66/23 NORTH WEST, THE DAY OF THE AVALANCHE - dir. EINAR THÓR GUNNLAUGSSON

Synopsis

North West tells the amazing story of one of the biggest rescue operation Iceland has seen after a huge avalanche hit a small fishing village, Flateyri, 26. of October 1995. Before an outside help reached Flateyri the locals were on their own during the first five hours, searching and digging up their neighbors, friends and relatives and organizing the rescue. Many obstacles, such as storm and further danger of avalanches, were on the way as rescue teams nation wide, helicopters and ships tried to find their way to Flateyri.

This snow avalanche was on of the deadliest in Iceland’s history, and the 1995 is memored as being the most costly in human lives in recent, local history of natural disasters. This story is told by rescuers, media people, the former president of Iceland, and survivors who some were under the snow for 9 hours.

Original title: Norð Vestur, björgunarsaga
English title: 66/23 North West, The Day of the Avalanche
Genre: Documentary
Language: Icelandic

Director: Einar Thor Gunnlaugsson
Scriptwriter: Einar Thor Gunnlaugsson
Editor: Einar Thor Gunnlaugsson
Cinematographer: Jóhannes Jónsson, Arnar Steinn Fridbjarnarson
3-D: Halldór Bragason
Sound design: Huldar Freyr, Kjartan Kjartansson
Music: Goltur Group
Producers: Einar Thor Gunnlaugsson
Production company: Passport Pictures
Website: www.passportpictures.is

Country: Iceland
Sound: Stereo
Length: 100 min.
Screening format: BETA or DVD
Production format: Digital
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 16/9
National premiere date and year: 22. October 2010