Cold Light

Cold Light
Cold Light
	Film poster
Icelandic	Kaldaljós
Directed by	Hilmar Oddsson
Written by	Vigdís Grímsdóttir ; Hilmar Oddsson ; Freyr Thor ; Freyr Þormóðsson
Produced by	Mike Downey ; Sam Taylor ; Kate Barry ; Helga Bähr ; Jóna Finnsdóttir ; Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ; Anna María Karlsdóttir ; Hilmar Oddsson ; Zorana Piggott ; Egil Ødegård
Distributed by	Film and Music Entertainment ; Icelandic Film ; Filmhuset AS ; Lichtblick Film-und Fernsehproduktion (I) ; Invicta Capital ; íslenska Kvikmyndasamsteypan
Release date	January 1, 2004;
Country	Iceland
Language	Icelandic

Cold Light (Icelandic: Kaldaljós) is a 2004 Icelandic film directed by Hilmar Oddsson.^[1]

Cast

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Older Grímur
Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir as Woman in reception
Ruth Olafsdottir as Linda
Steinunn Harðardóttir as Svava
Borghildur Thors as Woman in a window
Áslákur Ingvarsson as Young Grímur
Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir as Lára
Helga Braga Jónsdóttir as Guðbjörg
Snæfríður Ingvarsdóttir as Gottína
Kristbjörg Kjeld as Álfrún
Thórey Sigthórsdóttir as Thóra, Grimur's mother
Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir as Anna
Marta Nordal as Woman at the exhibition
Elís Philip William Scobie as Young Tumi
Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Indriði
Valdimar Örn Flygenring as Pabbi Grims (Hermundur)
Christine Carr as Thorbjörg
Jóhann Sigurðarson as Stranger
Vilborg Halldórsdóttir as Woman on a pier
Hilmar Jonsson as Older Tumi (as Hilmar Jónsson)
Edda Heidrún Backman as Birna, Tumi's Mother
Hilmar Oddsson as Tumi's Father
Bjarney Ólafsdóttir as Myndlistanemandi
Bjarni Massi as Myndlistanemandi
Björn Halldór Helgason as Myndlistanemandi
Elín Guðmundsdóttir as Myndlistanemandi
Guðmundur Thoroddsen as Myndlistanemandi
Gunnar Már Pétursson as Myndlistanemandi
Hörn Harðardóttir as Myndlistanemandi
Íris Eggertsdóttir as Myndlistanemandi
Jóhanna Helga Þorkelsdóttir as Myndlistanemandi
Ólafur Þór Jóhannesson as Myndlistanemandi
Rebekka Ragnarsdóttir as Myndlistanemandi
Bjarni Friðrik Jóhannsson as himself (Singapore Sling)
Einar Þór Kristjánsson as himself (Singapore Sling)
Helgi Örn Pétursson as himself (Singapore Sling)
Henrik Baldvin Björnsson as himself
Sigurður Magnús Finnsson as himself (Singapore Sling)
Þorgeir Guðmundsson as himself

Release

Cold Light premiered in Iceland on 1 January 2004.^[2] It was released^[where?] on 26 September 2005.^[3]

Awards

It was Iceland's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[4]^[5]

Edda Awards in Iceland^[6]

In 2004, Cold Light won the Edda Awards in Iceland for ‘Best Film’, ‘Actor or Actress of the Year’ (Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson), ‘Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress of the Year’ (Kristbjörg Kjeld), ‘Director of the Year’ (Hilmar Oddsson) and ‘Professional Category: Sound/Vision’ (Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson, for the cinematographer). They were nominated at the Edda Awards in Iceland for ‘Actor or Actress of the Year’ (Áslákur Ingvarsson), ‘Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress of the Year’ (Helga Braga Jónsdóttir) and ‘Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress of the Year’ (Snæfríður Ingvarsdóttir).

European Films Awards

In 2004, at the European Films Awards, Cold Light was nominated for the Audience Award for the ‘Best Director’ for Hilmar Oddisson. It was nominated for the Audience Award for ‘Best Acrtor’ (Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson).

Festróia International Film Festival

Festróia International Film Festival in 2004, Cold Light won a Silver Dolphin for ‘Best Actor’ (Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson). It also won the ‘Prize of the City of Setubal (Hilmar Oddsson) and it was nominated for the Golden Dolphin award for (Hilmar Oddsson).

Mar del Plata Film Festival

In 2004, Cold Light won the ‘SIGNIS Award’ for (Hilmar Oddsson). It was also nominated for ‘Best Film’ (Hilmar Oddsson).

Verona Love Screens Film Festival

In 2005, at the Verona Love Screens Film Festival, Cold Light won the ‘Audience Award’ for (Hilmar Oddsson). They won ‘Best Artistic Contribution’ for Best Cinematography (Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson) and they won ‘Best Film’ (Hilmar Oddsson).

References

^ Rehlin, Gunnar (16 February 2004). "Review: 'Cold Light'". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
^ "Cold Light (Kaldaljós)". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ Marshall, Lee. "Cold Light (Kaldaljos)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ "50 Countries in Competition for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2004-10-22. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
^ "2005 Oscars 77th Academy Awards Nominees". Yahoo! Movies. 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
^ "EDDA WINNERS 2004". Icelandic Film Centre. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

External links

Kaldaljós at IMDb

[1] Rehlin, Gunnar (16 February 2004). "Review: 'Cold Light'". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

[2] "Cold Light (Kaldaljós)". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[3] Marshall, Lee. "Cold Light (Kaldaljos)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

[AMPASSubmissionList-4] "50 Countries in Competition for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2004-10-22. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-09.

[YahooMoviesNomineeList-5] "2005 Oscars 77th Academy Awards Nominees". Yahoo! Movies. 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2008-07-09.

[6] "EDDA WINNERS 2004". Icelandic Film Centre. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

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