Project Detail

Cold Light

Synopsis

Grimur, a troubled teenager, can't come to terms with the feeling of guilt he has carried since he lost his family in a tragedy he thinks he could have prevented. In his childhood, a mystical talent had tormented him with visions of the future - now he must learn to let go of the haunting visions of his past and accept all the good things that life has to offer.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Features
Running time
93 mins
Format
35 mm
Director
Hilmar Oddsson
Producer
Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Egil Ödegard, Helga Bähr
Co-Producer
Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Egil Ödegard, Helga Bähr
Editor
Sigvaldi J. Karason
Screenwriter
Hilmar Oddsson
Director of Photography
Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson
Sound
Kjartan Kjartansson and Paul Wrightson
Composer
Hjalmar H Ragnarsson
Principal cast
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir, Ruth Olafsdóttir

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Film and Music Entertainment, The Icelandic Film Corporation

34 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3QJ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7636 9292

Sales Company

Media Luna Entertainment

Hochstadenstrasse 1-3,
50674 Cologne, Germany

T + 44 (221) 1 39 22 22

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