Göteborg Film Festival: Rúnar Rúnarsson’s ‘When The Light Breaks’ Wins Best Nordic Film
deadline.comWhen The Light Breaks, the latest film from Icelandic filmmaker Rúnar Rúnarsson, has won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at this year’s Göteborg Film Festival.
The award is the festival’s top competitive honor. The award comes with a SEK 400,000 ($36,000) cash prize. The competition jury featured filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, cinematographer JP Passi, filmmaker Ella Lemhagen, director Philippe Lesage, and actor Frida Gustavsson.
The jury said Rúnarsson’s film was chosen “for its masterfully calibrated mise en scène, its sensitivity and delicate lightness, its director’s unexpectedly uplifting treatment of grief, acutely portrayed by a perfect young ensemble.” The flick debuted at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The official synopsis reads: An accident plunges Iceland into national mourning, and for young art student Una, that fateful 24-hour day will change her life forever.
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