WOMAN AT WAR
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
Production: Slot Machine & Gulldrengurinn
Coproducers: Solar Media Entertainment, Köggull Filmworks, Vintage Picture
Duration: 1h40
Year of production: 2017
French release date: 4th July 2018
Nationality: Iceland, France, Ukraine
French Distribution: Jour 2 Fête
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 association 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
DOP: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Editor: Davíð Alexander Corno
Sound: François De Morant, Raphaël Sohier, Vincent Cosson, Aymerick Devoldère
Editor: Davíð Alexander Corno
Costume design: Sylvía Dögg Halldórsdóttir, Maria Kero
Original music by: Davíð Þór Jónsson
Production design: Snorri Hilmarsson
Synopsis
Halla, in her fifties, declares war on the local aluminum industry, which is destroying her country. She takes all risks to protect the Icelandic Highlands... But the situation could change with the unexpected arrival of a little orphan in her life...
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Prizes
Official Selection of the International Critics’ Week 2018
SACD Prize at the International Critics' Week in Cannes 2018
Rail d'Or (Public Prize at the International Critics' Week)
Valbonne spectators' prize
Favorite Cinécole
Lux Prize 2018
Audience Award at the Zagreb Film Festival 2018
Audience Award at the 2018 Seville European Film Festival
Best Film at the Hamburg Film Festival 2018
Special Mention at the Haifa International Film Festival 2018
Best actress for Halldora Geirharosdottir at the 2018 Valladolid International Film Festival
Best actress for Halldora Geirharosdottir at the 2018 Montreal New Cinema Festival
Nordic Council Film Prize 2018
Kingfisher Prize at the Ljubljana International Film Festival
Best Director at Shaken Aimanov IFF
Best Director at the Ourense Film Festival
Best Original Music for David Þor Jónsson at the Nordic Music Awards
Audience Award at the Tromsø International Film Festival
Best Film at the Byron Bay International Film Festival
Best film at the Abitibi International Film Festival - Témiscamingue
Grand Prize, Best Screenplay and Best Actress at the Truskavets International Film Festival
NDR Film Prize, Baltic film prize for a Nordic Narrative Film, Interfilm Church Prize
Audience Award at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck