JITTERS - dir. BALDVIN Z

Synopsis
Gabriel is sixteen and confused. Along with a few of his closest friends, he is trying to figure out who he is and where he stands in an ever changing and complicated world. When he returns to Iceland from a two-week trip to Manchester, England all those close to him seem to think that he has changed somewhat. Having met and befriended in the UK his stylist roommate Marcus, a free thinking, rebellious teenager, it is clear he has. Through a series of unfortunate events, tragedy befalls this tight knit group of Gabriel and his friends when one of them, the anorexic, manic-depressive Stella, takes her own life. Crushed, Gabriel falls into a black hole of despair making him take a hard look at himself – which ultimately forces him to reveal a harsh, agonizing secret. What ensues is a tale of complex and fragile relationships, where teenagers struggle with their identities, while forging their place in a sometimes unyielding society. All the while coping with love, loss, hate, betrayal, euphoria, sadness and ultimately? forgiveness.

Original title: Órói
English title: Jitters
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic / English

Director: Baldvin Z
Scriptwriter: Ingibjörg Reynisdóttir & Baldvin Z
Main cast: Atli Óskar Fjalarson, Hreindís Ylva Garðarsdóttir
Editor: Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir Cinematographer: Jóhann Jóhannsson Sound design: tba
Music: tba
Producers: Julius Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson Co-producers: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor Production company: Icelandic Film Company
Co-production company: FAME UK International sales & distribution: tba National sales & distribution: Sam Film Website: www.kisi.is

Country: Iceland
Sound: Dolby SR D
Length: tba
Screening format: tba
Production format: HD
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1.185
Number of reels: tba
National premiere date and year: August 2010
International release: (Country & Festival) tba