Iceland is Best
Synopsis
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
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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 BelmontSt George's Avenue
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 0BY
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