ASTROPIA - dir. GUNNAR BJORN GUDMUNDSSON

Synopsis
After losing her embezzling boyfriend Jolli to a four year prison sentence, Hildur, a drop-dead gorgeous high society girl, must now fend for herself and go look for a job. What she finds, however, is something that’s about to change her life forever.

Original title: Astrópía
English title: Astropia
Genre: Adventure / Comedy
Language: Icelandic

Director: Gunnar B. Gudmundsson
Scriptwriter: Ottó Geir Borg, Jóhann Aevar Grímsson
Main cast: Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir, Snorri Engilbertsson, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir, Davíd Thór Jónsson
Cinematographer: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Music: Thorvaldur Bjarni Thorvaldsson
Producer(s): Ingvar Thórdarson, Júlíus Kemp
Co-producer(s): Markus Selin, Jukka Helle
Production company: Icelandic Film Company
Co-production company: Solar Films Oy, Finland
International sales & distribution: Tropicalstorm Entertainment, helder@tropicalstorment.com
Website: http://www.tropicalstorment.com/movie/astropia

Country: Iceland / Finland
Length: 92 minutes
Screening format: 35mm
Production format: 35mm
Film gauge/aspect ratio: Cinemascope
Premiere date and year: August 22. 2007

Festivals
2009:
FantasPorto, Porto, Portugal
Nordic Council of Ministers, Kaliningrad, Russia
IV Riga International Fantasy Film Festival, Riga, Latvia
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
Scandinavia House, New York, USA
tARTuFF, Tallinn, Estonia
Gen Con LLC 2009, Indianapolis, Bandaríkjunum
Fantasticon 2009, Vanlose, Denmark
Razor Reel, Brugge, Belgium
2008:
Berlinale, Berlín, Germany (Market Screenings)
Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France (Market Screenings)
Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt
FanCine, Malaga, Spain
Fantastic Film Festival, Austin, USA
Film Festival Zlin, Zlin, Czehc Republic
Helsinki International Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
Kaohsiung Film Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Rome Film Festival, Rome, Italy
San Sebastian Horror and Fantasty Film Festival, San Sebastian, Spain
Scanorama, Vilnius, Lithuania