NO NETWORK - dir. ARI KRISTINSSON

Synopsis: Kalli, a young boy who is brought up by a single mother in the suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the world of imaginary characters, in a world where he gets most of his life experiences through screens: movies, television shows, and computers. When he is sent to spend Christmas with his father and his father´s new family, far up north at a remote and isolated farm, the story takes him out of that world and puts him in one where he has to fight "real life" challanges.

Original title: Duggholufólkið
English title: No Network
Genre: Family
Language: Icelandic

Director: Ari Kristinsson
Scriptwriter: Ari Kristinsson
Cast: Bergthór Thorvaldsson, Thórdís Hulda Árnadóttir, Árni Beinteinn Árnason, Brynhildur Gudjónsdóttir, Erlendur Eiríksson, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Editor: Elisabet Ronaldsdóttir
Cinematographer: Kjell Vassdal
Sound design: Sigrun Merete Mongstad
Music: Oistein Boassen
Producer(s): Ari Kristinsson, Margrét María Pálsdóttir, Richard Welnowski
Co-producer(s): Egil Odegard, Anders Graham, Magnus Scheving, Reymond P. Le Gué
Production company: Taka Film Center
Co-production company: Filmhuset, Lazytown
Website: www.taka.is

Country: Iceland
Length: 83 minutes
Screening format: 35mm
Production format: High definition Viper Film Stream 10 bit 4:4:4
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Premiere date and year: December 7th 2007

Festivals
2008:
Berlinale, Berlín, Þýskalandi (Market Screenings)
Ale Kino, Varsjá, Polan
Buster International Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmakd
Calgary International Film Festival, Calgary, Canada
Carrousel International Film Festival, Rimouski, Canada
Chicago Children’s Film Festival, Chicago, USA
Cinekid, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Film Festival Zlin, Zlin, Czech Republic
Festroia Film Festival, Setúbal, Portugal
Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, Kanada
International Youth Film Festival, Stokkhólmi, Sweden
Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival, Kristiansand, Norway
Kölner Kinderfilmfest, Köln, Germany
London Children’s Film Festival, London, UK
London International Film Festival, London, UK
Lucas International Film Festival, Frankfurt, Germany
Moscow International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Moscow, Russia
New York Industry Screenings, New York, USA
Nordische Filmtage Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, USA
Oulu Children’s International Film Festival, Oulu, Finland
Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Seoul, S-Korea
Sprockets, Toronto, Canada
Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival, Tallinn, Germany
Warsaw International Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Zagreb Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2009:
Reel 2 Reel International Film Festival for Youth 2009, Vancouver, Canada
Nordic Council of Ministers, Kaliningrad, Russia
Festival International du Film pour Enfant de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
BUFF, Malmö, Sweden
Febiofest, Prag, Czech Republic
Berimor‘s Cinema, Riga, Latvia
Indielisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
XVIII Divercine, Casilla de Correo, Uruguay
International Children‘s Film Carnival, Hong Kong
Festival Internacional de Cine para Ninos, Col. Tlalplan, Mexico
Busan International Kid‘s Film Festival, Busan, S-Korea
Espoo Cine International Film Festival, Espoo, Finland
China International Children‘s Film Festival, Qingdao, China
2010:
Flicks: Saskatchewan International Youth Film Festival, Saskatchewan, Canada, April 25 - 29.
Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai, China, June 12 - 20.
Tel Aviv Children's Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, October 27 - 30.
2011:
Nordic Childrens Films Focus, Cologne, Germany, June 27 - 30.

Awards
CIFEJ Jury Awards at the Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival
GOLDEN SPROCKETS AWARDS at the SPROCKETS International Film Festival for Children. TORONTO
Golden Apple – The Spectator Prize for Most Successful Feature Film At: ZLIN International Film Festival For Children and Youth
The Czech Republic Special mention at the LUCAS Film Festival 2008, Frankfurt Germany
Special mention by the Don-Quijote-Preis der F.I.C.C.-Jury LUCAS Film Festival 2008, Frankfurt Germany
The best film in the competitive program of 5th Vilnius International film festival for children and youth by children jury Vilnius Lithuania
Special mention at the Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany
11th Olympia International Film Festival. for Children & Young people, Greece Grand Prix de Montréal Le Jury Enfant du FIFEM 2009 Montréal