Original Title: ELDFJALL
English Title: VOLCANO

Director: Runar Runarsson
Script Writer: Runar Runarsson
Director of Photography: Sophia Olsson
Editor: Jacob Schulsinger
Production Design: Haukur Karlsson
Orginal Score: Kjartan Sveinsson
Sound Design: Ingvar Lundberg
Sound Editor: Gunnar Óskarsson
Costumes: Helga Rós Hannah
Associate Producer: Hlín Jóhannesdóttir
Line Producer: Rannveig Jónsdóttir
Executive producer: Thomas Gammeltoft
Producer: Thor S. Sigurjonsson, Skuli Fr. Malmquist. Egil Dennerline,

Production company: Zik Zak Filmworks / Fine & Mellow
Production supported by: New Danish Screen, Icelandic Film Centre, Nordic Film and Tv Fund

Synopsis.
When Hannes retires from his job as a janitor the void that is the rest of his life begins. He is estranged from his family, hardly has any friends and the relationship to his wife has faded.Through drastic events, Hannes realizes that he has to adjust his life in order to help someone he loves.Volcano is a coming of age love story of a 67-year-old man and about dealing with the choices of the past and the difficulties of the present in order to embrace the future.

Directors statement
People at crossroads in their live interests me.
The questions they are confronted with , in balance with the choices they have.

Main Cast:
Theodór Júlíusson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann & August Wigum

Shoot on Kodak S-16mm
Theater print: 35mm
Running time: 95 minutes
Number of Reels: 6
Film Gauge: 1:1.85
Sound: Dolby Digital

 

Awards for Volcano

• Best Actor Award-International Film Festival of FIJI
• Castelo de Prata Ficção - the main award of 2012 Festival Internacional de Cinema Jovem de Espinho
• The Best Film at The 18th Bradford International Film Festival
• Edda award for Best Picture
• Edda award for Best Director
• Edda award for Best Screenplay
• Edda award for Lead Actor
• Edda award for Lead Actress
• The Krzysztof Keislowski Award for Best Feature at The 34th Starz Denver Film Festival
• Best Actor Award at The 35th São Paulo International Film Festival
• Best Feature Film Award at the Meeting Point section at 56th Valladolid International Film Festival
• The Louve d’Or / Grand Prix at the 40th Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma
• Quebec Film Critics Association Award for The Best Film at the 40th Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma
• The Silver Hugo at The New Directors Competition at 47th Chicago International Film Festival
• FIPRESCI Award at Reykjavik International Film Festival
• The Church of Iceland Award at Reykjavik International Film Festival
• Best Actor Award at the VII International Film Festival “Eurasia” , Kazakhstan
• Best Director award at The 10th Transilvania International Film

Other Honors

*Nominated for Camera d'or at The Cannes Film Festival 2011

*European Film Awards 2011 / Pre selection

*The Icelandic submission for the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

SPARROWS

Original Title Þrestir

International Title Sparrows

International Premiere Date September 11, 2015, Toronto International Film Festival

Genre Drama Length 99 min.

Language Icelandic

Production Year 2015

Production Countries Iceland, Denmark, Croatia

Production Format Super 16mm Aspect Ratio 1:1.85 Color 

 

Synopsis:

Sixteen-year-old Ari, who has been living in Reykjavík with his mother, is suddenly sent back to the remote West Fjords to live with his father. His relationship with his father has become difficult, and his childhood friends have changed. In these seemingly hopeless surroundings, Ari must step up and find his way.

 

Directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson

Screenplay Rúnar Rúnarsson

Director of Photography Sophia Olsson

Editor Jacob Schulsinger

Music Composer Kjartan Sveinsson

Producer Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir

Co-Producer Igor Nola Costume

Design Helga Rós V. Hannam

Executive Producer Birgitte Hald

Line Producer Brynhildur Birgisdóttir

Make-Up Áslaug Dröfn Sigurðardóttir

Production Designer

Marta Luiza Macuga

Production Unit Sara Nassim

Re-recording Mixer Björn Viktorsson

Sound Design Gunnar Óskarsson

Supported by :  Icelandic Film Centre,  Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Croatian Audiovisual Centre,  Creative Europe ,  The Icelandic ministry of Culture and business 

Awards for Sparrows

• Concha de Oro (Grand Prix) / San Sebastian Festival
• Winner of 1-2 Competition / Warsaw Film Festival
• Silver Hugo at the New Directors competition / Chicago International Film Festival
• Best Film (Grand Prix) / Sao Paulo International Film Festival
• Authors of Cinema Association Award for Best Screenplay / Sao Paulo International Film Festival
• Artistic Achievement Award / 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival
• The Crystal Arrow (Grand Prix) / The Les Arcs European Film Festival
• The Press Prize / The Les Arcs European Film Festival
• Best Cinematography / The Les Arcs European Film Festival
• Best Actor Award / The Les Arcs European Film Festival
• Audience award / Scope100 Hungary
• The Golden Taiga (Grand Prix) / 14th Spirit of Fire International Film Festival
• Audience award / Scope100 Norway
• Best Film / 29th Mamers en Mars European Film Festival
• Grand Prix / 23rd International Film Festival Prague - Febiofest
• FIPRESCI award / Göteborg Film Festival
• Special Jury Award / Transilvania International Film Festival
• Best Director, Croatian Minority Coproductions / Pula Film Festival
• Lessinia d'oro (GRAND PRIX) / 22nd Film Festival della Lessinia
• Best Feature Film 13+/ LUCAS – International Festival for Young Filmlovers
• Special mention / 10th Filmfestival del Garda

Other honors for Sparrows

*European Film Awards 2016 / Pre selection
*The Icelandic submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film 2017
*Nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2016

 

ECHO

Original Title Bergmál

International Title Echo

Production Year 2019

National Premiere Date November 20, 2019

International Premiere Date August 11, 2019, Locarno Film Festival

Length 80 min.

Language Icelandic

 

Synopsis

As Iceland gets ready for Christmas, a peculiar atmosphere settles over the country. An abandoned farm is burning, a children’s choir sings Christmas carols, chicken carcasses parade through a slaughterhouse, a museum employee is arguing on the phone, a young girl makes her mother try on her new virtual-reality headset… In 56 discrete scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both bitter and tender, of modern society.

Directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson

Screenplay Rúnar Rúnarsson

Director of Photography Sophia Olsson

Editor Jacob Schulsinger

Music Composer Kjartan Sveinsson

Costume Design Júlíanna L. Steingrímsdóttir

Sound Design Gunnar Óskarsson

Producer Live Hide, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir, Rúnar Rúnarsson

Co-Producer Sarah Chazelle, Etienne Ollagnier, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal-Zade, Jim Stark, Igor Nola

Production Company Nimbus Iceland, Pegasus Pictures

Co-Production Company Jour2Fête, Bord Cadre, Media Rental

Supported by Icelandic Film Centre, Nordic Film and Tv Fund, Creative Europe , The Icelandic ministry of Culture and business 

International sales The Party Film Sales

Awards for ECHO

• Youth Jury Award / Main Competition of Locarno Int. Film Festival
• Best Director Award / Main Competition Seminci Int. Film Festival
• Interfilm Church prize / Nordic Film Days in Lubeck
• Best Music Award to Kjartan Sveinsson / Les Arcs European Film Festival
• The main prize of the Full-length feature films / Golden Raven International Arctic Film Festival.
• Grand Jurys honorable mention / Gimli Film Festival

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