Icelandic documentaries at CPH:DOX, Hot Docs and Visions du Réel
Five new Icelandic documentaries will be participating in either CPH:DOX, Hot Docs or Visions du Réel this spring. See below for the details.
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CPH:DOX
The Hero's Journey to the Third Pole, directed by Andri Snær Magnason and Anní Ólafsdóttir, is an adventurous, sad, dreamy, funny, and ultimately bittersweet story of two people struggling with the balancing act of bipolar disorder and confronting the shame that they and other bipolar people feel.
The film is in competition for the NORDIC:DOX AWARD.
Sales contact
Andri Snær Magnason (andrimagnason@gmail.com)
Online premiere
April 24, 12:00
Screening on demand
April 24 - May 5
Anna Hildur's A Song Called Hate tells the story of Hatari, an anticapitalist, BDSM techno band that were chosen to represent Iceland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. They turn heads and open minds with their in-your-face performance. But with 200 million people watching worldwide, Hatari found themselves unable to ignore the pressing politics of the Israel-Palestine conflict – so they resolved to make a difference. But will their message be able to pierce the shiny bubble of Eurovision?
The film will be screening in both the Anarkist and Sound & Vision sections of CPH:DOX.
International sales
LevelK (niklas@levelk.dk)
Screening on demand
April 23 - May 5
Band, written and directed by Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir, is the make-or-break story of an Icelandic female band that probably won't make it and isn't really a band.
Band will be participating in CPH:WIP, the festival's networking platform for upcoming Nordic documentaries, which will take place on Tuesday, April 27.
Sales contact
Heather Millard (heather@compassfilms.is)
Hot Docs
Gudjón Ragnarsson's Raise the Bar is about a girls basketball team that aims to break down cultural barriers. The team's training program is intense and controversial, and they are led by an overqualified and unusual coach who constantly raises the bar. The team achieves remarkable results and the girls are becoming strong, independent, and are ready to change the world. But is the world ready?
Raise the Bar will have its international premiere at Hot Docs as part of European Film Promotion's Changing Face of Europe section.
International sales
CAT & Docs (maelle@catndocs.com)
Screening on demand
April 29 - May 9
Visions du Réel
Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir's Spare Parts tells the story of Thorbjörn Steingrímsson, who has a strange passion for wrecked cars and a farm in the remote Westfjords of Iceland that is full of them. Spare Parts is a collection of postcards from a place that some see as magical but others see as nothing but a junkyard.
Spare Parts will have its international premiere at Visions du Réel in the International Medium Length & Short Film Competition.
International sales
Raina Films (andy@rainafilms.com)
Screening on demand
April 23 - 26
More on Icelandic documentaries in general can be found here
More on Icelandic documentaries currently in production can be found here.
Scandinavian Films
Visit the Scandinavian Films website to find an overview of Nordic documentaries participating in CPH:DOX this year. All the latest updates will be shared on the website and on the Scandinavian Films Facebook page. Scandinavian Films is the umbrella organization for the five Nordic film institutes.
See also: Icelandic Documentaries at CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Visions du Réel