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WRESTLING - dir. GRIMUR HAKONARSON

A Love story of two men told through the Icelandic Wrestling

Title: Wrestling

Original Title: Braedrabylta

Length: 20´ (min)

Language: Icelandic

Genre: Drama

Premier: July 2007

Director: Grimur Hakonarson

Script: Grimur Hakonarson

Cast: Halldor Gylfason, Bjorn Ingi Hilmarsson, Helga Braga Jonsdottir, Maria Gudmundsdottir

Cinematographer: Gunnar Heidar

Editor: Elisabet Ronaldsdottir

Music: Johann Johannsson

Producer: Grimur Hakonarson

Production Company: Hark Film

E-Mail: grimur.hakonarson@gmail.com

Awards and special mentions:

The Short Fiction Award in Melbourne IFF 2007

Honorary mention in Locarno Film Festival 2007

Honorary mention in Nordisk Panorama 2007

The Icelandic Edda Award – Best Short 2007

Third prize in Alcine Short Film Festival 2007

Best European Short in Brest Short Film Festival 2007

Jury special mention in Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2008

Best Short in IDEM - Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Andalusia 2008

Best Short in Milan Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2008

Best Short in Kratkofil Short Film Festival 2008

The Youth Jury Prize in Huesca Short Film Festival 2008

Best Short in Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2008

Best Film at the Interfilm Festival in Berlin 2008