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German sales outfit The Playmaker Munich, formerly Arri Media International, has shared with Variety the international trailer of psychological thriller “Wolka,” produced by leading Icelandic banner Sagafilm with Poland’s Film Produkcja.

The feature will bow as a market premiere at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films, Scandinavia’s major film showcase which runs Aug. 24-27.

The atmospheric trailer follows Anna (Olga Bołądź) as she gets out of a Polish jail on parole after 15 years behind bars. She soon travels from Warsaw to Iceland, on the tail of a mysterious Dorota (Anna Moskal) who has blended into the nation’s largest ethnic minority. Composer Atli Örvarsson and cinematographer Marek Rajca (“South by North”) capture the escalating tension as Anna’s arrival rocks Dorota’s life, established under a false identity.

The images reveal the cultural challenges for the strong community of nearly 10,000 immigrant Poles living in Iceland, tagged by Dorota in...

The Icelandic-Polish co-production will star Olga Błądź, Jan Cięciara, Eryk Lubos and Anna Moskal in the lead roles. Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson’s new feature, currently in post-production, is a drama entitled Wolka. The Reykjavik-born director, best known for his previous endeavours Flying the Nest (2018), Undercurrent (2010) and Thicker Than Water (2006), has co-written the script of his new project in tandem with Michal Godzic (The Legions). Principal photography took place in Iceland last summer, with additional shooting days being organised in Poland in September. The story of Wolka revolves around Anna, who is released from a Polish prison. Once free, Anna has but one goal, which is to find a woman called Dorota, but to achieve it, she needs to break her parole, break the law and head off to the remote island of Iceland. The film’s cast includes Olga Błądź, Jan Cięciara, Eryk Lubos and Anna Moskal. Meanwhile, the...