THE SWAN
A Film by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
FEATURE
2017
91 MIN
A wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp.
A Vintage Pictures Production, In Coproduction with Junafilm & Kopli Kinokompanii, funded by Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig Holstein, Eesti Filmi Sihtasutus, Icelandic Film Center , Sam Spiegel International Film Lab
Director & Writer: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
Based on the novel by Guðbergur Bergsson
Producers: Hlín Jóhannesdóttir, Birgitta Björnsdóttir
Co-Producers: Verena Gräfe-Höft, Anneli Ahvenr
Casting: Laufey Elíasdóttir
Editor: Sebastian Thümler, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
DoP: Martin Neumeyer
Production Design: Drifa Freyju-Ármannsdottir
Costume: Sylvia Dögg Halldórsdóttir
Hair and Makeup: Guðbjörg Huldís Kristinsdóttir
Music: Örvar Smárason, Gunnar Örn Tynes
Sound: Tiina Andreas
With Ingvar Sigurdsson, Thorvaldur Kristjansson, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, et al.
World Sales: M-Appeal
AWARDS
Cairo International Film Festival 2017 – Best Film
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018 – Special Jury Prize
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2018 – Honorable Mention
Kolkata International Film Festival 2017 – Best Director
etc.
FESTIVALS
World premiere at Toronto Filmfestival 2017, Cairo International Film Festival, Cinema Jove – Valencia International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Skip City International D-Cinema Festival, Kolkata International Film Festival, etc.