IN THE SHOES OF THE DRAGON - dir. HRÖNN SVEINSDÓTTIR & ÁRNI SVEINSSON

Hrönn Sveinsdottir, a young feisty film maker, surprises both family and friends by entering a Miss Iceland beauty pagent and following it through. Her mother takes on the role of cameraman as she follows her daughter through 3 intensive months of competition.

This docu drama, set in contemporary Reykjavik, Iceland explores the questions all women are all too familiar with. Of image, identity and beauty.

Highly personal and entertaining.

Original title: Í skóm drekans
English title: In the Shoes of the Dragon
Genre: Documentary
Language: Icelandic

Director: Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, Árni Sveinsson
Scriptwriter: Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, Árni Sveinsson
Editor: Árni Sveinsson, Steinthór Birgisson
Cinematographer: Sigrún Hermanssdóttir, Árni Sveinsson, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, Haukur Karlsson, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Bödvar Bjarki Pétursson
Producer(s): Bödvar Bjarki Pétursson
Production company: Hassen Film, 20 Geitur
Supported by: Icelandic Film Fund

Country: Iceland
Sound: Stereo
Length: 94 minutes
Production format: DVCAM
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1:1.66
Premiere date and year: 26th of October 2002
International release: September 2003

Festivals

Nordisk Panorama 2003
International Film festival of the Swedish Filminstitute,Stockholm 2003
International Film Festival of the Nowegian Filminstitute, Oslo 2004
The Indipendent Filmfestival of New York 2004
The Underground Filmfestival, New York 2004
The San Francisco Indipendent Filmfestival, 2004
Underground Filmfestival, Chicago 2004

Awards & nominations
The Eddas: The Icelandic Annual awards of Film and Television: Best Documentary of the year prize 2002
The San Francisco Indipendent filmfestival: Best Documentary Prize 2004