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Skoða vefinn á ÍslenskuMasterclass: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Rúnar Rúnarsson was born on January 20, 1977 in Reykjavík, Iceland. He is a director and producer, known for many successful movies such as Volcano (2011), Sparrows (2015) and Echo (2019). He will discuss his career in the film industry.
Rúnar Rúnarsson is a graduate from the Directors line of The National Film School of Denmark 2005 – 2009.
The debut feature film premiered at the Director’s Fortnights in Cannes 2011 with VOLCANO, nominated for the Camera d’Or. The film screamed at a large number of festivals and collected 17 international awards. His sophomore feature SPARROWS started its impressive festival run by winning the Concha Ora, Main Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Since then, it has collected 20 international awards. 3rd feature film, ECHO, was selected for Cannes Artelier. World Premiered in Locarno 2019 and was honored with six international awards. 4th feature film, WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS, Was the opening film of Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2024 and has already received five international film awards and played at major festivals.
His Crossroads trilogy of Short films (The Last Farm, 2 Birds, Anna) received around 100 international film awards. THE LAST FARM was nominated for an Oscar in 2006, 2 BIRDS was nominated for Palme d´Or at Cannes 2008, and the European Film Awards the same year. Returned to the short film format in 2024 with O (Circle ) which had a world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival and a North American premiere in competition at Toronto.
FILMS
2024 // 2024 // 2019 // 2015 // 2011 // 2009 // 2008 // 2004
O (short) World Premiere Venice Official Selection
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS World Premiere Cannes Official Selection Un Certain Regard
ECHO World Premiere Locarno, Official Selection.
SPARROWS World Premiere San Sebastian, Official Selection.
VOLCANO World Premiere Director’s Fortnights, Cannes
ANNA (short) World Premiere Director’s Fortnights, Cannes
2 BIRDS (short) World Premiere Cannes Official Selection
THE LAST FARM (short) World Premiere Edinburgh Official Selection