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In 1897, a daring new expedition vanishes while trying to discover the North Pole by balloon. After 33 years of silence, their bodies were found on a desolate island in the Arctic. The cause of their sudden, ambiguous deaths has remained a mystery ever since. 100 years later, an obsessed young woman returns to White Island with a team of forensic scientists, determined to finally solve the mystery at any cost. As they dive deeper into Andree's macabre fate, the line between obsession and mania starts to dissolve and little by little, they begin to resemble the original expedition... Poetic and challenging, WHITE ISLAND intertwines forensic mystery with Andree's strange, Jules Vernean adventure story in a visual psychological thriller about the nature of obsession - and the price we pay to fulfill our dreams. Director Karin af Klintberg was awarded a Guldbagge (Swedish Oscar) and Stora Journalistpriset (Swedish Pulitzer) for her last documentary "Ebbe the Movie". She is also the creative force behind a long row of hit shows for SVT (Swedish Public Service TV), including "Världens Modernaste Land", "Landet Brunsås" and "Historieätarna".—Anonymous