Rúnar Rúnarsson (born 20 January 1977 in
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...
) is an
Icelandic screenwriter and director. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2009. His credits include the feature film
''Volcano'' and the short films
''Anna'',
''Two Birds'', and ''
The Last Farm'' (which was nominated for an Oscar). He is referred to as the most awarded short film director in the world with more than 90 awards.
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His second feature, '' Sparrows'', is a coming-of-age story that was released in 2015. For ''Sparrows'' Rúnarsson won the Silver Hugo for best new director at Chicago International Film Festival.
His 2019 film '' Echo'' entered the competition of the Locarno Film Festival.]Cannes
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.
In 2025, the film ''When the Light Breaks'' won the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film at the Göteborg Film Festival
Filmography
* ''Klósettmenning'' (1995, short film)
* ''Lífsg(æði)'' (1997, short film)
* ''Oiko Logos'' (1997, short film)
* ''Rætur'' (2000, documentary)
* ''Leitin að Rajeev'' (2002, documentary)
* ''Bragur'' (2000, short film)
* '' The Last Farm'' (2004, short film)
* '' Two Birds'' (2008, short film)
* ''Anna'' (2009, short film)
* ''Volcano
A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...
'' (2011)
* '' Sparrows'' (2015)
* '' Echo'' (2019)
* '' When the Light Breaks'' (2024)
* ''O'' (2024, short film)
References
External links
*
Icelandic film directors
Icelandic screenwriters
Living people
1977 births
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