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NORDIC COMPETITION AND BREATHE NOMINEE NORMALLY by Ísold Uggadóttir

PLOEY by Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson NORDIC COMPETITION AND BREATHE NORMALLY NOMINEE THE FALCONS by Ísold Uggadóttir by Bragi Thór Hinriksson Features

At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s Each summer, kids from all over Iceland gather on a small lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while being trapped island to participate in a week-long football tournament. by unforeseen circumstances. Between a struggling single Ten-year-old Jón travels to the tournament with his team mother from Iceland and an asylum seeker from Africa, and will be forced to grow up faster than he expected, an intimate bond will form as both fight to get their lives both on and off the pitch.

back on track. Original title Víti í Vestmannaeyjum Genre Family Original title Andið eðlilega Director Bragi Thór Hinriksson Genre Drama Screenwriters Jóhann Ævar Grímsson, Gunnar Helgason, Ottó Geir Borg Director/Screenwriter Ísold Uggadóttir Based on a novel by Gunnar Helgason Producer Skúli Malmquist Producers Thórhallur Gunnarsson, Anna Vigdís Gísladóttir, Kjartan Thór Thórdarson, Coproducers Diana Elbaum, Annika Hellström, Hilmar Sigurdsson Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir, Inga Lind Karlsdóttir Director of photography Ágúst Jakobsson (Metalhead) Director of photography Ita Zbroniec-Zajt Editor Gudni Hilmar Halldórsson (Case) Editor Frédérique Broos Music Margrét Örnólfsdóttir Music Gísli Galdur Cast Lúkas Emil Johansen, Viktor Benóny Benediktsson, Ísey Hreidarsdóttir, Róbert Luu, Cast Babetida Sadjo, Kristín Thóra Haraldsdóttir Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Óli Gunnar Gunnarsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir (Trapped, Virgin Production company Zik Zak Filmworks Mountain), Gunnar Hansson, Sigurdur Sigurjónsson (Rams) Coproduction companies Entre Chien et Loup, Cinenic Film, Production company Sagafilm Skot Productions, Pegasus Pictures International sales LevelK ([email protected]) International sales The Match Factory ([email protected]) Iceland, 2018, 1 × 95’ and 6 × 25’, HD Iceland/Belgium/Sweden, 2018, 95 min., DCP

FIRST FEATURES COMPETITION TALLINN PLOEY SUMMER CHILDREN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL by Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson by Gudrún Ragnarsdóttir 2017

In order to survive the cruel winter months a young flightless Siblings Eydís and Kári are only five and six years old plover chick must take on a dangerous journey to find a when their parents’ marriage breaks apart. Following legendary valley located in the heart of the highlands while the divorce they are sent temporarily to a children’s trying to stay hidden from the ever watchful eyes of a ravenous home in the countryside. But when the stay turns out falcon who has been terrorizing his family and friends for years. to be longer than they had expected, Eydís and Kári take

Original title Lói – þú flýgur aldrei einn matters into their own hands. Genre Animation/Family/Adventure Director Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson (Brim) Original title Sumarbörn Codirectors Gunnar Karlsson, Ives Agemans Genre Drama/Family Screenwriter Fridrik Erlingsson Director/Screenwriter Gudrún Ragnarsdóttir Editor Jón Stefánsson Producers Anna María Karlsdóttir, Hrönn Kristinsdóttir Music Atli Örvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, The Edge of Seventeen, Rams) Coproducer Egil Ødegård English cast Jamie Oram, Harriet Perring, Iain Stuart Robertson, Richard Cotton, Director of photography Ásgrímur Gudbjartsson Thórunn Erna Clausen, Thomas Arnold Editor Davíd Alexander Corno (Of Horses and Men) Icelandic cast Matthías Matthíasson, Rakel Björgvinsdóttir, Music Kira Kira, Hermigervill Jóhann Sigurdarson (Trapped), Arnar Jónsson, Hilmir Snær Gudnason (Mamma Gógó), Cast Kristjana Thors, Stefán Örn Eggertsson, Brynhildur Gudjónsdóttir Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Trapped, The Deep, Brim) Production company Ljósband Producers Hilmar Sigurdsson, Ives Agemans Coproduction company Filmhuset Fiction Production company GunHil International sales Attraction Distribution ([email protected]) Coproduction company Cyborn Iceland/Norway, 2017, 84 min., DCP International sales ARRI Worldsales ([email protected], [email protected]) Iceland/Belgium, 2018, 85 min., DCP

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CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL THE SWAN UNDER THE TREE 2017 by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson

A wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside When the next-door neighbors complain that a tree in one summer to work and mature, but she soon finds herself Baldvin’s and Inga’s backyard is casting a shadow over their deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp. sundeck, a typical spat between suburban neighbors begins

Original title Svanurinn to spiral unexpectedly and violently out of control. Genre Drama Director/Screenwriter Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir Orginal title Undir trénu Based on a novel by Gudbergur Bergsson Genre Drama Producers Birgitta Björnsdóttir, Hlín Jóhannesdóttir Director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson (Either Way, Paris of the North) Coproducers Verena Gräfe-Höft, Anneli Ahven Screenwriters Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, Huldar Breidfjörd (Paris of the North) Director of photography Martin Neumeyer Producers Grímar Jónsson (Rams), Sindri Páll Kjartansson, Thor Sigurjonsson Editors Sebastian Thümler, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (Atomic Blonde, Coproducers Klaudia Smieja, Beata Rzezniczek, Jacob Jarek, Ditte Milsted John Wick, Contraband) Director of photography Monika Lenczewska Music Gunnar Örn Tynes, Örvar Smárason Editor Kristján Lodmfjörd (Rams, Paris of the North, Either Way) Cast Gríma Valsdóttir, Thor Kristjansson (Life in a Fishbowl, Black’s Game), Blær Music Daníel Bjarnason Jóhannsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson (Trapped, Everest), Katla Margrét Thorgeirsdóttir Cast Steindi Jr., Sigurdur Sigurjónsson (Rams), Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Thorsteinn Production companies Vintage Pictures, Junafilm, Kopli Kinokompanii Bachmann (Case, Life in a Fishbowl), Selma Björnsdóttir International sales M-Appeal ([email protected]) Production company Netop Films Iceland/Germany/Estonia, 2017, 95 min., DCP Coproduction company Madants, Profile Pictures, One Two Films International sales New Europe Film Sales ([email protected]) Iceland/Poland/Denmark/Germany, 2017, 90 min., DCP

ALMA THE DEPOSIT by Kristín Jóhannesdóttir by Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir In postproduction

After having witnessed her father’s brutal murder, three- When Gisella becomes bankrupt, she decides to rent out her year-old Alma and her mother fled their war-torn homeland spare bedrooms to two immigrant women. The arrangement and settled in Iceland. Now, 25 years later, Alma is serving begins well for all parties but gradually the foreign influences time in a psych ward for murdering her boyfriend, a crime in the home begin to threaten Gisella’s control of the house, she can’t remember. her morals, and her sanity. Special mention from Eurimages Lab Project Awards jury at Haugesund 2017 Original title Tryggð Original title Alma Genre Drama Genre Drama Director/Screenwriter Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir Director/Screenwriter Kristín Jóhannesdóttir (As in Heaven) Based on a novel by Audur Jónsdóttir Producer Gudrún Edda Thórhannesdóttir Producers Eva Sigurdardóttir, Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir Coproducers Anna G. Magnúsdóttir, Ilann Girard, Jim Stark, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir Director of photography Ásgrímur Gudbjartsson Director of photography Ita Zbroniec-Zajt Editor Andri Steinn Gudjónsson (Virgin Mountain, Submarino) Editors Marteinn Thórsson, Máni Hrafnsson Music Kira Kira (Grandma Lo-fi) Music Högni Egilsson Cast Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir, Enid Mbabazi, Raffaella Brizuela Sigurdardóttir Cast Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), Snæfrídur Ingvarsdóttir, Snorri Engilbertsson, Production companies Askja Films ([email protected]), Rebella Filmworks Kristbjörg Kjeld (Mamma Gógó), Hilmir Snær Gudnason (Mamma Gógó) Iceland, 2018, 90 min., DCP Production designer László Rajk (The Man from London, Son of Saul) Production company Duo Productions ([email protected]) Coproduction companies Little Big Productions, Arsam International, J. Stark Films, Pegasus Pictures, Berserk Films Iceland/Sweden/France/USA, 2018, 90 min., DCP

LET ME FALL MIHKEL by Baldvin Z by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon

When 15-year-old Magnea meets Stella, everything Mihkel and Vera dream of moving to Iceland, a land of relative changes. Stella’s no-holds-barred lifestyle drags them opportunity and equality. Events take an unexpected turn, both into a world of drugs, which brings serious however, and Mihkel ends up being betrayed by his oldest consequences for each of them, and their relationship. friend, Igor. An epic and biblical tragedy based on real events. Films from Iceland from Films Twelve years later their paths cross again, and Original title Mihkel a reckoning between them becomes unavoidable. Genre Drama Director/Screenwriter Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon (Screaming Masterpiece) Original title Lof mér að falla Producers Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, Kristinn Thórdarson, Leifur B. Dagfinnsson, Genre Drama Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon Director Baldvin Z (Trapped, Jitters, Life in a Fishbowl) Coproducers Evelin Soosaar-Penttila, Riina Sildos, Egil Ødegård Screenwriters Baldvin Z (Life in a Fishbowl, Jitters), Director of photography Tómas Örn Tómasson Birgir Örn Steinarsson (Life in a Fishbowl) Editor Davíd Alexander Corno (Of Horses and Men) Producers Júlíus Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson Cast Atli Rafn Sigurdarson (Jar City), Kaspar Velberg, Coproducers Markus Selin, Jukka Helle Tómas Lemarquis (Nói Albinói, Touch Me Not), Paaru Oja Director of photography Jóhann Máni Jóhannsson (Life in a Fishbowl) Production companies Truenorth, Editor Úlfur Teitur Traustason Icelandic Film Corporation, Black Viking Music Ólafur Arnalds (Broadchurch BAFTA award winner, Life in a Fishbowl) Coproduction companies Amrion, Evil Doghouse Productions Cast Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir, Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, International sales LevelK ([email protected]) Thorsteinn Bachmann (Case, Life in a Fishbowl) Iceland/Estonia/Norway, 2018, 98 min., DCP Production company Icelandic Film Company ([email protected], [email protected]) Coproduction company Solar Films Iceland/Finland, 2018, 128 min., DCP

VULTURES WOMAN AT WAR by Börkur Sigthorsson by Benedikt Erlingsson

In an attempt to fix his financial problems, Erik recruits his Halla, an independent woman in her late 40s, declares war brother, Atli, to help him import a shipment of cocaine into on the local aluminium industry. She’ll risk anything to protect Iceland. Erik thinks he’s got things all figured out, until the the Icelandic highlands, until an orphan unexpectedly enters young Polish “mule” they’ve hired is unable to pass the drugs her life.

through her system. Orignal title Kona fer í stríð Genre Action Original title Vargur Director Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses and Men) Genre Drama/Thriller Screenwriters Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses and Men), Ólafur Egill Egilsson (The Oath) Director/Screenwriter Börkur Sigthorsson (Trapped) Producers Marianne Slot, Benedikt Erlingsson, Carine Leblanc Producers Baltasar Kormákur, Agnes Johansen Coproducers Serge Lavrenyuk, Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson, Birgitta Bjornsdottir Director of photography Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson (Trapped, Of Horses and Men) Director of photography Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson (Trapped, Of Horses and Men) Editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (Atomic Blonde, John Wick, Contraband) Editor Davíd Alexander Corno (Of Horses and Men) Music Ben Frost Music Davíd Thór Jónsson (Of Horses and Men) Cast Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Baltasar Breki Samper, Anna Próchniak, Cast Halldóra Geirhardsdóttir, Davíd Thór Jónsson, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, Ómar Marijana Jankovic Gudjónsson, Jóhann Sigurdsson Production company RVK Studios Production companies Slot Machine, Gulldrengurinn International sales West End Films ([email protected], Coproduction companies Solar Media Entertainment, Köggull, Vintage Pictures [email protected]) International sales Beta Cinema ([email protected]) Iceland, 2018, 90 min., DCP Iceland/France/Ukraine, 2018, 100 min., DCP

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