DREAMLAND - dir. THORFINNUR GUDNASON / ANDRI SNAER MAGNASON

Synopsis: Dreamland is a film about a nation standing at a crossroads. Leading up to Iceland’s greatest economic crisis, its government started the largest megaproject in the country’s history: to build the biggest dam in Europe. Under the mantra of economic growth, the dam was to provide Alcoa with cheap electricity for an aluminium smelter in the rugged east fjords of Iceland. Today, Iceland is left holding a huge debt, facing an uncertain future.

National Title: Draumalandið
English Title: Dreamland
Genre: Documentary

Directors: Thorfinnur Gudnason, Andri Snaer Magnason
Editor: Eva Lind Höskuldsdóttir
Cinematographer: Thorfinnur Gudnason, Gudmundur Bjartmarsson, Hjalti Stefánsson, Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Sound: Kjartan Kjartansson, Björn Viktorsson, Huldar Freyr Arnarson
Music: Valgeir Sigurdsson
Producer: Sigurdur Gísli Pálmason
Co-producers: Hanna Björk Valsdóttir, Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Thór Sigurjónsson, Hlín Jóhannesdóttir
Production company: Ground Control Productions
Co-production company: TC Films, Zik Zak Filmworks
Website: www.draumalandid.is/dreamland

Country: Iceland
Length: 90 minutes     
Screening Format: 35 mm Colour            
Film Gauge/Aspect Ratio: 16:9       
Premier Date and year: 7. April 2009 
International premiere: September 2009, Haugesund Norway    

Festivals
2009:
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Haugesund Norway
Nordisk Panorama, Reykjavík, Iceland
2010:
Cinema Politica, Montreal, Canada, January 25.
DocPoint-Helsinki Documentary Festival, Helsinki, Finland, January 26.-31.
Cinema Politica, Toronto, Canada, January 27.
Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden, January 29. - February 8.
Human Rights Human Wrongs Film Festival, Oslo, Norway, February 3.-7.
North Atlantic Movie Days, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 4.-18.
Balkankult Nordisk Panorama, Belgrade, Serbia, February 11. - 15.
Vera Documentary Film Festival, Aland Islands, March 4. - 7.
Nordic Film Festival in Rouen, Rouen, France, March 10.- 21.
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Athens, Greece, March 12.- 21.
Eurodok, Oslo, Norway, March 17. - 21.
Hot Docs, World Showcase, Toronto, Canada, April 29. - May 9.
Doc Aviv Tel Aviv Documentary Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 6. -15.
DOXA, Vancouver, Canada, May 7. -16.
Planete Doc Review Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, May 7. -16.
Green Film Festival in Seoul, Green Competition, Seoul, S-Korea, May 24. - 29.
Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, Icelandic and Norwegian Day, Gdynia, Polan, May 24. - 29.
H2O Film Festival, Special Screening, Moscow, Russia, May 27. - 30.
Transilvania International Film Festival, Transilvania, Romania, May 28. - June 6.
Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, Gortahork, Ireland, June 10. - 13.
Eco Film Festival, Romania, June 18. - 27.
Dokumentarist, Istanbul, Turkey, June 22. - 27.
Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, Canada, July 21. - 25.
Dokufest, Kosovo, July 31. - August 7.
Camden International Film Festival, Maine, USA, September 30. - October 3.
Filmfest Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, September 30. - October 9.
San Francisco Documentary Festival, San Francisco, USA, October 14. -28.
CNEX Documentary Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, October 28. - November 7.
Zagreb International Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, October 17. -23.
DokMa, Slovenia, November 2. -8.
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, November 3. - 7.
Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, England,November 4. -21.
One World Film Festival, Canada, November 5. -7.
Memorimage International Documentary Film Festival, Reus, Spain, November 10. -13.
Noordelkjik Film Festival, Netherlands, November 10. -14.
Nordic Art and Culture, Manchester, Liverpool and the NorthWest UK, UK, November 18. - December 2.
Scanorama European Film Forum, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 11.-21.
Ronda International Film Festival, Ronda, Spain, November 27. - December 4.
2011:
Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Ireland, July 5. - 10.