Selb · April 04 - 07, 2024 47. GRENZLAND-FILMTAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Program

Sealskin

Storyline

Five-year-old Sol and her father live in an isolated house by the sea. Sol spends lonely days with her imagination while her father, a composer, struggles with his music. When Sol senses that her father is burdened by sorrow, she finds solace in an old Icelandic folk tale.

About the director

UGLA HAUKSDÓTTIR (Reykjavík, ICELAND, 1989). She graduated from Colombia University in 2016 and won DGA (Director’s Guild of America) – Best Woman Student Filmmaker Winner - for her graduation film How Far She Went. Ugla also directed three episodes of Baltasar Kormákur´s TV series “Trapped” season 2, two episodes of the Amazon´s TV series “Hanna” and was recently attached to direct two episodes in the Amazon TV series “The Power”.

Credits

Director:
Ugla Hauksdóttir
Script:
Ugla Hauksdóttir
Camera:
Markus Engelmair
Editor:
SIGURÐUR EYÞÓRSSON
Sound:
SINDRI ÞÓR KÁRASON
Music:
Herdís Stefánsson
Producer:
JOIN MOTION PICTURES
Cast:
Björn Thors, Bríet Sóley Valgeirsóttir, Sigrídur Soffía Níelsdóttir
Contact:
Promofest, Spanien
E-mail:
distribucion@promofest.org
  • Iceland
  • OmeU (Icelandic)
  • 2020
  • 13 minutes

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