Lamb

Valdimar Jóhannsson
Iceland, Sweden, Poland
2021
106'
Dýrið

- Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- 10:30
- Cinema Tuškanac
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- Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- 18:30
- Cinema SC
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Married couple María (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason) live on an isolated Icelandic farm with a flock of sheep. One day, they come across a disturbing discovery in the barn – a mysterious newborn. Their decision to keep it and raise it as their own child will have severe consequences. This eerie folk tale premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, where it won the Prize of Originality. Jóhansson’s co-writer on the film is poet and writer Sjón, nominated for an Oscar for the song in Dancer in the Dark, and co-writer on Robert Eggers ’upcoming film, The Northman.

Subtitles: EN, HR

Valdimar Jóhannsson

Prior to becoming a director, Valdimar worked in the Icelandic film industry as a leading crew member on Icelandic films and big service productions for two decades. He attended Béla Tarr’s film.factory PhD programme in Sarajevo. His mentors included Tilda Swinton, Gus Van Sant, Carlos Reygadas and Apichatpong Weerasethakul among others. Lamb (Cannes 2021 – Prize of Originality) is his first feature.

Lamb

Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson

Screenplay: Sjón, Valdimar Jóhannsson

Cast: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurðsson

DOP: Eli Arenson

Editing: Agnieszka Glińska

Producer: Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Sara Nassim, Piodor Gustafsson, Erik Rydell, Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska, Jan Naszewski

Production: Go to Sheep, Black Spark Film & TV, Madants, Film i Vast, Chimney, Rabbithole Productions, Helgi Jóhannsson

Festivals & Awards: Cannes Film Festival 2021 – Prize of Originality; Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival 2021; São Paulo International Film Festival 2021; BFI London Film Festival 2021; Zurich Film Festival 2021;