woman at war

By Benedikt Erlingsson

With Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson,Davíð Þór Jónsson, Magnús Trygvason Eliasen, Ómar Guðjónsson, Iryna Danyleiko, Galyna Goncharenko, Susanna Karpenko, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada

Synopsis Halla declares a one-woman-war on the aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves... Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life.

Production Slot Machine & Gulldrengurinn
Co-producers Solar Media Entertainment, Köggull Filmworks, Vintage Picture

Duration 1h40
Year of production 2017
Release date France Coming soon
Nationality Iceland, France, Ukraine
Distribution France Jour 2 Fête

Official Selection of Critics' Week Cannes Festival 2018
SACD Award at the Critics' Week
Rail d'Or (Public prize at the Critics' Week)
Valbonne spectators' prize
Coup de coeur Cinécole Lux Prize 2018 Audience Award at the Zagreb Film Festival 2018 Grand Audience Award at the Sevilla European Film Festival 2018 Best film at the Hamburg Film Festival 2018 Special Mention at the Haifa International Film Festival 2018 Best actress award for Halldora Geirharosdottir at the Valladolid International Film Festival 2018 Best actress award for Halldora Geirharosdottir at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal 2018 Nordic Council Film Prize 2018 Kingfisher Prize at the Ljubljana International Film Festival Best director award at the Shaken Aimanov IFF Best director award at the Ourense Film Festival Best Music award for David Þor Jónsson at the Nordic Music Awards Audiance Award at the International Film Festival of Tromsø Best Film at the International Film Festival of Byron Bay Best Film at the International Cinema Festival of Abitibi - Témiscamingue Grand Prize, Best Script award and Best actress award at the International Film Festival of Truskavets NDR Film Prize, Baltic film prize for a Nordic Narrative Film, Interfilm Church Prize and Audience Award at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck

With the support of The Icelandic Film Centre, Eurimages, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, CNC, Institut français, CNC Nouvelles technologies en production, Ukrainian State Film Agency, Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, Creative Europe, Programme Media of the European Union

In assosation with Beta Cinema, Rúv, Sena, Jour 2 Fête, Potemkine Films, Camera Films A/S

With the participation of Jón Pàlmason, Gudbjörg Sigurdadóttir, Bjarni Ôssurarson, Kjartan Sveinsson

Image Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Editing Davíð Alexander Corno

Sound François De Morant, Raphaël Sohier, Vincent Cosson, Aymerick Devoldère
Editing Davíð Alexander Corno

Costume designer Sylvía Dögg Halldórsdóttir, Maria Kero
Original music Davíð Þór Jónsson
Set Designer Snorri Hilmarsson