WHALE VALLEY
HVALFJORDUR
Datos Técnicos / Technical Data
País de Producción / Country of Production: DINAMARCA & ISLANDIA - DENMARK & ICELAND
Año Produccion / Year of Production: 2014
Duración / Running Time: 15′
Format / Format: HD
Pantalla / Screen Ratio: 1:1.85
Color / Color: COLOR
Gender / Gender: FICTION - FICTION
Lugar de Rodaje / Shooting Place: ISLANDIA - ICELAND
Versión Original / Original Version: ISLANDÉS - ICELANDIC
Subtítulos / Subtitles: ESPAÑOL & INGLÉS - SPANISH & ENGLISH
Ficha Técnica / Specification Sheet
Productora / Production Company: JOIN MOTION PICTURES
Producción / Production: ANTON MÁNI SVANSSON
Director / Director: GUÐMUNDUR ARNAR GUÐMUNDSSON
Guión / Screenplay: GUÐMUNDUR ARNAR GUÐMUNDSSON
Fotografía / Cinematography: GUNNAR AUDUNN JOHANNSSON
Dirección Artística / Art Director: JULIA EMBLA KATRINARDOTTIR
Sonido / Sound: GUNNAR OSKARSSON
Montaje / Editing: ANDERS SKOV
Intérpretes / Cast
ÁGÚST ÖRN B. WIGUM
EINAR JÓHANN VALSSON
Sinopsis / Synopsis
Dos hermanos viven en un remoto fiordo islandés con sus padres . El hermano más pequeño es testigo de un momento de vida o muerte que involucra a su hermano mayor, esto puede significar una tragedia o un punto de inflexión que mejore la vida de los hermanos.
The film shows a pure love story between two brothers who live in a remote Icelandic fjord with their parents.When the younger brother a little boy witnesses a life or death moment involving his big brother it sets in motion the possibility of either a great tragedy or a turning point to better times in the brothers' lives.
Biofilmografia / Biofilmography
GUDMUNDUR ARNAR (Reykjavik, ISLANDIA, 25/02/1982) Se licenció en Bellas Artes por la Academia de Arte de Islandia, se trasladó a Dinamarca y estudió escritura de guión. Gudmundur trabaja como director de cine y profesor a tiempo parcial de cine y bellas artes. Sus cortometrajes han recibido 15 premios internacionales y más de 100 nominaciones, el más notable fue "Whale Valley" que obtuvo, entre otros muchos premios, una Mención Especial en la Sección Oficial del Festival de Cine de Cannes 2013 y una nominación a mejor cortometraje en European Film Awards.
GUDMUNDUR ARNAR (Reykjavik, ICELAND, 02/25/1982) He graduated in fine art from the Icelandic Art Academy. There after he moved to Denmark and studied screenwriting. Gudmundur works as a filmmaker and a part time teacher in film and fine art. His short films have collected 50 international awards and over 200 nominations. Whale Valley received among others; a Special Mention in the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival and a nomination for Best Short film to the European Film Awards.
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