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Islande, année zéro

Year
2012
Country
Iceland, Czech Republic, France
Duration
52’
Directors
Armande Chollat-Namy, Sigurður Hallmar Magnússon

In October 2008, the three main banks in Iceland collapsed, driving a nation into bankruptcy, causing thousands of people to lose their jobs, their personal savings − and their hope. How does a nation, once one of the richest and most developed countries in the capitalist world, react to a total economic collapse? In a landscape where ‘to be rich’ used to be a virtue, who is really to blame for the collapse of a far-too-fast-and-greedy banking system? Or rather, could the decline of the capitalist values be the best thing that could have happened to Iceland? Iceland: Year Zero is not an economic analysis of the bankruptcy of a nation, but rather a film about the aftermath; the impact on the people who have to deal with these economic catastrophes. It is a universal portrait of a nation of our times.

Production
Jade production/France, Nadim Cheikhrouha, 8, rue Godillot, 93400 Saint-Ouen, [email protected]; Axman Production, Veronika Janatková / Czech Republic, Rybná 683/17, 110 00 Praha 1, [email protected]; Landmark Kvikmyndagerð, Laugarnesvegi
Sales:
DR International Sales / Denmark, Emil Holms Kanal 20, 0999 Copenhagen C, [email protected]
Director
Armande Chollat-Namy

Armande Chollat-Namy studied at the FAMU Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic from 2000 till 2002. From 2003-2008 she continued her studies at Université Paris VIII (Masters-Cinema department: Directing / Still Photography and Multimedia). Since 2004 she has worked as a camera operator and editor for Art Park Productions, France.

Selected Filmography

(selected): Farco (2005), CO2 (2009), Iceland, Year Zero (2012)

Director
Sigurður Hallmar Magnússon

Sigurður Hallmar Magnússon studied at the FAMU Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic from 2000 till 2002. From 2003-2008 he continued his studies at Université Paris VIII (Masters-Cinema department: Directing). Since 2004 he has worked as a director, cameraman and editor for Art Park Productions, France.

Selected Filmography

(selected): hmstrf (2006), Pres des rails (2006), Iceland, Year Zero (2012)

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