Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Icelandic | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Comedy / Drama
Running Time: 18:09
Year of production: 2016

SYNOPSIS

A transgender Asian Icelandic teenager is stuck on an island where nothing ever happens and nobody seems to care. We catch a glimpse of their life as an outcast in a dead-end job, desperate for something interesting to do. Anything at all.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Kamma Thordarson
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Birta/Bjartur/Blær William Divinagracia
Old woman Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir
Old man Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Vala Victoria Björk Ferrell
Axel Alvin Hugi Ragnarsson
Alex Bjartur Elí Ragnarsson
Vala’s friend Katla Ársælsdóttir
Punk Frank Vígberg Snær
Clerk Jón Óskar Arason
Woman with dog Þórey Sigþórsdóttir
Dog Soul
Angry girlfriend Eva Rún Árnadóttir
Sisters in sofa Guðrún Eggertsdóttir
Sigrún Eggertsdóttir
Sisters with ice cream Hrafnhildur Ólafsdóttir
Sólveig Ólafsdóttir
Man eating burger Steinþór Frank Michelsen
Woman in shop Ingunn Guðrún Árnadóttir
Man in shop Elvis Grétarsson
Teenagers in party Anna Karen Hafliðadóttir
Ásdís María Ragnarsdóttir
Elísa Sirrý Elíasdóttir
Birgitta Brynjarsdóttir
Ingibjörg Birta Jónsdóttir
Karen Eva Þórarinsdóttir
Már Jóhannsson
Mio Högnason
Þorbjörg Saga Ásgeirsdóttir

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Sturla Óskarsson
Screenwriter: Sturla Óskarsson
Producer: Kamma Thordarson
Director of Photography: Bjarni Svanur Friðsteinsson
Sound: Eyþór Örn Magnússon & Arnór Gísli Reynisson
Editing: Sturla Óskarsson
Sound Editing: Eyþór Örn Magnússon
Music Composer: Pétur Eggertsson

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Drama / Comedy
Sub-genre: Coming of Age / LGBTQ
Language: Icelandic
Country of origin: Iceland
Year of production: 2016
Total running time: 18:09
Shooting format: Apple ProRes 4444
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 1920 × 1080
Sound format: Stereo

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival (2017)
Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (2017)
FestCurtasBH - Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (2017)
Festival International du Film d’Aubagne (2017)
Un Festival C'est Trop Court! - The European Short Film (2017)
Festival of Nice (2017)
Chéries-Chéris - Festival du Film Lesbien, Gay, Bi, Trans & ++++ de Paris (2017)