Project Detail

Iceland is Best

Iceland is Best Ltd

Synopsis

The story of Sigga, a 17 year-old girl trying to leave home in Iceland, and make her way to California.
Sigga lives in a remote Icelandic fishing village. When she announces to her parents she is going to live in California to be a poet. They are distraught: why can't she live next door and write poetry there?
Her best friends begin the journey to drive her to the airport. Outside the village, they give a lift to Nikki, an American poet who has just returned from California. Nikki falls for Sigga, and despite her wishes, he is intenet that she stays in Iceland.

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Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Running time: 91 min
Format: 35mm
Director: Max Newsom 1st Feature
Producer: William Randall-Coath, Dankuro Asanuma, Max Newsom
Co-Producer: Gunnhildur Helga Katrínardóttir
Executive Producer: Gareth Jones, Ana-Marina Smith-Suarez
Editor: Elisa Cepedal
Screenwriter: Max Newsom
Director of Photography: Dankuro Shinma
Production Designer: Gus Olafsson
Sound: Nick Baldock
Composer: Walter Mair
Principal cast: Kristín Auður Sophusdóttir, Tom Maden, Atli Oskar Fjalarsson, Álfrún Laufeyjardóttir, Mikael Kaaber