Albatross is a 2015 Icelandic comedy drama film directed and written by Snævar Sölvi Sölvason.[1] It stars Hansel Eagle as a young man who follows his girlfriend up to the Westfjords for a summer, prior to beginning a university course he’s not passionate about, and soon finds himself dumped and directionless.[2][3] The film premiered on 18 June 2015.[4]
| Albatross | |
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| Directed by | Snævar Sölvi Sölvason |
| Written by | Snævar Sölvi Sölvason |
| Produced by | Guðgeir Arngrímsson |
| Starring | Hansel Eagle Pálmi Gestsson Finnbogi D. Sigurðsson Gunnar Kristinsson |
| Cinematography | Logi Ingimarsson |
| Edited by | Logi Ingimarsson |
| Music by | Halldór Gunnar Pálsson |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Iceland |
| Languages | Icelandic English Portuguese Spanish |
The film was funded independently, with its post production financing coming through the Karolina Fund crowdfunding site.[5][6]
Cast
edit- Hansel Eagle as Tommi
- Pálmi Gestsson as Kjartan
- Finnbogi Dagur Sigurðsson as Finni
- Gunnar Kristinsson as Kiddi
- Birna Hjaltalín Pálmadóttir as Rakel[7]
- Ársæll Níelsson as Þröstur Örn
- Guðmundur Kristjánsson as Þrándur
- Gabriela Vieira as Maria
References
edit- ^ "Karolina Fund: Ný íslensk "feel good" kvikmynd". Kjarninn (in Icelandic). 18 April 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir (24 July 2015). "Karlmiðuð kvikmyndagerð". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Ingvar P. Guðbjörnsson (9 April 2015). "Fastur á golfvellinum í Bolungarvík". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Marta María Jónasdóttir (19 June 2015). "Saga um drauma sem rætast – MYNDIR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Mark Asch (4 September 2015). "Albatross: New Look, Same Great Taste". The Reykjavík Grapevine (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Hægt með hjálp almennings". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Höskuldur Daði Magnússon (19 June 2015). "Kölluð stórstjarna meðal heimamanna í Bolungarvík". Fréttatíminn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2019.