THE DANCE- dir. AGUST GUDMUNDSSON

Synopsis: 1913-A remote island in the middle of the roaring Atlantic hosts a wedding. The beautiful Sirsa has decided to try and forget her true love, the wild and romantic Ivar, choosing instead to marry Harald, son of the most important family on the island. While Ivar and Harald battle for Sirsa's affection, the colourful assortment of guests dance the rhytmic and hypnotic Faroese dance, only breaking from their merriment for a shipwreck, looters, a close encounter with the devil and the disappearance of the bride.

Original title: Dansinn
English title: The Dance
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic

Director: Ágúst Gudmundsson
Scriptwriter: Ágúst Gudmundsson, Kristín Atladóttir, based on a short story by William Heinesen ("Her skal danses")
Main cast: Baldur Trausti Hreinsson, Dofri Hermannsson, Gunnar Helgason, Gísli Halldórsson, Kristína Sundar Hanssen, Pálína Jónsdóttir
Editor: Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Cinematographer: Ernest Vincze
Music: Jurgen Peukert, Kai Dorenkamp, Reiner Grunebaum
Production design: Halldór Thorgeirsson
Producer: Ágúst Gudmundsson
Co-producer: Andy Paterson
Production company: Ísfilm
Co-production companies: Hamburger Kino Kompanie, Nordisk Film Productions, Oxford Film Company

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby Digital
Length: 87 min
Screening format: 35mm Colour
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1:1.66
Premiere date and year: September 2. 1998

Awards

• Festroia International Film Festival, Portugal 1999: Awarded the Silver Dolphin - Best Cinematography. Nominated for Golden Dolphin (Director Agust Gudmundsson)
• Moscow International Film Festival 1999: Won Best director (Silver St. George), Ágúst Gudmundsson. Nominated for Golden St. George.
• Amanda Awards Norway 1999. Nominated for Best Nordic Feature Film (Nordisk Amanda)
• Edda Awards, Iceland 1999: Won for Costume design. Nominated as Best film, Actor of the year (Dofri Hermannsson) and Director of the year (Agust Gudmundsson)

Festivals

• Toronto Intl. Film Festival
• Festival du Cinema Nordique,Rouen France 1999
• Nordic Film Festival Nuuk, Greenland 1999
• Icelandic Film Week, Mexico City 1999
• Icelandic Film Week, Madrid 1999
• Festroia Intl. Film Festival, Portugal 1999
• Moscow Intl. Film Festival 1999
• Haugesund, Norway 1999