Geytin is an annual Faroese film festival in the Nordic House in Tórshavn where two Geytin film prizes are handed. The festival was established in 2012. The prizes are given to a Faroese film instructor for a short film, which is no longer than 30 minutes.
The main prize is named after Herálvur Geyti, who was better known as Geytin. Geytin travelled around the Faroe Islands in 1960s and 1970s, before cinemas or TV were common in the islands.
There are two prizes, both are handed in December. The main prize, Geytin, is 25 000 DKK from the Nordic House and a statuette, depicting the original person Geytin, the statuette is designed by Astrid Andreassen and Dávur Geyti. The other prize is 10 000 DKK and is given by Tórshavn City Council it is an audience award, where the audience decides the which film is winning. The first time the prizes were handed was on 11 December 2012 at a film festival called Geytin, in the Nordic House in Tórshavn where all the nominated films were shown. Sakaris Stórá from Skopun won the first Geytin film prize for the short movie for Summarnátt (Summer Night), and Annika á Lofti won the Audience Award (Faroese: Áskoðaravirðislønin) for the film Mist.
2012 - Summarnátt, director: Sakaris Stórá2013 - Terminal, director: Dávur Djurhuus2014 - Skuld, director: Heiðrikur á Heygum2015 - Stina Karina, director: Andrias Høgenni2016 - Et knæk, director: Andrias Høgenni2012 - Mist, director: Annika á Lofti2013 - Munch, director: Jónfinn Stenberg2014 - Skuld, director: Heiðrikur á Heygum (Skuld means Guilt)2015 - Tunnan, directors: Jónfinn Stenberg and Jóannes Lamhauge (Tunnan means the Barrel)2016 - Et knæk, director: Andrias HøgenniÓttafet - Nóllywood, short filmNattens Stjerner - Atli Brix Kamban, short filmFrávik - Maria G. Tórgarð, short filmBittersweet - Rói Davidsen, short filmMarra - Hans Kristian Eyðunsson Hansen og Torfinnur Jákupsson, short filmRamblers - Hanus Johannessen, short filmEt knæk - Andrias Høgenni, short filmAlda - Franklin Henriksen and Rúna Ingunardóttir, short film, 7:15 minAt liva við tí - Ása Pálsdóttir and Rebekka Eliasen, documentary, 10:17 minBirting - Leo Lávík, short film, 10:14 minMítt navn er Adam - Rói Davidsen, 3D animation film, 5:30 minGakk tú tryggur - Dávur Djurhuus, short film, 4:00 minTunnan - Jónfinn Stenberg and Jóannes Lamhauge, short film, 28:00 minSlitið saman - Sára Wang and Maria Winther Olsen, short film, 8:00 minBoys - Sunniva Sundby and Julia í Kálvalíð, documentary, 6:45 minStina Karina - Andrias Høgenni, short film, 10:00 minDalur - Heiðrikur á Heygum, short film, 30:00 minRisin og Kellingin, stop motion film, Helga Djurhuus 4:23Det mand ikke taler om, hybrid-dokumentarfilm, Andrias Høgenni 25:00Just another day, documentary, Petra Eliasardóttir Mikkelsen, 5:51Sum einglar vit falla, short film, Maria Winther Olsen, 28:00Autopilot, animation film, Rói Davidsen, 6:00Gongdin, short film, young people from Nollywood (film workshop in Nólsoy), 5:46Kom og dansa, tragic komedie, Andrias Høgenni, 14:00Fall for Ewe, poetic documentary, Høgni Mohr & Jens Jákup Hansen, 2:29Podróżnik, short film, Franklin Henriksen, 4:48Skuld, horror movie, Heiðrikur á Heygum, 30:00Tú, music video - Jóannes LamhaugeTerminal, short film - Dávur DjurhuusEina, short film - Andrias HøgenniTrue Love, short film - Heiðrik á HeygumVetrarmorgun, short film - Sakaris StóráMunsch, short film - Jónfinn StenbergByrta, music profile - Uni L. HansenLítla Ljósið, animation film - Hans Kristian E. Hansen