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Summer Children

Original title: Sumarbörn
German title: Summer Children *
Iceland, 2017

Director: Ragnarsdóttir, Gudrún
Production company: Ljósband
Co-producers: Filmhuset Fiction
Age recommendation: 11 years and up
Length: 84 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
Siblings Eydís and Kári are only five and six years old when their parents' marriage breaks apart. Following the divorce they are sent temporarily to a children's home in the countryside. But when the stay turns out to be longer than they had expected, Eydís and Kári take matters into their own hands.

Festivals:
Haugesund IFF 2017, Tallinn IFF 2017, Titanic IFF Budapest 2018, Edda Award 2018 as best Icelandic Film for Children and Youth, FiFEM Montreal 2018 (awarded), Kosmorama IFF Trondheim 2018, Kristiansand CFF 2018, Zlin 2018, Nordic Filmdays Lübeck 2018 (awarded), Mannheim-Heidelberg IFF 2018

World sales address/es:
Attraction Distribution (CDN)