Director: Búi Dam
Producers: Jón Hammer, Mark Steele and Durita Sumberg
Featuring: Birita Mohr, Egi Dam, Búi Dam
Genre: Feature Documentary Film
Run time: 1 hour 29 minutes
A feature documentary by Búi Dam, that includes his family of theatrical stage performers from The Faroe Islands, casts his mother, the theater actress Birita Mohr, who is living with Alzheimer, in Shakespeare’s King Lear.
CPH:DOX 2026 OFFICIAL SCREENING
Sunday, March 15 at 16:15pm
Location: Dagmar 2 (Jernbanegade 2, 1612 København V)
Tuesday, March 17 at 14:15pm
Location: Dagmar 5 (Jernbanegade 2, 1612 København V)
Wednesday, March 18 at 19:30pm
Location: Emmauskirken (Peter Bangs Vej 3C, 2000 Frederiksberg)
BÚI DAM is a director, actor, and musician born who grew up in The Faroe Islands in a family of artists. He studied theater directing at the Danish National School of Performing Arts, acting at the London School of Dramatic Art, and music at FÍH in Iceland. He was mentored by Indian poet and playwright H. S. Shivaprakash and American jazz saxophonist John Purcell. He began his career as a jazz guitarist and composer, performing with renowned singer Eivør as well as other local musicians. A hand injury forced him to give up the guitar and step onto the stage as a singer and performer. Under the name BUDAM, he released two studio albums and toured extensively throughout Europe. He also composed music for several theater productions. He later transitioned fully into theater and film, acting, writing and directing.
Dam’s work has earned him several awards, including Best Short Film at The Geytin Film Awards (2020), Best Actor at the Winter Film Awards in New York (2021), and the prestigious M. A. Jacobsen Award for his play Castle of Joy (2022). BIRITA is his first feature film.
BIRITA MOHR (born 1950) is a retired Faroese actress. She was a leading figure in Faroese theater for more than three decades, performing memorable roles in productions such as Antigone,The Crucible, The Prostitutes Will Precede You into the Kingdom of Heaven, The Lost Musicians, The Vagina Monologues, The Cherry Orchard, and many others. Her film credits include ATLANTIC RHAPSODY and BYE BYE BLUEBIRD, both directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir.
In 2023, Birita was awarded the prestigious Cultural Honorary Award by the Faroese government for her lifelong contribution to Faroese theater.
