SHORT FICTIONAL FILM | 15’ | ICELAND | 2019
DIRECTOR
Anna Karin Lárusdotti
CAST
Hafrún Arna Johanes- Lísa Dóttir
Birta Mubaraka – Brindís
SYNOPSIS
Lísa is fifteen years old and quite different from other girls her age. She has isolated herself and has a big secret about herself. When her childhood friend Bryndís starts reaching out to her, the two reunite, leading Lísa to discover more secrets about her body and medical history.
PREMIERE
València
FESTIVALS
WINNER: SHORTFISH – AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM IN COMPETITION*
STOCKFISH FILM FESTIVAL (The Shortfish, Premiered, Reykjavik, Iceland)MARCH 8, 2019
12th NORTHERN WAVE INT’L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, At Rif, Snæfellsnes, Iceland)OCTOBER 27, 2019
3rd MUESTRA DE CINEMA EL TUMBAO (Official Selection, Alicante, Spain)DECEMBER 12, 2019
14th IFEMA IMAGENES INTERNATIONAL FEMALE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Malmö, Sweden)FEBRUARY 12, 2020
5th INDIE LINCS – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Lincoln, UK)FEBRUARY 13, 2020
27th MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Sydney, Australia)FEBRUARY 13, 2020
17th ZINEGOAK – INTERNATIONAL LGTB FILM AND PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Bilbao, Spain)FEBRUARY 24, 2020
BRISBANE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2020 (Official Selection, Brisbane, Australia)MARCH 5, 2020
18th INTERNATIONAL FILMMOR WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Istanbul, Turkey)MARCH 16, 2020
FEMCINE10 FILM FESTIVAL (Int. Short Film Competition, Santiago de Chile, Chile)MARCH 17, 2020
37th BUFF – MALMÖ FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Malmö, Scandinavia)MARCH 21, 2020
8th SEASON FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Helsinki, Finland)MARCH 26, 2020
4th VISIONÄR FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany)APRIL 1, 2020
4th OUT & LOUD – PUNE INT’L QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pune, Maharashtra, India)APRIL 10, 2020
49th SEHSÜCHTE – INT’L STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany)APRIL 22, 2020
21st FILMOUT SAN DIEGO LGBT+ FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, San Diego, CA, USA)APRIL 30, 2020
12th CORTI A PONTE (Official Selection, Venice, Italy)MAY 4, 2020
7th FIRENZE FILMVCORTI FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy)MAY 4, 2020
11th HILL COUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Fredericksburg, Texas, USA)MAY 7, 2020
14th VOX FEMINAE FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Zagreb, Croatia)MAY 11, 2020
15th DAVIS FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Davis, CA, USA)MAY 29, 2020
OUTSTREAM FILM FEST 2020 (Official Selection, Online, USA)JUNE 1, 2020
25th FIRE!! – BARCELONA LBGT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Barcelona, Spain)JUNE 4, 2020
8th GOLDEN GER INT’L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)JUNE 4, 2020
9th BREAKTHROUGHS FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Toronto, Canada)JUNE 11, 2020
14th SORSICORTI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Palermo, PA, Italy)JUNE 11, 2020
11th KASHISH MUMBAI INT’L QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Mumbai, India)JULY 22, 2020
11th KASHISH MUMBAI INT’L QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
ANNA KARIN LÁRUSDOTTI
Anna Karín is a twenty five years old filmmaker based in Reykjavík, Iceland. She graduated from the Icelandic Film School from directing and producing department earlier this year.
Her graduation film ‘Milli tungls og jarðar’ (English title; Between Earth and the Moon), won the best picture from the semester. She has directed four short films and produced about eight.
She is quite new to the film industry but her decision to go to film school two years ago was very spontaneous. Now she works at RÚV, the national television broadcasting station were she is filming, editing, producing and directing material for the younger generation.