Björk Jakobsdóttir
2021Dansinn
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Gunnar Helgason, Joi Johannsson
Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913. Pétur (Gunnar Helgason) narrates, recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a wedding. Flirtatious Sirsa (Pálína Jónsdottir) marries Harald (Dofri Hermannsson), son of a wealthy landowner on the island. Offshore, a ship is sinking, so the men form a rescue party, returning with the captain, the engineer, and several sailors. With a storm gathering, the engineer dies. The clergyman requests an end to the festivities as a mark of respect. Sirsa protests, but her new husband brings the celebration to a halt. The group then fragments into different activities, drunken or otherwise, and the sensual Sirsa directs her attention toward the handsome Ívar (Baldur Trausti Hreinsson). The film's score features traditional folk music.
The Dance
Óskabörn þjóðarinnar
Jóhann Sigmarsson
Óttarr Proppé, Grímur Hjartarson
Two men in their late twenties, Jim and Frank, old friends from childhood, both emaciated and very grunge guys, meet again after many years. Jim, trying hard to get his life back on track, is pulled in to his old habits of drugs and crimes by Frank and his friends from their old neighbourhood. They set out to help Frank's father to brake out of jail who in return finances their "shopping trip" to Amsterdam.
Plan B
Fúsi Froskagleypir
Björk Jakobsdóttir
Bessi Þór Sigurðarson, Verzlingur
One small bully's encounters in life. As he tries to torture 2 small boys, he finds himself tortured as he is abused by a carpenter in his hometown who both sexually assaults him and prejudices against his crossdressing tendencies. However he finds shelter in his ability to be fired from a cannon and moves to Amsterdam to pursue his career.
Fúsi Froskagleypir