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A 40 year old lady gets her revenge on her ex-husband in a rather unusual way.
Length: 8 min. 30 sec.
Aspect Ratio: 2,35:1
Sound: Dolby Atmos
Cast Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Elísabet Lea Dýradóttir
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Writer: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Cinematographer: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Music: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Sound Design: Gunnar Árnason og Iðunn Snædís Ágústsdóttir
Costume Design: Helga Stefánsdóttir
Producer: Ágúst Guðmundsson
There were two dogma rules:
The intention was to create a slightly increasing tension with the never blinking eye of the camera.
Release: September 2024. Nordisk Panorama, Malmö, Sweden.
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A band of rock musicians get together in search of fame and fortune. And of love. The competition with the younger generation turns out to be rather stiff.
Main Cast: Egill Ólafsson, Ragnhildur Gísladóttir, Eggert Þorleifsson, Jakob Frímann Magnússon, Ásgeir Óskarsson, Tómas M. Tómasson, Þórður Árnason, Höskuldur Ólafsson
Screenplay: Ágúst Guðmundsson, Eggert Þorleifsson, Egill Ólafsson, Jakob Frímann Magnússon, Ragnhildur Gísladóttir, Tómas M. Tómasson, Þórður Árnason and Ásgeir Óskarsson
Music: Stuðmenn
Production Design: Frosti Friðriksson
Costume Design: Rebekka Ingimundardóttir
Hair and Make-up: Ragna Fossberg
Cinematographer: Víðir Sigurðsson
Sound Design: Gunnar Árnason
Music Recording: Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Mick Glossop and Arnþór Örlygsson
Editor: Sævar Guðmundsson
Producer: Jakob Frímann Magnússon
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Produced by Bjarmaland ehf.
Length: 90 minutes
Ratio: 1,85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital
Released at Christmas 2004
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Who is Freya? A fairy queen? A murderess? The goddess of love? These are the questions little Agga, eleven, would like to find the answers to, and so, off she goes to spy on the mysterious and stunningly beautiful Freya, who has just returned from the United States a widow. Set in the early fifties, this is a story of female uprising before the days of feminism.
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Writer: Ágúst Guðmundsson, based on a novel by Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir
Main cast: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla Egilsdóttir, Heino Ferch, Hilmir Snær Gudnason, Kristbjörg Kjeld
Cinematographer: Peter Joachim Krause
Sound design: Nalle Hansen
Editor: Henrik Møll
Music: Ronen Thalmay, Count Basie, Ib Glindemann and others
Producers: Kristín Atladóttir, Ísfilm ehf
Andy Paterson, Archer Street Productions
Helgi Toftegaard, MTV
Script supported by Media 2.
Production supported by the Icelandic Film Fund, the Nordic Film & TV Fund, Eurimages, FilmFörderung Berlin-Brandenburg and the Danish Film Institute.
Sound: Dolby SRD
Length: 104 minutes
Screening format: 35 mm Colour
Production format: Super 35 (Scope)
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Premier date and year: 20th October 2001
International Premier: 37th Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival
Awards
• Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival 2002, "Best Actress Award" (Ugla Egilsdóttir)
• Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Church Jury Award "Best Film"
• The Icelandic Film and TV Academy awards, EDDA: Best film, Best director, Best screenplay, Best actress in a leading role (Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir), Best actress in a supporting role (Kristbjörg Kjeld), Best actor in a supporting role (Hilmir Snær Guðnason)
• National entry as the best foreign film for the Oscars 2002
Reviews:
A delicious pitch-dark comedy! A gleeful probe into how women have always banded together to deal with men. Deftly cinematic... rich in social and historical context... A delightfully idiosyncratic movie.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Extraordinary! An uncommonly engaging comedy with ripe tragic undertones.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Darkly funny!
Vince Musetto, New York Post
A sleek and entertaining work with pockets of darkness and mystery! As Freya, Ms. Vilhjalmsdottir is a lively, radiant presence whose marquee smile alone does a lot to warm up the icy hearts of the villagers.
Dave Kehr, The New York Times
A darkly humorous slice of life! The two luminous characters at the heart of the film are three-dimentional sharp-tongued works of art.
Gia Kourlas, Time Out New York
The droll script and deft direction make the Icelandic chill surprisingly inviting!
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Makes for the kind of romantic comedy that, at least stateside, is becoming a lost art.
Brian Libby, Williamette Week
Devilishly whimsical... A steamy brew of mythical tale spinning and precodious feminist mischief.
Prarie Miller, LI Press
Beautifully observed... Freya is both alluring and mysterious in the best noir tradition, and Miss Egilsdottir delivers a superb turn as the young Agga, who seems to blossom into womanhood right before our eyes.
Frank Sheck, Hollywood Reporter
Entertaining and darkly funny!
Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News
Terrific! The Seagull’s Laughter has a lot going for it: good music, striking landscapes, Viking legends. It’s witty with dark humour and it engages your emotions.
Cheryl Dawson, TheMovieChicks.com, Dallas
A stylish allegory, punctuated with wry, at times, sardonic humour... Gudmundsson has an unexpected knack for Thurberesque wit.
Rex Roberts, Film Journal International
Skilfully balances romantic comedy and melodrama with a coming-of-age story and morality play... As sultry visions of feminism past and future, Freya and Agga represent angry goddesses who aren’t going to take it any more.
John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
A gorgeous film! A dark comedy of manners, dark like the Icelandic night and mordant to the core. Smashing performances!
Mark Savlov, Austin Chronicle
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1913. A remote island in the middle of the roaring Atlantic hosts a wedding. The beautiful Sirsa has decided to try and forget her true love, the wild and romantic Ivar, choosing instead to marry Harald, son of the most important family on the island. While Ivar and Harald battle for Sirsa's affection, the colorful assortment of guests dance the rhythmic and hypnotic Faroese dance, only breaking from their merriment for a shipwreck, looters, a close encounter with the devil and the disappearance of the bride.
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Writers: Ágúst Guðmundsson, Kristín Atladóttir, based on a short story by William Heinesen ("Her skal danses")
Main Cast: Gunnar Helgason, Pálína Jónsdóttir, Baldur Trausti Hreinsson, Dofri Hermannsson, Gísli Halldórsson, Kristína Sundar Hanssen
Cinematographer: Ernest Vincze
Editors: Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Music: Jürgen Peukert, Kai Dorenkamp, Reiner Grünebaum
Production Design: Halldór Þorgeirsson
Producers: Ágúst Guðmundsson, Ísfilm ehf
Andy Paterson, Oxford Film Company
Dschingis Bowakow, Hamburger Kino Kompanie
Erik Crone, Nordisk Film Productions
Script supported by the European Script Fund.
Production supported by British Screen, Icelandic Fim Fund, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Eurimages and FilmFörderung Hamburg.
Sound: Dolby Digital
Length: 87 min
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Release: September 2, 1998
International premiere: Toronto, September 1998
Awards
• Festroia International Film Festival, Portugal 1999: Awarded the Silver Dolphin - Best Cinematography. Nominated for Golden Dolphin (Director Ágúst Guðmundsson)
• Moscow International Film Festival 1999: Won Best director (Silver St. George), Ágúst Guðmundsson. Nominated for Golden St. George.
• Amanda Awards Norway 1999. Nominated for Best Nordic Feature Film (Nordisk Amanda)
• Edda Awards, Iceland 1999: Won for Costume design (Þórunn María Jónsdóttir).
Nominated as Best film, Actor of the year (Dofri Hermannsson) and Director of the
year (Ágúst Guðmundsson)
Review:
Gudmundsson, whose early-1980s films “Land and Sons” and “The Outlaw” were bellwethers of an emerging Icelandic cinema, returns to film after a decade-long absence. There's maturity to his work, a controlled story sensibility, and one feels at ease in such capable hands. Helmer’s graceful, precise style contrasts sharply with the howling winds and fierce rains that pummel the characters.
Tech credits are richly hued and amplified by a haunting score that incorporates traditional folk music. The cast is vividly drawn, down to the tiniest part. Jonsdottir is a sensuous presence, while those who play her suitors ably convey contrasting lifestyles but a humanity cut from the same bolt of cloth.
Leonard Klady, Variety
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American army trucks drive out onto the black sands of the South of Iceland. Soon it transpires that the soldiers are searching for gold.
Main Cast: Pálmi Gestsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Arnar Jónsson, Jón Sigurbjörnsson, Borgar Garðarsson, Gestur Einar Jónasson
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Writer: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Cinematographer: Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson
Music: Daryl Runswick
Production Design: Halldór Þorgeirsson
Production Manager: Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Length: 92 minutes
Year of release: 1984
Award
• The Lübeck lense (audience award for the best film of the festival)
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ON TOP has certainly lived up to its name. On its release in 1982, the film smashed all box-office records in cinema-oriented Reykjavik where, over Christmas, crowds fought their way through that year’s exceptionally stormy weather and deep snowdrifts to see it and cheer themselves up, altogether 43% of the population! Director Ágúst Guðmundsson worked on this third film of his in close co-operation with a group of Icelandic musicians, immensely popular for their wide range of musical expertise as well as their wit and unpredictable humour. It’s all good entertainment – all the better for the wry comment it offers on the battle of the sexes.
Main Cast: Egill Ólafsson, Ragnhildur Gísladóttir, Eggert Þorleifsson, Jakob Frímann Magnússon, Anna Bjorn, Valgeir Guðjónsson, Tómas M. Tómasson, Þórður Árnason, Ásgeir Óskarsson
Director Ágúst Guðmundsson
Screenplay Ágúst Guðmundsson and Stuðmenn
Music Stuðmenn and Grýlurnar
Production Design Anna Theodóra Rögnvaldsdóttir
Cinematographer David Bridges
Editor William Diver
Sound Júlíus Agnarsson and Gunnar Smári
Production company Bjarmaland s.f.
Producer Jakob Frímann Magnússon
35 mm. Widescreen (1,85:1)
Dolby Stereo
Date of release: 18. desember 1982
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Set in the 10th century, based on The Saga of Gisli, an Icelandic family saga.
Main Cast: Arnar Jónsson, Ragnheiður Steindórsdóttir, Þráinn Karlsson, Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Helgi Skúlason
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Writer: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Producer: Jón Hermannsson
Cinematographer: Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson
Sound recording: Oddur Gústafsson
Sound Design: Aad Wirtz
Production Design: Jón Þórisson
Music: Áskell Másson
Length: 106 minutes
Year of release: 1981
DV prize for the best film of the year. Iceland’s entry for the Oscars.
Transmitted by ZDF, Germany and FR3, France, and others.
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Set in the North of Iceland in 1937.
Main cast: Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Jón Sigurbjörnsson, Guðný Ragnarsdóttir, Jónas Tryggvason
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson
Writer: Ágúst Guðmundsson, based on a novel by Indriði G. Þorsteinsson
Producer: Jón Hermannsson
Camera: Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson
Production Designer: Jón Þórisson
Costumes: Freygerður Magnúsdóttir
Music: Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson
Length: 94 mínútur
Year of release: 1980
Awards
• Silver award in Taormina, Italy.
• National entry as the best foreign film for the Oscars 2002
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