Echo (2019 film)

Echo (Icelandic: Bergmál) is an Icelandic film from 2019, directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Echo
Film poster
IcelandicBergmál
Directed byRúnar Rúnarsson
Screenplay byRúnar Rúnarsson
Produced by
  • Live Hide
  • Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir
  • Rúnar Rúnarsson
Edited byJacob Schulsinger
Music byKjartan Sveinsson
Release dates
  • 11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) (Locarno)
  • 20 November 2019 (2019-11-20) (Iceland)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryIceland
LanguageIcelandic

Over a series of 56 vignettes, Echo draws a portrait of Iceland during the Christmas holidays.[1][2][8]

Echo was nominated for Best Film at the Edda Awards, won Best Original Score at Les Arcs European Film Festival, and Best Director at the Valladolid International Film Festival.[1]

References
  1. "Echo". Icelandic Film Centre.
  2. "Bergmál (Echo)". Locarno Film Festival.
  3. Bleasdale, John (3 October 2019). "Echo review: a mosaic of an Icelandic Christmas". British Film Institute.
  4. Van Hoeil, Boyd (16 August 2019). "'Echo' ('Bergmal'): Film Review Locarno 2019". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. Bałaga, Marta (14 August 2019). "Review: Echo". cineuropa.
  6. "Echo (2019) aka Bergmál". Kvikmyndapod (Podcast). 14 June 2021.
  7. O'Callaghan, Paul (21 August 2019). "Locarno Film Festival 2019: Technoboss, Echo, & A Voluntary Year". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  8. "Echo review – a mesmerising mosaic of Icelandic festivities". The Guardian. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2022.


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