"You must remember to nourish yourself." Vintage Pictures has released an official trailer for the Icelandic film Agnes Joy, which originally premiered last year and also opened in Iceland last year. After playing at a few other film festivals this year, Iceland has submitted Silja Hauksdóttir's Agnes Joy as their selection for the Best International Film category at the 2020 Academy Awards. The contemporary relationship drama focuses on an Icelandic family, and a disintegrating marriage, starring Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir. She is worried her daughter, Agnes, will grow up and leave her behind, until a new man moves in next door. Also starring Donna Cruz as the titular Agnes, with Þorsteinn Bachmann, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Kristinn Óli Haraldsson, & Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir. It's always hard to get a sense of Icelandic films from their trailers, but I am certainly curious about this and the complex family dynamics it explores. Here's the official...
- 12/11/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
’Agnes Joy’ is Silja Hauksdóttir’s second film.
Silja Hauksdóttir’s mother-daughter drama Agnes Joy (working title), produced by Birgitta Björnsdóttir at Vintage Pictures, has started shooting in Iceland. Screen exclusively reveals the first photo here.
Hauksdóttir wrote the script with Rannveig Jónsdóttir, who also produces, and Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir.
The film is being co-produced by Mikael Torfason and Guðbjörg Sigurðardóttir and is backed byThe Icelandic Film Centre, distributor Sena, broadcaster Ruv and a private equity investor.
The cast features Katla Margrét Þorgeirsdottir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Donna Cruz, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Kristinn Óli Haraldsson.
The comedy drama is about a...
Silja Hauksdóttir’s mother-daughter drama Agnes Joy (working title), produced by Birgitta Björnsdóttir at Vintage Pictures, has started shooting in Iceland. Screen exclusively reveals the first photo here.
Hauksdóttir wrote the script with Rannveig Jónsdóttir, who also produces, and Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir.
The film is being co-produced by Mikael Torfason and Guðbjörg Sigurðardóttir and is backed byThe Icelandic Film Centre, distributor Sena, broadcaster Ruv and a private equity investor.
The cast features Katla Margrét Þorgeirsdottir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Donna Cruz, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Kristinn Óli Haraldsson.
The comedy drama is about a...
- 11/8/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
’Agnes Joy’ is Silja Hauksdóttir’s second film.
Silja Hauksdóttir’s mother-daughter drama Agnes Joy (working title), produced by Birgitta Björnsdóttir at Vintage Pictures, has started shooting in Iceland. Screen exclusively reveals the first photo here.
Hauksdóttir wrote the script with Rannveig Jónsdóttir, who also produces, and Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir.
The film is being co-produced by Mikael Torfason and Guðbjörg Sigurðardóttir and is backed byThe Icelandic Film Centre, distributor Sena, broadcaster Ruv and a private equity investor.
The cast features Katla Margrét Þorgeirsdottir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Donna Cruz, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Kristinn Óli Haraldsson.
The comedy drama is about a...
Silja Hauksdóttir’s mother-daughter drama Agnes Joy (working title), produced by Birgitta Björnsdóttir at Vintage Pictures, has started shooting in Iceland. Screen exclusively reveals the first photo here.
Hauksdóttir wrote the script with Rannveig Jónsdóttir, who also produces, and Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir.
The film is being co-produced by Mikael Torfason and Guðbjörg Sigurðardóttir and is backed byThe Icelandic Film Centre, distributor Sena, broadcaster Ruv and a private equity investor.
The cast features Katla Margrét Þorgeirsdottir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Donna Cruz, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Kristinn Óli Haraldsson.
The comedy drama is about a...
- 11/8/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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