SMALL MOUNTAIN - dir.EINAR THOR GUNNLAUGSSON

Synopsis: It is Election Day in a quiet seaside village and Emil, a local handyman, is entrusted to take the sealed ballot box to the local airport to be flown to the city for counting.

As he starts his journey Emil finds himself resolving a dispute between two young boys over a bicycle and a sister´s promise to sing a song. Unbeknownst to Emil, his son Albert, a broody young man, has returned to the village for a confrontation about their fractured relationship.

Original title: Heiðin
English title: Small Mountain
Genre: Comedy
Language: Icelandic

Director: Einar Thór Gunnlaugsson
Scriptwriter: Einar Thór Gunnlaugsson
Main cast: Jóhann Sigurdarson, Gísli P. Hinriksson, Gudrún Gísladóttir, Ólafur S.K Thorvaldz, Ísgerdur E. Gunnarsdóttir
Editor: Einar Thór Gunnlaugsson
Cinematographer: Sigurdur Sverrir Pálsson
Sound: Kjartan Kjartansson, Jón Kjartansson
Music: Danny Chang
Producer(s): Einar Thór Gunnlaugsson
Production company: Passport Pictures
Website: www.passportpictures.is

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby Stereo
Length: 97 minutes
Screening format: 35 mm
Production format: HD
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Premiere date and year: 12th of March 2008

Festivals
57 Internationales Mannheim - Heidelberg Filmfestival 2008
Shanghai International Filmfestival 2009
Haugesund, Norway
Tallinn, Estonia
Terni, Italy
Kulturhus, Berlin
Minnesota, Minneapolis
Scandinavia House, New York
Delhi (IIWFF), India