Rams
Film poster
Directed byGrímur Hákonarson
Written byGrímur Hákonarson
Produced byGrímar Jónsson
Starring
CinematographySturla Brandth Grøvlen
Edited byKristján Loðmfjörð
Music byAtli Örvarsson
Production
companies
  • Aeroplan Films
  • Film Farms
  • Netop Films
  • Profile Pictures
Distributed byCohen Media Group (US)
Release dates
  • 15 May 2015 (2015-05-15) (Cannes)
  • 28 May 2015 (2015-05-28) (Iceland)
Running time
92 minutes[4]
Countries
  • Iceland
  • Denmark[1][2] (in association with Norway and Poland[3])
LanguageIcelandic
Budget€1.75 million

Rams (Icelandic: Hrútar) is a 2015 Icelandic drama film written and directed by Grímur Hákonarson. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival[5][6] where it won the top prize.[7] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[8]

It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[9][10]

Cast

Awards

Rams won the Un Certain Regard Prize for 2015, the top prize conferred by a jury presided over by Isabella Rossellini.[7] At the 2015 Transilvania International Film Festival, Rams won the Special Jury Award (i.e. third place) and also won the Audience Award (most votes for a film in competition).[11] It won the Audience award at the Tromsø International Film Festival in 2016.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rams (Hrútar)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Rams (press kit)" (PDF). New Europe Film Sales. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ^ Wendy Mitchell (26 November 2015). "'Rams' director Grimur Hákonarson plots next film". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2 January 2016. Rams was a co-production with Denmark's Profile Pictures and made in association with Norway's Film Farms and Poland's Aeroplan
  4. ^ "RAMS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ^ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  7. ^ a b Rebeccas Ford (23 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Rams' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Iceland Sends 'Rams' to Vie For Foreign Language Oscar Nom". Variety. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Oscars: Iceland Selects 'Rams' For Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  11. ^ "14th Transilvania IFF Awards" (Press release). Transilvania International Film Festival. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  12. ^ Tromsø International Film Festival Awards 2016

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