COUNTRY WEDDING - dir. VALDÍS ÓSKARSDÓTTIR

Synopsis
Ingibjorg, the bride and Bardi, the groom, have decided to get married after living together for three years. The ceremony is to be held in a small church, an hour’s drive from Reykjavik. Ingibjorg wants to keep to the tradition of not letting the groom see the bride dressed in white until at the ceremony. Therefore, Ingibjorg, Bardi and the guests – family and close friends and not so close unwelcome friends, drive off in two buses with champagne and a wedding cake. No one knows exactly where this country church is located except for Bardi, who got the direction from the priest over the phone. It had sounded rather straight forward that is straight ahead, down the road leaving out some turns. However, Bardi is claustrophobic and the convoy cannot take the normal route through the tunnel under the Whale fjord. After driving for hundreds of miles around the fjord they are running out of time and decide to take a short cut. After some further driving they discover that they are lost.

Original title: Sveitabrúðkaup
English title: Country Wedding
Genre: Tragicomedy
Language: Icelandic

Director: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Scriptwriter: Valdís Óskarsdóttir & Cast
Main cast: (in alpabetic order) Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Árni Pétur Gudjónsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Erlendur Eiríksson, Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Herdís Thorvaldsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Karl J. Gudmundsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Rúnar Freyr Gíslason, Sigurdur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Víkingur Kristjánsson, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Editor: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle
Music: The Tiger Lillies
Producer(s): Davíd Óskar Ólafsson, Gudrún Edda Thórhannesdóttir, Árni Filippusson, Hreinn Beck
Co-producer(s): Jim Stark
Production company: Mystery Island, Duo Productions, Ave
Co-production company: White River Productions, StarkSales Inc.
International sales & distribution: Fortissimo Films
Website: www.sveitabrudkaup.is

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby SR
Lenght: 95 minutes
Screening format: 35mm
Production format: HDV
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1,1:85
Premiere date and year: August 28th 2008

Festivals
2008:
Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Pusan International Film Festival, Busan, S-Korea
Festival International du Film de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
Göteborg International Film Festival, Gautaborg, Sweden
International Film Festival Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arabic Emrites
London BFI Film Festival, London, England
Antalya International Film Festival, Turkey
Chicago International Film Festival, USA
American Film Market, USA
2009:
Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs, USA
Scandinavian Film Festival, USA
Berlin International Film Festival/Market, Berlin, Germany
Istanbul Independent Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
Adelaide Film Festival, Adelaide, Australia
Sofia International Film Festival, Sofía, Bulgaria
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong
Febiofest, Czech Republic
CPH PIX 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Miami, USA
Verona Film Festival, Verona, Italy
David Film, Mexico
Scandinavia House, USA
Transylvania International Film Festival, Bucharest, Rumenia
Munich International Film Festival, Munich, Germany
Brussels Film Festival, Brussel, Belgium
Stony Brook Film Festival, New York, USA
Espoo Cine International Film Festival, Espoo, Finland
Riga Nordic Film Days, Riga, Latvia
Scanorama, Vilnius, Lithuania
European Film Festival, Segovia, Spain
Noordelijk Film Festival, Netherlands
2010:
Off Plus Camera, Nordic Horizon, Krakow, Poland, April 16. - 25.

As of January 2010 the film has been sold to following markets:

Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
USA
Brazil
Australia
Canada
France
Russia
Baltic Countries
Israel
Mexico
Latin America