FALCONS - dir. FRIDRIK THÓR FRIDRIKSSON

Synopsis: Simon, who has taken too many punches from this world and has done too much time in U.S. prisons, returns to his ancestral homeland, Iceland, resigned to do himself in. Before he can complete the task, he meets Dúa, a free spirit he believes may well be his daughter. Simon rescues Dúa from a close scrape with the law and together they escape to Hamburg, smuggling an Icelandic falcon - once the most prized export of the Vikings. Their plan is to sell it to a wealthy Arab. A great idea - until they try it. Fridrik Thor Fridriksson delivers a subtle and poetic film in the league of his own classics ´Movie Days´, ´Cold Fever´ and ´Devil´s Island´. Seemingly as remote as the Icelandic setting, charismatic connoisseur actor Keith Carradine is in command of every scene and lends his character a calm but powerful presence.

Original title: Fálkar
English title: Falcons
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: English, Icelandic

Director: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Scriptwriter: Einar Kárason, Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Main cast: Keith Carradine, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Pétur Ólafsson, Magnús Ólafsson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Marisa Calgagno, Ramin Yazdani, Glen Robert, Hodge Darren, Fridrik Fridriksson, Margrét Ólafsdóttir
Editor: Sigvaldi J. Kárason
Cinematographer: Harald Paalgard
Sound design: Kjartan Kjartansson
Music: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Producer(s): Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Egil Ödegaard, Anna María Karlsdóttir, Peter Rommel
Production company: Icelandic Film Corporation
Co-production company: Film & Music Entertainment England, Filmhuset Norway, Peter Rommel Filmproductions Germany
International sales & distribution: Bavaria Film International, Bavariafilmplatz 8, 82031 Geiselgasteig, Germany
Website: http://www.icecorp.is/web/NewReleases/Falcons.html

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby Digital
Length: 96 minutes
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Premiere date and year: September 27. 2002
International release: September 2002, Toronto International Film Festival

Festivals

• Norwegian International Film Festival 2002 Norway
• Toronto Int. Film Festival 2002 Canada
• Europa Cinema Viaraggio 2002 Italy
• Warsaw Int. Film Festival 2002 Poland
• Sao Paulo Int. Film Festival 2002 Brazil
• Nordishe Filmtage Lübeck 2002 Germany
• Pusan Int. Film Festival 2002 S-Korea
• Seoul European Film Festival 2002 S-Korea
• Tromsø Int. Film Festival 2003 Norway
• Febio Film Festival 2003 Czech Republic
• Gothenburg Film Festival 2003 Sweden
• Rouen Nordic Film Festival 2003 France
• Philadelphia International Film Festiva 2003 USA
• Copenhagen International Film Festival 2003 Denmark
• Emdem International Film Festival 2003 Germany

Awards and nominations
Edda Awards in Iceland 2002: Nominated for Best Film, Actor of the Year (Keith Carradine), and Best Sound/Vision
Emdem International Film Festival 2003: Nominated for the Emdem Film Award