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Whale Valley

15 min.DK/Short fiction

Set on an isolated farm in Iceland, the film follows a seven-year-old boy who accidentally interrupts his older brother's suicide attempt. His brother makes him promise not to tell their parents, and the film examines the relationship between the two brothers in the aftermath using images of rugged scenery to express the young boys' inner turmoil and feelings of isolation.
Basic information Credits
Original title Hvalfjorður
Danish title Hvalfjord
Keywords Brothers, Iceland, Loneliness, Suicide
Director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Screenplay Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Producer Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, Anton Máni Svansson, Darin Mailand-Mercado, Jacob Oliver Krarup
Director of Photography Gunnar Auðunn Jóhannsson
Editor Anders Skov
Sound Gunnar Óskarsson
Appearance Áugúst Örn B. Wigum, Einar Jóhann Valsson
Production country Iceland, Denmark
Domestic distribution Fourhands Film
International sales Magnetfilm International Sales
Danish festival release 27.08.2013, Café Biografen (Odense), Odense Filmfestival
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Companies

Production company Fourhands Film, Fræ Films
Domestic distribution Fourhands Film

Direction

Direction Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Script

Script Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Production

Producer Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Producer Anton Máni Svansson
Producer Darin Mailand-Mercado
Producer Jacob Oliver Krarup
Co-producer Rúnar Rúnarsson

Cinematography

Cinematography Gunnar Auðunn Jóhannsson

Editing

Editing Anders Skov

Sound

Sound Gunnar Óskarsson

Appearance

Appearance Áugúst Örn B. Wigum
Appearance Einar Jóhann Valsson

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