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:
DocPoint-Helsinki Documentary Festival, Helsinki, Finland, January 26.-31.
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.
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.
Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, Icelandic and Norwegian Day, Gdynia, Poland, May 24. - 29.