Project Detail

Fog World

Synopsis

Iceland is a country marked by its frozen nature and extreme temperatures, which give it a certain touristic appeal. The harshness of the climatic conditions and the enthusiasm of tourists regularly cause car accidents to happen. From this phenomenon, verging on absurdity, the artist and filmmaker Ruaidhri Ryan had planned to make a road movie, one that he will never finish. He thus adventures into the different phases of pre-production, production and post-production of what this film could have been.
This film captures the hilarious diary of this failure, in which Ryan calls on a 4x4, a GPS gnawed by the cold, an elf and a Viking guide with whom he maintains a virtual correspondence. Moving between simulated reality, video games and cinema, the film explores the geography of a country marked by the exoticism of its landscapes, often used as backdrops for Hollywood movies. A hilarious look at the way in which new technologies condition our ways of representing territories.
Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - International Competition - World premiere

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
22 min
Format
HD Video
Director
Ruaidhri Ryan
Producer
Ruaidhri Ryan
Co-Producer
Ruaidhri Ryan
Executive Producer
Ruaidhri Ryan
Editor
Ruaidhri Ryan
Screenwriter
Ruaidhri Ryan
Director of Photography
Ruaidhri Ryan
Production Designer
Ruaidhri Ryan
Sound
Ruaidhri Ryan
Principal cast
Katrin Olafsdottir

Production Status

Production Company

Sales Company

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