A wayward 9-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and to mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp. A stark Icelandic take on Alice in Wonderland, a story about human beings lost (and found) in the wilderness, a rite of passage into the murky waters of adulthood and the wild nature in us all.
The Swan
Svanurinn
58th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
- Script: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
- Cinematography: Martin Neumeyer
- Editing: Sebastian Thümler & Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
- Music: Gunnar Örn Tynes & Örvar Smárason
- Actors: Gríma Valsdóttir, Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson, Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir
- Production: Vintage Pictures, Junafilm, Kopli Kinokompanii
- Producers: Birgitta Björnsdóttir, Hlín Jóhannesdóttir
- Art Direction: Drífa Freyju-Ármannsdóttir
- Costumes: Sylvía Halldórsdóttir
- Executive producer: Gu!björg Sigur!ardóttir
- Make Up: Guðbjög Huldis Kristinsdóttir
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Iceland, Germany, Estonia
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 91΄
- Contact: M-appeal
Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
She completed a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Iceland and La Sorbonne – Paris IV Université, and worked for a while as a book critic for the Iceland national radio before she decided to move to New York City and pursue her true love, filmmaking. She graduated with honors from the Columbia University Film program in 2012. Her first feature film, The Swan, an adaptation of the critically acclaimed Icelandic novel of the same name, had its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Filmography
2017 Svanurinn | The Swan
