Ungfrú Ísland Erasmus Project

Project Title

Ungfrú Ísland

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture

Project Summary

The project covers the process of creating a short film. It includes the pre-production, filming and post-production processes of filmmaking and concludes with festival submissions and development of marketing material for the finished film. Our script, titled “Miss Iceland”, is a satire on our culture and how it’s currently being shaped by social media. Scriptwriter/director Hannes Thor Arason describes his intended style as “dark comedy” questioning society through absurd scenarios.The idea for the film came about when Arason noticed how the use of social media had started to excessively influence people around him and their real life decisions. Some people take their Internet persona so seriously that they will even shape their day-to-day schedule in order to accumulate as many online “likes” as possible.The protagonist of “Miss Iceland” is a person who becomes so fixated on how she is perceived that she loses touch with her real life and the decisions she makes. This results in a series of conflicts, which she needs to resolve in order to maintain her perfect profile.The key creative individuals in this project have substantial experience working in their respective local film industries. Despite their young age, they have amassed numerous credits working on various features, short films, documentaries and television series. These credits however are usually for secondary jobs as assistants. With this film, we hope to gain experience working in major roles for a film production.The pre-production stage and filming will take place in Iceland. We will recruit experienced filmmakers to work with us on the film and will make sure that highest level of professionalism is maintained throughout. This will not only benefit the end project, but also help us develop individually as filmmakers.The post-production stage will take place in the UK. The film’s marketing and festival strategies will be developed in Italy. A production plan is attached, which clearly shows our tasks, what they are and where they will be performed, as well as a timeplan.The objective of our project is to create a short film that we can be artistically proud of. Furthermore, the entire process should help us become better and more efficient filmmakers and storytellers. Ultimately we want our finished film to be seen, hopefully all over the world, at film festivals, in schools and through other means of distribution. In an industry where exposure means everything, we certainly hope that our film will help showcase our individual talents and aid us with developing visibility for future endeavors.We feel that our talented and diverse group will ensure that our objectives will be met and that the process will be enjoyable for all.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 18190 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fenrir Films sf. & Country: IS

Project Partners

• John Somervile
• Guido Marr