The Snow Ball War – The Battle for Survival

Documentary series in 8 episodes.

The small town of Vardoe is located on an island high up in arctic Norway. The Barents Sea surrounding the island is aboundant with fish. But no fisheries exists in Vardoe and the houses stand empty. The inhabitants are declaring Snow Ball War to survive.

English series trailer:

The Snow Ball War won Prix Europa 2011 for Best Television Documentary in Europe.
It was also awarded three of the Norwegian National TV Award “Gullruten” for Best Documentary serial, Best Directing and Best photo 2011.

Production

First broadcast Tuesday 11. January 2011 – 09.30 PM

8 x 39 min HD
1 x 52 min HD int. version

Producers: f(x) productions AS and NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Coorporation

Producers: Fridtjof Kjaereng, Benedikte Bredesen

Exe. producer NRK: Marie Sjo

Director an photography: Fridtjof Kjaereng

Editors: Fridtjof Kjaereng, Charlotte Kahn, Sverre Galgum, Svein Olav Sandem

Music: Raymond Enoksen

Sound mix: Haakon Lammetun

Graphics: Racecar

Grading and online: Gudmundur Gunnarsson