WHITE WHALES - dir. FRIDRIK THÓR FRIDRIKSSON

Two whale hunters try to adjust to the city life once the whaling season is over. Unfortunately, the duo is like fish on dry land and during a night on the town, the duo lands in a heap of trouble after they are thrown out of one establishment after another. As events escalate the two men break into a weapons shop and arm themselves with rifles for a confrontation with the police.

Original title: Skytturnar
English title: White Whales
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic

Director: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Scriptwriter: Einar Kárason, Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Main cast: Eggert Gudmundsson, Þórarinn Þórarinsson
Editor: Tómas Gíslason
Cinematographer: Ari Kristinsson
Sound design: Thorbjörn Erlingsson, Thorvar Hafsteinsson
Music: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Bubbi Morthens, The Sugarcubes
Producer(s): Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Production company: Icelandic Film Corporation

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby Stereo
Length: 80 minutes
Screening format: 35mm
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Premiere date and year: February 14. 1987

Festivals and awards

• Special Mention Locarno 1987
• 1st prize Lübeck 1987
• Selected for 1st international Film Prize in Brussels 1988
• DV Cultural Award (Icelandic newspaper)
• The Icelandic entry for the Oscar 1987