VOLCANO - dir. RÚNAR RÚNARSSON

Synopsis

When Hannes retires from his job as a janitor the big, empty time span that is the rest of his life begins. He is estranged from his family, has hardly any friends and the relationship to his wife has faded. Through drastic events, Hannes realises that he has to adjust his life in order to help someone he loves. Volcano is a love story of someone who has to deal with the choices of the past and the difficulties of the present in order to embrace the future.

Original title: Eldfjall
English title: Volcano
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic

Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Scriptwriter: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Main cast: Theodór Júlíusson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir, Thorsteinn Bachmann
Editor: Jacob Schulsinger
Cinematographer: Sophia Olsson
Sound design: Ingvar Lundberg
Music: Kjartan Sveinsson
Producer(s): Thor S. Sigurjónsson, Skúli Fr. Malmquist, Egil Dennerline
Production company: Zik Zak Filmworks
Co-production company: Fine & Mellow
International sales & distribution: Trust Nordisk, http://www.trustnordisk.com/
National sales & distribution: Sena

Country: Iceland, Denmark
Sound: Dolby digital SR
Length: 95 min.
Screening format: 35mm, digibeta, DVD
Production format: Super 16mm
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1.85 :1
Number of reels: 5
Premiere date and year: TBA
International release: May 13. 2011, Cannes International Film Festival

Festivals
2011:
Cannes International Film Festival, Director's Fortnight, Cannes, France, May 11. - 21.
Transilvania International Film Festival, In competition, Transilvania, Romania, June 12. - 19. Won the Best Directing Award.
Filmfest München, München, Germany, June 24 - July 2.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Another View, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, July 1 - 9.
New Horizons, Wroclaw, Poland, July 21 -31.
Haugesund International Film Festival, Haugesund, Norway, August 17 - 26.
Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, September 8 - 18.
Riga International Film Festival "Arsenals", Riga, Latvia, September 10 - 18.
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, Greece, September 14 - 25.
Helsinki International Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland, September 15 - 25.
Eurasia International Film Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan, September 19 - 24. Won the award for best actor (Theódór Júlíusson).
Reykjavík International Film Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland, September 22 - October 2. Won the FIPRESCI-award and The Church of Iceland award.
Chicago International Film Festival, New Directors Competition, Chicago, USA, October 6. - 20. Won the Silver Hugo award in the New Directors Competition.
BFI London Film Festival, London, UK, October 12 - 27.
Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Montréal, Canada, October 12 - 23. Awarded the Golden Wolf - the first prize in the international selection - and the AQCC critics’ awards.
Haifa International Film Festival, Haifa, Israel, October 13 - 22.
Hamptons International Film Festival, Hamptons, USA, October 13 - 17.
Bergen International Film Festival, Bergen, Norway, October 19 - 26.
Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria, October 20 - November 2.
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 21 - November 3. Won the award for best actor (Theódór Júlíusson).
Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain, October 22 - 29. Won the first prize in the Meeting Point category.
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, October 22 - 30.
Nordische filmtage Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany, November 2 - 6.
Starz Denver Film Festival, Denver, USA, November 2 - 13. Won the first prize, the Krzyzstof Kieslowski award.
Sevilla Festival de CineEuropeo, EFA - European Film Selection Competition, Sevilla, Spain, November 4 - 12.
Noordelijk Film Festival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, November 9 - 13.
Scanorama European Film Forum, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipéda, Lithuania, November 10 - 27.
Cinessone Festival du Cinema Europeen En Essonne, Meeting - Du court au long Rúnar Rúnarsson, Paris, France, November 15 - 27.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival,Tallinn, Estonia, November 16 - 30.