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Sparrows (2015 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sparrows' is a 2015 internationally co-produced[http://www.kvikmyndavefurinn.is/films/nr/1563 restir, Kvikmyndavefurinn] (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 October 2015. film directed by the 2006 short film oscar nominee Rnar Rnarsson, starring Atli skar Fjalarsson, Rakel Bjrk Bjrnsdttir and Ingvar Eggert Sigursson. It tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who moves from his mother in Reykjavk to his father in the Icelandic countryside. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Sparrows became a festival darling and on top of its great festival run the film has been honored with 20 international film awards since it was awarded the Golden Shell at the 63rd San Sebastin International Film Festival.
Cast
* Atli skar Fjalarsson as Ari
* Ingvar Eggert Sigursson as Gunnar
* Kristbjrg Kjeld as Grandmother
* Rakel Bjrk Bjrnsdttir as Lra
* Rade erbedija as Tomislav
* Valgeir Hrafn Skagfjr as Bassi
Production
The film was produced by Denmark's Nimbus Film and its subsidiary Nimbus Iceland, together with Pegasus Pictures and MP Film. It received three million Danish kroner in support from the Danish Film Institute as well as backing from the Icelandic Film Centre, The Croatian Audiovisual Centre and Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Filming began on 14 July 2014 in Iceland.
See also
* List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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