And Breathe Normally wins The FIPRESCI Award in Göteborg

Ísold Uggadóttir's debut feature, And Breathe Normally, won the FIPRESCI critics' award at the Göteborg Film Festival. The prize is handed out by the International Federation of Film Critics and goes to one of the films in the

Dragon Award competition.

In its motivation the jury stated that:

“The award goes to a film which deals with the huge problem of crossing borders in Europe and elsewhere. It is made in both a humouristic and touching way, with two strong female characters.”

Uggadóttir recently won the Best Director award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition of the Sundance Film Festival where the film had its world premiere.

The film was produced by Skúli Malmquist for Zik Zak Filmworks and coproduced by Inga Lind Karlsdóttir, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir, and Birna Anna Björnsdóttir, along with Diana Elbaum (Belgium) and Annika Hellström (Sweden).

International sales for the film are being handled by The Match Factory.