Búi Dam

1862. Baldur lives a fisherman’s life on the isolated Faroe Islands far to the north in the Atlantic Ocean. His world is turned upside down when a stranger arrives: Helge, a rugged whaler, who awakens deep emotions within him. A mutual attraction starts to grow. When tragedy strikes, their forbidden passion unleashes natural forces so disturbing that the villagers rally to keep evil at bay. But Baldur and Helge refuse to let their love be buried. They will fight till the end – and after.

STAY is a short film depicting two people going their separate ways. A story about connecting while departing. About loneliness in togetherness. A love story about sharing, taking, losing, wanting and not wanting one another.

In the stark, isolated Faroe Islands of 1898, two brothers grapple with profound grief after their eldest sibling's death, igniting a tragicomic feud born from their clashing views on faith, duty, and family. As their rivalry escalates with dark humor and dangerous pranks, they confront the raw, beastly nature of brotherhood in an unforgettable, fable-like showdown.

Two lost souls with incongruent world views meet again and again under strange circumstances, and it will gradually become clear that they are connected by some force that is bigger than they can fathom.

In the Faroe Islands, a family of theatre people are working on staging ‘King Lear’ with the mother in the lead role – a beloved actress who suffers from Alzheimer’s.