Sparrows (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Rúnar Rúnarsson |
| Produced by | Mikkel Jersin Rúnar Rúnarsson |
| Written by | Rúnar Rúnarsson |
| Music by | Kjartan Sveinsson |
| Cinematography | Sophia Olsson |
| Edited by | Jacob Schulsinger |
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Production
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Nimbus Film
Nimbus Iceland |
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| Country | Iceland Denmark Croatia |
| Language | Icelandic |
Sparrows (Icelandic: Þrestir) is a 2015 Icelandic-Danish-Croatian[1][2][3] film directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson, starring Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir and Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson. It tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who moves from his mother in Reykjavík to his father in the Icelandic countryside. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
Accolades
It was awarded the Golden Shell at the 63rd San Sebastián International Film Festival.[5]
In the New Directors Competittion at the 2015 Chicago International Film Festival, Sparrows won the Silver Hugo.[6]
Cast
- Atli Óskar Fjalarsson as Ari
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Gunnar
- Kristbjörg Kjeld as Grandmother
- Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir as Lára
- Rade Šerbedžija as Tomislav
- Valgeir Hrafn Skagfjörð as Bassi
Production
The film was produced by Denmark's Nimbus Film and its subsidiary Nimbus Iceland, together with Pegasus Pictures and MP Film. It received three million Danish kroner in support from the Danish Film Institute as well as backing from the Icelandic Film Centre and Nordisk Film & TV Fond.[7] Filming began on 14 July 2014 in Iceland.[8]
References
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- Official website
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- Sparrows at the Icelandic Film Centre
- Vancouver International Film Festival (program note)
- TIFF (program note)
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- ↑ Þrestir, Kvikmyndavefurinn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
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