Archive of films Last Autumn / Síðasta haustið
Iceland
2019, 78 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2019
If the world has an edge, then it is almost certainly visible from Iceland. On the outermost cape, beyond which there is only the inhospitable Arctic Ocean, lies a farm belonging to Úlfar and his wife. This autumn will be the last time their grandchildren come from the city to drive the sheep back down from the hills. An almost tangible cinematic fabric that weaves a tale of an abandoned place where the mist clings to the steel-blue surface of the sea and where the occasional human visitor is sometimes welcome.
Synopsis
According to legend, “at the beginning of the world once again there was neither sand nor sea, neither soothing waves nor billowing meadows, neither playful winds nor sky, only a gaping abyss.” The nothingness receded, and there at the edge of the world Iceland emerged. A man and a woman traveled with their livestock to take up residence on the island’s farthest cape – beyond which there is only the inhospitable Arctic Ocean. It is autumn, and Úlfar and his wife are once again visited by their grandchildren, who help them drive the sheep from the hills down to the farm. But this year will be the last time. An almost tangible cinematic fabric that weaves a tale of an abandoned place where the mist clings to the steel-blue surface of the sea and where the occasional human visitor is sometimes welcome.
Martin Horyna
About the director

Yrsa Roca Fannberg (Reykjavík, Iceland). Filmography: Salome (2014), The Last Autumn (Síðasta haustið, 2019)
Contacts
Akkeri Films
Eiríksgata 11, 101, Reykjavík
Iceland
Tel: +354 849 3354
E-mail: [email protected]
Publicity contact
Brigitta Portier
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.alibicommunications.be
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Yrsa Roca Fannberg |
Dir. of Photography: | Carlos Vásquez Méndez |
Music: | Gyða Valtýsdóttir |
Editor: | Federico Delpero Bejar |
Producer: | Hanna Björk Valsdóttir |
Production: | Akkeri Films, Biti aptan bæði |
Contact: | Akkeri Films, Brigitta Portier |
Guests

Yrsa Roca Fannberg
Film Director

Federico Delpero Bejar
Film Editor

Hanna Björk Valsdóttir
Producer

Björn Viktorsson
Sound Designer

Brigitta Portier
Publicist