CYCLE: DIRECTOR

From 23.10.2020. To 02.12.2022.

Retrovizor 1980-89

Grímur Hákonarson

Islandski redatelj. Diplomirao na praškoj filmskoj akademiji FAMU. Njegov diplomski rad Slavek the Shit osvojio je Srebrnog Huga na Međunarodnom filmskom festivalu u Chicagu, a kratki film Wrestling premijerno je prikazan u Locarnu. Za film Ovnovi osvojio je Grand prix u programu Izvjestan pogled u Cannesu 2015.

Filmography

Films by this director

The County

(Héraðið, Island, Denmark, Germany, France, 2019)

Directed by: Grímur Hákonarson

PHOTOGRAPHY: Mart Taniel

Synopsis:

In his latest work, the award-winning director of Rams (ZFF 2015), Grímur Hákonarson, again delves beneath the surface of Icelandic rural communities. This time, the film centres on a rebellious, middle-aged heroine, which has earned it comparisons to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. After her husband’s death, Inga learns their dairy farm is in huge debt to the all-powerful co-op, whose illegal dealings allow it to hold the local farmers under its thumb. Too complac...

color, 92'

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