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The Honour Of The House
''The Honour of the House'' () is a 1999 Icelandic film directed by Guðný Halldórsdóttir. It was Iceland's official List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.* Cast * Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir as Þuríður * Ragnhildur Gísladóttir as Rannveig * Agneta Ekmanner as Prófastsfrú * Rúrik Haraldsson as Prófastur * Egill Ólafsson as Björn See also * List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links * Icelandic drama films 1990s Icelandic-language films 1999 films Films directed by Guðný Halldórsdóttir Films scored by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson 1999 drama films {{Iceland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 23 January 1954) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films since 1984, including ''Under the Glacier'' and ''The Honour of the House''. She wrote the screenplay for 1986 comedy ''Stella í orlofi'' (''Stella on Vacation'') and directed its 2002 sequel, ''Stella í framboði'' (''Stella running for Office''). Her 2007 film ''The Quiet Storm (film), The Quiet Storm'' was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Her father was writer and 1955 Nobel prize, Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness, while her mother was writer and textile designer Auður Laxness. Her son is rapper, actor and comedian Halldór Laxness Halldórsson, better known as Dóri DNA. Selected filmography * ''Stella í orlofi'' (''Stella on Vacation'') (1986) * ''Under the Glacier'' (1989) * ''The Honour of the House'' (1999) * ''Stella í framboði'' (''Stella running for Office'') (2002) * ''The Quiet Storm (film), The Quiet Storm'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir
Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 18 June 1954) is an Icelandic actress. She has appeared in twelve films since 1981. She starred in '' As in Heaven'', which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. She is the sister of director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. Her husband is the singer, actor and composer Egill Ólafsson. She was the Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Iceland from 2005 to 2015. Selected filmography * '' The Outlaw'' (1981) * ''The Atomic Station'' (1984) * '' Cool Jazz and Coconuts'' (1985) * ''In the Shadow of the Raven ''In the Shadow of the Raven'' ( Icelandic: ''Í skugga hrafnsins'' ()) is the title of a 1988 film by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, set in Viking Age Iceland. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st A ...'' (1988) * '' As in Heaven'' (1992) * '' The Honour of the House'' (1999) References External links * 1954 births Living people Tinna Gunnlaugsdottir Tinna Gunnlau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (; born 23 April 1958), also known as HÖH, is a musician, an art director, and ''allsherjargoði'' (''chief goði'') of Ásatrúarfélagið ("the Ásatrú Association"). Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson was a pioneer in the use of computers when composing music and cleared the path for new ideas in recording and arrangements. He has worked on ambitious, experimental and original projects with various musicians, such as Psychic TV, Current 93, Sigur Rós, Steindór Andersen and Eivør Pálsdóttir. From early bands to the birth of Þeyr From 1972 to 1975 he was playing drums in a school band called Fatima with guitarist Jóhannes Helgason, bassist Birgir Ottóson and singer Guðmundur Eyjólfsson. In 1974 singer Eiríkur Hauksson replaced Guðmundur and guitarist Sigurgeir Sigmundsson joined them and a year after they broke up. By 1979 Hilmar Örn was playing drums and occasionally the synthesizer in a band called Fellibylur (Hurricane) with vocalist Magnús ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 72nd Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non- English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country. For the 72nd Academy Awards, the Academy invited 75 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1999. Forty-seven countries submitted films to the Academy, surpassing the record set in 1994. The Asian nations of Bhutan, Nepal and Tajikistan submitted films for the first time ever. The nominations were announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
72nd Academy Awards
The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th ceremony held in 1998. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Salma Hayek. '' American Beauty'' won five awards, including Best Picture. Other winners includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches. As of April 2020, the organization was estimated to consist of around 9,921 motion picture professionals. The Academy is an international organization and membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world. The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, now officially and popularly known as "The Oscars". In addition, the Academy holds the Governors Awards annually for lifetime achievement in film; presents Scientific and Technical Awards annually; gives Student Academy Awards annually to filmmakers at the undergraduate and graduate level; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agneta Ekmanner
Agneta Ekmanner (born 4 December 1938) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1965. Selected filmography * ''Love 65'' (1965) * ''Hugs and Kisses'' (1967) * '' The Corridor'' (1968) * ''Per'' (1975) * ''Paradise Place'' (1977) * ''The Mozart Brothers'' (1986) * ''Lethal Film'' (1988) * '' Svart Lucia'' (1992) * ''Murder at the Savoy'' (1993) * '' Roseanna'' (1993) * ''The Fire Engine That Disappeared'' (1993) * ''The Police Murderer'' (1994) * ''In the Presence of a Clown'' (1997) * ''The Honour of the House'' (1999) * ''White Water Fury ''White Water Fury'' ( sv, Järngänget) is a 2000 Swedish thriller film directed by Jon Lindström and starring Emil Forselius, Rafael Edholm, and Alexander Skarsgård. Plot ''White Water Fury'' follows four men on a kayaking trip. Later on i ...'' (2000) References External links * * 1938 births Living people 20th-century Swedish actresses 21st-century Swedish actresses Swedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egill Ólafsson
Egill Ólafsson (born 9 February 1953) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and actor. He is married to the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir. Education Egill Ólafsson studied playing guitar and piano when he was young and was part of a boys' brass band under the direction of Karl Otto Runólfsson. While he was a student at Hamrahlid College from 1970 until 1974, Egill Ólafsson sang in the choir of the school Kór MH. 1970 he started to study at the Tónlistarskólinn (music school in Reykjavík). The disciplines he was studying were singing and composing. In 1976 Egill Ólafsson graduated at Tónlistarskólinn In Reykjavík. Professional life Among his compositions are music for choirs, brass band music and music for strings and trumpets. He has composed around 30 theatrical works. He composed for musicals ''Grettir'', ''Eva Luna'' and ''Come Dance With Me'', the latter having a run on off-Broadway in 1996. His works have been played by various ensembles like Spilverk þjó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Icelandic Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Iceland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1981. The first film to be sent to AMPAS by Iceland was ''Land and Sons'' which was released in Iceland in 1980. Since then, Iceland has sent in a film every year. Only one Icelandic film, '' Börn náttúrunnar'' (''Children of Nature''), directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, has received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. However, a second, '' Djúpið'' (''The Deep''), made the nine-film shortlist in 2012, and a third, '' Síðasti bærinn'' (''The Last Farm'') by Rúnar Rúnarsson, was also nominated for Best Live Action Short in 2006. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's films have been selected to represent Iceland six times- more than any other Icelandic director. Ágúst Guðmundsson, Baltasar Kormákur and Hrafn Gunnlaugsson have each represented Iceland four times. In 1990, Guðný Halldórsdóttir became the first Icelandic woman to represent the country. Submissions The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Drama Films
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