Somewhere in the icelandic mountains, a dedicated environmental activist has started a one-woman-war against the aluminium industry that threatens the landscape. But as she begins planning her most ambitious operation, she receives a letter that informs her that her application to adopt a child has been accepted... A surprising, quirky, and fascinating epic tale about the uneven battle between a woman who doesn’t conform to ready-made social roles and the different Goliaths she meets on the way, about the warm heart that is hidden underneath a frozen geography.
Woman at War
Kona Fer I Strid
59th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Benedikt Erlingsson
- Script: Benedikt Erlingsson, Ólafur Egill Egilsson
- Cinematography: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
- Editing: Davíð Alexander Corno
- Sound: François de Morant, Raphaël Sohier, Aymeric Devoldere, Vincent Cosson
- Music: Davíð Þór Jónsson
- Actors: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Davíð Þór Jónsson, Magnús Trygvason Eliasen, Ómar Guðjónsson, Iryna Danyleiko, Galyna Goncharenko, Susanna Karpenko, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada
- Production: Slot Machine & Gulldrengurinn
- Producers: Marianne Slot, Benedikt Erlingsson, Carine Leblanc
- Co-production: Solar Media Entertainment, Köggull Filmworks, Vintage Picture
- Co-producers: Serge Lavrenyuk, Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson, Birgitta Björnsdóttir
- Art Direction: Snorri Freyr Hilmarsson
- Costumes: Sylvía Dögg Halldórsdóttir, Maria Kero
- Sets: Snorri Freyr Hilmarsson
- Camera: Atli Kristófer Pétursson
- Make Up: Dominique Rabout
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Iceland, France, Ukraine
- Production Year: 2018
- Duration: 101΄
- Distribution in Greece: Weird Wave, petros@weirdwave.gr
- Contact: Beta Cinema, beta@betacinema.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Carmel Award – Haifa IFF 2018 Art Cinema Award – Hamburg FF 2018
Benedikt Erlingsson
Benedikt Erlingsson is an Icelandic director, author and actor. Erlingsson is well known as a stage director as well as for his roles in theater, TV series and films. His solo performances are some of the most successful in the history of Icelandic theatre and were performed on stage by Erlingsson himself for 6 years. Of Horses and Men, Erlingsson’s first feature film as a writer-director, won over 20 international awards including the New Directors prize at the 2013 San Sebastián Film Festival and the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize. Benedikt Erlingsson is a 2016 Gan Foundation for Cinema award winner.
Filmography
2007 Thanks (short)
2008 Naglinn (short)
2013 Hross í oss | Of Horses and Men
2015 The Show of Shows (doc)
2018 Kona fer í stríð | Woman at War
2008 Naglinn (short)
2013 Hross í oss | Of Horses and Men
2015 The Show of Shows (doc)
2018 Kona fer í stríð | Woman at War