SUMMERLIGHT… AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT
A remote village tells the stories about its colourful inhabitants of this remote Icelandic microcosm. They fight against the extremes of summer light and winter darkness, happiness and sorrow, love and betrayal and life itself.
writers: Elfar Adelsteins, Jon Stefansson
director: Elfar Adelsteins
with: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarson, Heiða Reed
producers: Heather Millard, Elfar Adelsteins – Berserk Films (IS) & Ólafur Darri Ólafsson - Stór og smá (IS)
co-producer: Xavier Rombaut – Polar Bear (BE)
genre: drama - feature film
country: Iceland/Belgium
year: 2022
duration: 111 minutes
international sales: Cité Films
with the support of: Icelandic Film Centre, SENA, Scanbox, Stöð tvö, Þingeyri fund, Nordic Film And Television Fund, Screen Flanders, Tax shelter of the Belgian federal government via Flanders Tax Funding
festivals & awards: RIFF - Reykjavik international film festival (IS), PÖFF - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (EE), Film Festival Oostende (BE), Santa Barbara Film Festival (US) - BEST NORDIC FILM AWARD