Rúnar Rúnarsson

Rúnar Rúnarsson (* 1977 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic director and screenwriter .

Life

Rúnar Rúnarsson grew up near Reykjavík and made his first film Klosettmenning in 1995 with Grímur Hákonarson . The short film consists of five episodes, all of which were shot with one camera angle. He was accepted as a contribution to the Nordisk Panorama Film Festival . This motivated Rúnar to make more films. Five years later he continued to shoot the short film Oiko Logos with Hákonarson . In the same year he made, this time alone, the episode film of 12 minutes called Rætur . In 2002, the resident of Denmark at the time applied unsuccessfully to Den Danske Filmskole .

Leitin að Rajeev is an almost one-hour documentary film about the Icelander Birta Fróðadóttir, who makes her way to India to find a friend from childhood, Rajeev. Rúnar produced the film with his company Óháðakvikmyndagerðin . The short film Síðasti bærinn , released two years later, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Film in 2006. He added this to his ultimately successful application for Den Danske Filmskole.

Rúnar completed his studies with the Danish-language short film Anna . His first full- length film is Eldfjall . This won the Edda in various categories .

Rúnar believes that film is an art genre and that the director is the artist, so the producer shouldn't have too much influence.

Filmography

• 1995: Klosettmenning (director)
• 2000: Oiko Logos (director)
• 2000: Rætur (director)
• 2002: Leitin að Rajeev (director, cameraman and producer)
• 2004: Síðasti bærinn (director and screenwriter)
• 2008: Smáfuglar (director and screenwriter)
• 2009: Anna (director and screenwriter)
• 2011: Eldfjall (director and screenwriter)
• 2015: Sparrows (director, screenwriter and producer)

Awards

• Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián 2015: Golden Shell for Sparrows

Web links

• Rúnar Rúnarsson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Rúnar's entry on filmkontakt.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Champs Élysées Film Festival website  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Claus Christensen: Dansk films nye åbenbaring er islandsk , May 21, 2009, on ekkofilm.dk.
3. ↑ Film entry on filmkontakt.com.
4. ↑ Film entry on filmkontakt.com.
5. ↑ Film entry on filmkontakt.com.
6. ↑ Entry on filmkontakt.com.
7. ↑ Film announcement
8. ↑ Entry on filmkontakt.com.
9. ↑ Jannie Dahl Astrup: Islandske filmperler med Ekko , May 5, 2010, on ekkofilm.dk.
10. ↑ Official film website
11. ↑ ^{a b} N. N .: RÚNARSSON IN DIRECTORS 'FORTNIGHT , April 19, 2011, on the Det Danske Film Institute website.
12. ↑ Entry on icelandiccinema.com

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