Echo
As Iceland gets ready for Christmas, a peculiar atmosphere settles over the country. An abandoned farm is burning, a children’s choir sings Christmas carols, chicken carcasses parade through a slaughterhouse, a museum employee is arguing on the phone, a young girl makes her mother try on her new virtual-reality headset… In 56 discrete scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both bitter and tender, of modern society.
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About the film
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TypeFeature Film
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National Premiere DateNovember 20, 2019
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International Premiere DateAugust 11, 2019, Locarno Film Festival
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Length79 min.
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LanguageIcelandic
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Original TitleBergmál
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International TitleEcho
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Production Year2019
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Production CountriesIceland
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Icelandic Film Centre GrantYes
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Production Format2K Color
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ColorYes
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Screening format and subtitlesDCP
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Festivals
- 2020Seattle International Film Festival
- 2020Tbilisi International Film Festival
- 2020Pune International Film Festival
- 2020Würzburg International Film Festival
- 2020Bengaluru International Film Festival
- 2020Glasgow Film Festival
- 2020Bergamo Film Meeting
- 2020INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF URUGUAY
- 2020Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
- 2020Northern Lights Nordic Baltic Film Festival
- 2020Espoo Ciné IFF
- 2020Scanorama
- 2020Sydney IFF
- 2020Shanghai IFF
- 2020Transilvania IFF
- 2020Molodist
- 2020Isola Cinema International Film Festival
- 2020Febiofest
- 2020Philadelphia FF
- 2020Denver Film Festival
- 2020Zagreb Film Festival
- 2020Golden Raven Film Festival, Russia - Award: Won the Jury Prize
- 2020International Istanbul Film Festival
- 2020MoMA Doc Fortnight
- 2020Tromsö International Film Festival
- 2020Palm Springs International Film Festival
- 2020Nordisk Panorama
- 2019Goa Film Festival
- 2019Filmfest Hamburg
- 2019Nordische Filmtage Lübeck - Award: Won the Interfilm Church Prize
- 2019Film Fest Gent
- 2019Seminci Valladolid International Film Festival - Award: Rúnar Rúnarsson was awarded the del Duero award for best director
- 2019Les Arcs Film Festival - Award: Kjartan Sveinsson won the prize for the best original music for the film.
- 2019PÖFF - Tallin Black Nights Film Festival
- 2019Cairo International Film Festival
- 2019Sarajevo Film Festival
- 2019Sao Paulo International Film Festival
- 2019Thessaloniki International Film Festival
- 2019Titanic International Film Festival
- 2019Festival Nouveau Cinéma
- 2019Leiden International Film Festival
- 2019Noordelijk Film Festival
- 2019Warsaw Film Festival
- 2019Locarno Film Festival - Award: Youth Jury Award
Distributors
- Øst for Paradis - Denmark
- Greta Garbo Films - Lithuania
- De Filmfreak - Netherlands
- Arthaus - Norway
- Xenix Filmdistribution GMBH - Switzerland
- Jour2Fête - France