Project Detail

Iceland is Best

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.

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

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Iceland Is Best Ltd

14 Belmont
St George's Avenue
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 0BY

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