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Albatross (2015 film)

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Albatross
Directed bySnævar Sölvi Sölvason
Written bySnævar Sölvi Sölvason
Produced byGuðgeir Arngrímsson
StarringHansel Eagle
Pálmi Gestsson
Finnbogi D. Sigurðsson
Gunnar Kristinsson
CinematographyLogi Ingimarsson
Edited byLogi Ingimarsson
Music byHalldór Gunnar Pálsson
Release date
  • 18 June 2015 (2015-06-18)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryIceland
LanguagesIcelandic
English
Portuguese
Spanish

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]

The film was funded independently, with its post production financing coming through the Karolina Fund crowdfunding site.[5][6]

Cast

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Karolina Fund: Ný íslensk "feel good" kvikmynd". Kjarninn (in Icelandic). 18 April 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir (24 July 2015). "Karlmiðuð kvikmyndagerð". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. ^ Ingvar P. Guðbjörnsson (9 April 2015). "Fastur á golfvellinum í Bolungarvík". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ Marta María Jónasdóttir (19 June 2015). "Saga um drauma sem rætast – MYNDIR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. ^ Mark Asch (4 September 2015). "Albatross: New Look, Same Great Taste". The Reykjavík Grapevine (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Hægt með hjálp almennings". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  7. ^ Höskuldur Daði Magnússon (19 June 2015). "Kölluð stórstjarna meðal heimamanna í Bolungarvík". Fréttatíminn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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