MAMMA GÓGÓ - dir. FRIDRIK THÓR FRIDRIKSSON

Synopsis: A film director's personal journey experiencing his mother's
disappearance into Alzheimer's disease, Mamma Gógó contains
Fridriksson's essential ingredients: humor, compassion and strong
visual style.

Original title: Mamma Gógó
English title: Mamma Gógó
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic

Director: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Scriptwriter: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Main cast: Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Cinematographer: Ari Kristinsson
Music: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Producers: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, Gudrún Edda Thórhannesdóttir
Co-producers: Egil Ødegård, Reinhard Brundig
Production company: Spellbound Productions
Co-production company: Filmhuset, Pandora Film
Website: http://www.sena.is/mammagogo/

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby Digital, Norway, Germany, Sweden, UK
Length: 90 minutes
Production format: RED
Film gague/aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Screening format: 35mm Colour
Premier date: January 1st 2010

Festivals
2010:
Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, Septemer 9.-19.
Filmfest Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, September 30. september - October 9.
Pusan International Film Festival, Busan, S-Korea, October 7.-15.
Mumbai Film Festival, Mumbai, India, October 21.-28. Won the main prize in the "Celebrate Age" category.
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 22. - November 5.
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, November 3.- 7. Received a Special Mention.
Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla, Spain, 5.-13.
Wiesbadan Kino Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany, November 12.-21.
PÖFF - Tallin Black Night Film Festival, Tallin, Estonia, November 19. nóvember - December 5.
International Rome Film Festival, Rome Business Street, Market Screenings, Rome, Italy, October 28. - November 5.
Scanorama European Film Forum, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 11.-21.
2011:
Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.,Los Angeles, USA, January 15 - 16.
Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden, January 28 - February 7.
Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, USA, March 1 - 13.
Miami International Film Festival, Miami, USA, March 4 - 13.
Sofia International Film Festival, Sofia, Bularia, March 4 - 20.
Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, USA, March 24 - April 3.
Guadaljara International Film Festival, Guadaljara, Mexico, March 25 - April 1.
Cinema Mundi International Film Festival, Lodz, Poland, April 1 - 3.
Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2 - 17.
Filmfest DC, Washington, USA, April 4 - 17.
Taste of Iceland, travelling exhibition, North-America, winter-spring.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, Minneapolis and St. Paul, USA, April 14 - May 5.
Polar Lights International Arctic Film Festival, Murmansk, Rusia, May. Won award for best actress (Kristbjörg Kjeld).
Skandinavische Filmtage Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, May 12 - 19.
Festroia International Film Festival, Setúbal, Portugal, June 3 - 12. Won the Audience award..
Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai, China, June 11 - 19.
Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Ireland, July 5. - 10.
Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, Canada, July 20 - 24.
Stony Brook Film Festival, Stony Brook, USA, July 21 - 30.
Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival, Gilching, Germany, July 27 - August 7.
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Tapiola, Finland, August 19 - 28.
Scottsdale Film festival, Scottsdale , USA, September 30 - October 4.
Kuopio Film Festival, Kuopio, Finland, September 22 - 25.
Sagenhaftes Island / Deutsches Film Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, October 2 - 30.
Tashkent International Film Festival, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, October 19 - 25.
Kolkata Film Festival, Kolkata, India, November 11 - 25.
Funchal International Film Festival, Madeira, Portugal, November 12 - 19. Kristbjörg Kjeld won the best actress award.