporary Greenland and most important of all: choosing one’s way of living.

Sidse Larsen

Sidse Larsen was Born 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The film is the result of the Master degree in Visual Cultural Studies in 2007 from the University of Tromsø.
Lived in Greenland from 2004-2006 where the on-going project of portraying the small group of fishermen working on the ice through photo reportage and film started.