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The Last Autumn

Documentary Films - Competition 2019 / Síðasta haustið / Iceland 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 film

78 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
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