Two Birds (film)

2008 Icelandic film

Þórir S. Sigurjónsson
Skúli Fr. Malmquist
Hlín Jóhannesdóttir

Starring

Hera Hilmar
Atli Óskar Fjalarsson

CinematographySophia OlssonEdited byJacob SchulsingerMusic byKjartan Sveinsson

Production
company

Zik Zak Filmworks

Release date

October 3, 2008 (2008-10-03)

Running time

15 minutesCountryIcelandLanguageIcelandic

Two Birds (Icelandic: Smáfuglar, lit. little birds) is a 2008 Icelandic short film, written and directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson. The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Palme d'Or. In the two years after its release it received over 67 international awards at film festivals where it was exhibited, including two Best Actor awards for male lead Atli Óskar Fjalarsson.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

The film takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age who happens to be a friend of his mate.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Hera Hilmar
Atli Óskar Fjalarsson
Sigurður Jakob Helgason
Þórunn Jakobsdóttir
Gísli Örn Garðarsson
Víkingur Kristjánsson
Ómar Örn Hauksson

Critical reception

The website Short of the Week describes Two Birds as "...perhaps the purest and most earnest 15 minutes of film I have ever experienced".^[5]

Other honors

Nominated for Best Short Film at the 2008 European Film Awards
Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival

References

^ "2 Birds".
^ http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news//Icelandic_Short_Films_Breaks_World_Award_Record_0_335776.news.aspx ^{[dead link]}
^ 2 Birds
^ Cannes archives
^ McNally, James. "Smáfuglar (2 Birds) by". Short of the Week. Retrieved 13 July 2013.