Just Like a Painting by Eggert Pétursson
“Just Like a Painting by Eggert Pétursson” is a documentary on the painter Eggert Pétursson. In moraines near Skaftafell Glacier and close to the Arctic Circle at Tröllaskagi peninsula we discover the film’s dynamic cornerstone on our trip through the Highlands. Our guide is botanist Thóra Ellen Thórhallsdóttir, who connects the dots between our experience of the Icelandic nature and the floral diversity of Eggert’s flower paintings.
Eggert is a conceptual artist with a realistic vision of form and structure, but the imagination is tied to interpretation and his own sense of painting. From his book of sketches, surrounded by a musical ode to Mother Nature, the flora’s perseverance and complexity matches the world of the painting while emphasizing the coexistence of these two worlds.
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About the film
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TypeDocumentary
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International Premiere DateMarch 15, 2020, Stockfish Film Festival
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Length74 min.
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LanguageIcelandic, English, Finnish
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Original TitleEins og málverk eftir Eggert Pétursson
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International TitleJust Like a Painting by Eggert Pétursson
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Production Year2020
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Production CountriesIceland
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Icelandic Film Centre GrantYes
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ColorYes
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Screening format and subtitlesDCP, English subs
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- 2020Stockfish Film Festival
- 2020Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
