UNDER THE TREE
2018 Films
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1h 28m
Agnes throws Atli out and does not want him to see their daughter Ása anymore. He moves in with his parents, who are involved in a bitter dispute over their big and beautiful tree that casts a shadow on the neighbours’ deck. As Atli fights for the right to see his daughter, the dispute with the neighbours intensifies – property is damaged, pets mysteriously go missing, security cameras are being installed and there is a rumor that the neighbor was seen with a chainsaw.
Direction: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
Script: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Huldar Breiðfjörð
Production: Grímar Jónsson
Co-Production: Sindri Páll Kjartansson, Þórir Snær Sigurjónsson
Cinematography: Monika Lenczewska
Editing: Kristján Loðmfjörð
Production Design: Snorri Freyr Hilmarsson
Costume Design: Margrét Einarsdóttir
Make-Up: Bjørg Serup
Sound: Björn Viktorsson, Frank Mølgaard Knudsen, Sylvester Holm
Original Score: Daníel Bjarnason
Visual Effects: Simon Sandin, Jörundur Rafn Arnarson
Cast: Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Selma Björnsdóttir, Dóra Jóhannsdóttir, Sigríður Sigurpálsdóttir Scheving
Original Title: UNDIR TRÉNU
Original Language: Icelandic
Film Production Countries: Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Germany
Website: http://neweuropefilmsales.com/movies/under-the-tree/
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/undirtrenu/
Biography of the Director/s
Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1978. He is a graduate of the prestigious film program at Columbia University, New York. His first feature film Á annan veg (Either Way) screened at film festivals all around the world and was re-made in the US as Prince Avalanche (starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch). Hafsteinn was selected as one of “Variety’s Ten European Directors to Watch” in 2012.
Filmography of the Director/s
Paris of the North, 2014, Feature
Either Way, 2011, Feature
Skröltormar, 2007, Short
Awards Won
Austin Fantastic Fest - Comedy Features - Best Director
Hamptons International Film Festival - Golden Starfish Award - Narrative Feature
Zurich Film Festival - Special Mention - International Feature Film
Denver IFF - Special Jury Award
World Sales:
New Europe Film Sales
Jan Naszewski
Czerniakowska 73/79
Warsaw, 00-718, Poland
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +48600173205
Website: http://neweuropefilmsales.com/
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