ISLANDIA

This is a dramatic short film based on a diary of a woman set prison after a physical and sexual abuse in a culture very different from hers. The character of the film is joyful, impulsive young woman who decides quickly to book "all inclusive" trip to an exotic destination. The journey starts well but one night, a hotel employee breaks in to her hotel room while she is asleep and rapes her. In the conflict between them there is a damage in the hotel room. Therefore she is charged for the damage and put in all women prison where she is has no name, she is called ´Islandia´. Inside the prison she encounters women from all over the world who all have a dramatic stories behind them. The story takes place at the same time as the massacre of Gaza were at its highest. European (Icelandic) woman is experiencing the hard reality which is a everyday reality for some women worldwide. Its important to look at other cultures in order to contribute change of attitude for our own culture and increase knowledge and understanding for others. In the opinion of the applicants is our human nature to open our eyes, listen and connect better when something happens closer to us. The story of a European woman is true. The connection to the story and the characters become stronger and can become part of providing inspiration, increase knowledge and understanding in the women right movement (witch is barely begun for a large proportion of women in the world) as well as fighting for human rights. Our story is perhaps a key that will unlock someone else's prison that's why we want to share this testimony. The Icelandic organisation 'Islandia' is group of 6 upcoming film makers. Eydís Eir Björnsdóttir - writer/director Marzibil Sæmundardóttir - co-director Marta Óskarsdóttir - assistant director Svava Lóa Stefánsdóttir - producer Ársæll Níelsson - producer Skúli Helgi Sigurgíslason - sound engineer The Danish partnership organization Islandia_Copenhagen is a group of five upcoming film makers Nanna Rúnarsdóttir - photographer / DIT Andri Thor The Spanish partnership organizations Islandia_spain is a group of 5 upcoming film makers Carolina Salas Munos - Producer Manuel Gónzales-Simancas Gónzalez is a director and expert technician in image and production assistant. Julio César Tortuero is a director of photography and documentary filmmaker. Olvido Pérez is a director of photography. Guillermo López Cabrera is a audiovisual artist, photographer, scriptwriter and director. Other nationalities include Neslihan Siligur (Turkey) - First assistant camera (she alias in the credits - Alex Ban) Nicolas Liebing (France) - Composer Ray Dumas (Canada) - Cinematographer Loris Santarosa (Canada) - Gaffer Producer Carolina Salas travelled between Iceland and Spain to organize and co-ordinate the production. Director Eydís Eir traveled to Spain to scout locations and meet with Spanish crew members and she travelled to Copenhagen to meet with a production company and with the danish organisation. Transnational meetings were held via Skype. In may 2017 6 crew members from Iceland, 1 crewmember from Denmark, 2 crewmembers from Canada and 1 crewmember from Turkey travelled to spain and met with the Spanish crew. The whole crew resided in Segovia during the final pre-arrangements and shooting for a total of 10 days. Post production in Iceland is now in it´s final stages and the film will be ready and handed to the Icelandic Film Fund no later than December 1st. Early 2018 we hope to have screened the film at international film festivals. It will the be premiered in Iceland soon after that. Discussion between the production and humanitarian organizations are being organized.