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''Volcano'' () is a 2011 Icelandic drama film directed by
Rúnar Rúnarsson Rúnar Rúnarsson (born 20 January 1977 in Reykjavík) 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'', ...
. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the
84th Academy Awards The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 in the United States and took place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre in H ...
, but it did not make the final shortlist. At the 2012
Edda Award The Edda Award is an accolade bestowed annually by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy, and is the most prominent film and television award in Iceland, awarded annually in February. The ''Edda'' has awarded for outstanding work in various cat ...
s, the film was nominated in 14 categories, winning in 5. The film screened within many international film festivals, including the
2011 Toronto International Film Festival The 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, between September 8 and September 18, 2011. Buenos Aires, Argentina was selected to be showcased for the 2011 City to City programme. The opening fil ...
and the 2012
Maryland Film Festival The Maryland Film Festival is an annual five-day international film festival taking place each March in Baltimore, Maryland. The festival was launched in 1999, and presents international film and video work of all lengths and genres. The festiv ...
.


Plot


Cast

* Theódór Júlíusson as Hannes * Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir as Anna * Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir as Telma * Benedikt Erlingsson as Pálmi *
Þorsteinn Bachmann Þorsteinn Bachmann (born 25 October 1965) is an Icelandic actor. He is known for his role as Móri in ''Life in a Fishbowl''. In 2015 he won an Edda Award for that same role. Early life Þorsteinn grew up in the Fossvogur area of Reykjavík, ...
as Ari * Auður Drauma Bachmann as Tinna *
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson (English transliteration: Thröstur Leó Gunnarsson; born 23 April 1961 in Reykjavík), is an Icelandic people, Icelandic stage, film and television actor. Early life Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson graduated from the Iceland ...
as Janitor


See also

*
List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film


References


External links

* 2011 films Films directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson 2010s Icelandic-language films 2011 drama films Icelandic drama films {{Iceland-film-stub