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All Dogs Die

Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema 2021 / Allir Hundar Deyja / Iceland, Croatia, USA 2020

A solitary farm is home to an equally solitary man named Gunnar. The endless silence that surrounds him is occasionally disturbed only by the barking of his canine companion, and by the presence of his granddaughter, who turns up one day… A tender story of unspoken fears, of powerful gestures that disguise weakness, and of mortality, a subject we all have to address at some point in our lives.

All Dogs Die All Dogs Die

Synopsis

A solitary farm set amid the breathtaking Icelandic landscape is home to an equally solitary man named Gunnar. The silence, occasionally disturbed only by the barking of his canine companion, is an integral part of his existence. He doesn’t feel the need to speak or to share his feelings with anyone else. This attitude doesn’t impress his granddaughter Anna, however, who turns up one day to find out how her grampa is doing. But he can’t tell her… A tender story of unspoken fears, of powerful gestures that disguise weakness, and of mortality, a subject we all have to address at some point in our lives.

Anna Kořínek

About the film

17 min / Color, DCP
International premiere

Director Ninna Pálmadóttir / Screenplay Ninna Pálmadóttir / Dir. of Photography Ninna Pálmadóttir, Jason Brownrigg / Music Pétur Ben / Editor Ivor Šonje / Producer Chew Chia Shao Min / Coproduction Castor Multimedia / Cast Theódór Júlíusson, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir / Contact Icelandic Film Centre

About the director

Ninna Pálmadóttir

Ninna Pálmadóttir (1991, Akureyri, Iceland). Selected filmography: Connect (2016, short), Splinter (2017, short), Paperboy (Blaðberinn, 2019, short), All Dogs Die (Allir Hundar Deyja, 2020, short).

Contacts

Icelandic Film Centre
Hverfisgata 54, 101, Reykjavik
Iceland
Phone: +354 562 3580
Fax: +354 562 7171
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Ninna Pálmadóttir
Film Director

Shao Min Chew Chia
Producer

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