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FINALIST - Short Fiction :: The Messenger - Hansel Rodrigues
Beer Town Film Festival 2018
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Comeback Kid
Young Hugh is haunted by a past life's strange desires in a twisted tale of reincarnation, revenge and lost love. FESTIVALS BFI London Film Festival 2017 Austin Film Festival 2017 London Short Film Festival 2018 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2018 Bolton Film Festival 2018 Fresh Meat Budapest Film Festival 2018 WINNER 'Best Post Graduate Cinematography' Royal Television Awards 2018 CAST Hugh: Tom Cawte Carol: Emma Beattie Jenny: Olivia Sawbridge Alistair: Neil Stewart David: Ross Armstrong CREW Director: Ian Robertson Writer: Sam Steiner Producer: Nathan Craig Cinematographer: Jon Muschamp Production Designer: Ana Martínez Fernández Editor: Zsófia Tálas Sound Recordist: Kirsty Wright Sound Designer: Michalianna Theofanopoulou Composer: Hollie Buhagiar Colourist: David Sheldon 1st Assistant Director: Ewan Stewart Costume Designer: Sophie O’Neill Make-up Artist: Coral Todd Title Sequence: Bijun Zhuge Title Sequence & Thumbnail Design: Dinamitalight
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Thick skin
At a local party in the suburbs of Reykjavik, Hanna (19) and Jonas (20) escape into the laundry room to share an intimate moment, but when boundaries are crossed the emotional aftermath of guilt quickly follows. Nominated as "Best drama of the year 2018" on vimeo staff picks. https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/vimeo-2018-best-of-the-year-staff-picks-awards-nominees-watch-1202033161/ ///Starring Ísak Hinriksson Þórey Birgisdóttir Árni Beinteinn Pálína Jónsdóttir Hinrik Ólafsson Vigfús Þormar Gunnarsson Katla Rut Pétursdóttir Erling Gíslason Karin Sveinsdóttir Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir Rökkvi Steinn Finnsson Sölvi Þór Bjarnason Halldór Karlsson Stefán Gunnlaugur Jónsson Guðmundur Ágúst Written and Directed by Erlendur Sveinsson Produced by Gunnhildur Helga Katrínardóttir & Erlendur Sveinsson Director of Photography Anton Smári Gunnarsson Production Design by Helga Jóakimsdóttir Edited by Brúsi Ólason Sound Design by Sindri Þór Kárason Colorist Markus Englmair Music Composed by Herdís Stefánsdóttir Casting by Vigfús Þormar Gunnarsson ///Production company Sensor ehf. Helfar ehf. ///Special Thanks Halla Margrét Jónsdóttir Sólmundur Már Jóhannes Kári Þorvaldur Þorvarður Björgúlfsson Davíð Guðmundsson KUKL ehf Red Chili ehf. Stígamót ***Produced in partial fulfilment of the MFA degree in Film at Columbia University School of the Arts. WORLD PREMIERE ***Official selection at the Odense international film festival 2017 (Main Competition) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE ***Official selection at the 24th Palm Springs international film festival 2018 FESTIVALS 1st Bristol Rebel Film Festival 2019 22nd Intl. Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA 2018 41st Poitiers Film Festival 2018 5th Student Intl. Film Festival Rijeka 2018 18th Un festival c’est trop court! Nice 2018 2nd Bolton Film Festival 2018 42nd Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt 2018 24th Palm Springs International ShortFest 2018 14th FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival 2018 10th Leiden Intl. Short Film Experience 2018 20th Mecal, the International Short Film Festival of Barcelona 2018 19th Landshuter Kurzfilmtage 2018 24th Intl. Short Film Festival in Drama 2018 29th Odense Film Festival 2017 14th Reykjavik Intl. Film Festival 2017
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