BALDUR
The day of the fall of the Icelandic banking system seen through the eyes of a sociopathic banker who decides to take a break from all his worries and the rules of society.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Robert Douglas. Director of the feature films The Icelandic Dream (2000), A Man like Me (2002) and Eleven Men Out (2005), all of which screened at a number of international festivals.
Production company: Zik Zak Filmworks (Noi the Albino (2003), Back Soon (2008))
Producers: Skuli Malmquist, Thor S. Sigurjonsson
Shooting scheduled to begin: TBA
Production format: TBA
Secured funding: The Icelandic Film Centre
Contact: zikzak@zikzak.is
HULLABALLOO (Gauragangur)
Teenage rebellion and love in 80’s Iceland, where beer was banned, no TV on Thursdays, smoking was considered cool and rock was only played on the radio for an hour on Saturdays. The film’s script was selected for New Cinema Network at the Rome International Film Festival in 2008.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Gunnar B. Gudmundsson. Director of the fantasy film Astropia (2007)
Production company: Zik Zak Filmworks (Noi the Albino (2003), Back Soon (2008))
Producers: Skuli Malmquist, Thor S. Sigurjonsson
Shooting scheduled to begin: Spring 2010
Production format: TBA
Secured funding: The Icelandic Film Centre
Contact: zikzak@zikzak.is
OUR OWN PRIVATE OSLO (Okkar eigin Oslo)
Love is blind, stupid, frightfully funny and very unfortunate.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Reynir Lyngdal
Production company: Spectra Ltd.
Producers: Anna Maria Karlsdottir and Hronn Kristinsdottir
Shooting scheduled to begin: May 2010
Production format: RED
Secured funding: The Icelandic Film Centre
Contact: amk@ljosband.is, hronn@ljosband.is
SILENCE OF THE GRAVE (Grafarthögn)
A thriller based on a novel by writer Arnaldur Indridason. Inspector Erlendur (Jar City) sets out to investigate the identity of bones that are discovered in a shallow
grave on a building site on the outskirts of Reykjavik. The search leads him back to the time of WW2, when the American Army had a base in Iceland.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Baltasar Kormakur. Award winning director of Jar City (2006), which won the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 2007. His other films include 101 Reykjavik (2000) and White Night
Wedding (2008), both of which have screened at a number of international festivals.
Production company: Blueeyes productions (Jar City (2006), White Night Wedding (2008))
Producers: Agnes Johansen, Baltasar Kormakur
Shooting scheduled to begin: TBA
Production format: RED
Secured funding: The Icelandic Film Centre
Contact: blueeyes@blueeyes.is
THÓR
Thór comes into the possession of the magical hammer Mjolnir but is faced with the almost impossible choice; to save his friends or his father’s kingdom.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / CGI Animation
Director: Oskar Jonasson. His former films include Remote Control (1992), which was selected for the Un Certain Regard programme at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993, and Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008).
Co-directors: Gunnar Karlsson, Toby Genkel
Production company: CAOZ, Iceland (Anna and the Moods (2007), Katie-the lost little Caterpillar (2002))
Producers: Hilmar Sigurdsson, Arnar Thorisson
Shooting scheduled to begin: TBA
Production format: Animation
Secured funding: The Icelandic Film Centre, Eurimages, Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Contact: info@caoz.com
THE WHISPERER
A stranger tells a troubled girl the story of his life. His mythic exploits dart from the delightful to the dark as he weaves a wonderous tale of his life as a boy born with
supersensitive hearing. Combining Dickensian-influences with modern approach to storytelling – The Whisperer – could be described as Oliver Twist with a twist.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ragnar Bragason. Award-winning director of the films Children (2006), which won the Golden Swan at the Copenhagen International Film Festival in 2007, and Parents (2007). Both films screened at a number of international festivals, including San Sebastian Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival and Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Production company: Zik Zak Filmworks (Noi the Albino (2003), Back Soon (2008))
Producers: Skuli Malmquist, Thor S. Sigurjonsson
Shooting scheduled to begin: TBA
Production format: TBA
Secured funding: The Icelandic Film Centre
Contact: zikzak@zikzak.is