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Godland (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Godland' (, ) is an internationally coproduced drama film, directed by Hlynur Plmason and released in 2022.Peter Debruge, [https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/godland-review-vanskabte-land-volada-land-1235274746/ "Godland Review: Almighty Iceland Puts a Weak Danish Priests Faith to the Test"]. 'Variety', 24 May 2022. Set in the late 19th century, the film stars Elliott Crosset Hove as Lucas, a Lutheran priest from Denmark who is sent to Iceland to oversee the establishment of a new parish church, only to have his faith tested and challenged by the harsh conditions of life in rural Iceland, including his inability as a unilingual Danish language speaker to communicate with his assigned Icelandic guide Ragnar (Ingvar Eggert Sigursson).Stephanie Bunbury, [https://deadline.com/2022/05/godland-film-review-cannes-1235034530/ "Cannes Review: Hlynur Palmasons Godland"]. 'Deadline Hollywood', 27 May 2022.
The film was inspired in part by a collection of wet plate photographs of rural Iceland taken by a priest in the late 1800s.David Rooney, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/godland-cannes-2022-1235155336/ "Godland (Vanskabte Land/Volada Land): Film Review | Cannes 2022"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', 27 May 2022.
The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, and is slated to have its North American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.Jeremy Kay, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/toronto-unveils-2022-tiff-docs-contemporary-world-cinema-line-ups/5173521.article "Toronto unveils 2022 TIFF Docs, Contemporary World Cinema line-ups"]. 'Screen Daily', 17 August 2022.
Awards
The film has been selected as Denmark's 2022 submission for the Nordic Council Film Prize.Wendy Mitchell, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/nordic-council-film-prize-reveals-five-nominees-for-40000-award/5173685.article "Nordic Council Film Prize reveals five nominees for $40,000 award"]. 'Screen Daily', 23 August 2022.
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