Echo (Bergmál) - Rúnar Rúnarsson, Icelandic Destinies
Echo (Bergmál)
Director Rúnar Rúnarsson
Through 56 independent scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both biting and tender, of modern day Iceland during the often turbulent but also exciting time of the Christmas holidays.
79 min. VOSTF
With the support of the Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa
Rúnar Rúnarsson, Icelandic Destinies
For the 2024 edition of the festival, FIKA(S) and the Cinémathèque Québécoise honor Icelandic cinema by offering a retrospective of Rúnar Rúnarsson's works. With a population of barely 400,000 citizens, Iceland's annual film production revolves around only about ten feature films. However, since the 2010s, various Icelandic films of great sensitivity have captivated audiences. Revealed with the short film "The Last Farm," nominated for an Oscar in 2005, Rúnarsson has emerged in recent years as a major contributor to this cinematic renewal, with an intimate body of work inhabited by the theme of attachment to the land, set against the backdrop of sublime volcanic landscapes. On the occasion of this 5th edition of FIKA(S), we present to you the three feature films directed by the filmmaker so far: "Volcano" (2011), "Sparrows" (2015), and "Echo" (2019).