Heiðrik á Heygum

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Heiðrik á Heygum pronounced [ˈhaɪ:ɹɪk ˈɔ ˈheɪ:jʊn] is a Faroese artist, filmmaker and musician, who lives in Denmark as of April 2020. He is known for several works, i.e. his most recent award-winning short film Skuld and for the indie albums Funeral and Illusions and the award-winning short film Mítt Rúm, for which he won the NUFF prize, a Nordic film award for young directors. Other short films and music videos directed by á Heygum include Aldur and Sigarett. He is also known for directing the music videos "True Love" and "Rain" by Eivør and Aldan reyð" by ORKA. The music video True Love sung by Eivør and directed by Heiðrik was nominated for the Berlin Music Video Awards 2014. Heiðrik graduated from the Danish alternative film school Super16 in 2014 as director and now lives in Iceland studying in the Icelandic Academy of Fine Art. In December 2014 he won both Faroese film prizes, the Geytin award and the Audience award, which are handed on the same event. Read more

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