''Albatross'' is a 2015

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ic comedy drama film directed and written by

Snævar Sölvi Sölvason Snævar Sölvi Sölvason (born 26 July 1985) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. Since 2011 he has directed three films, including the 2019 drama Eden. Biography Snævar was raised in Bolungarvík, Iceland. He studied Financial e ...

. It stars Hansel Eagle as a young man who follows his girlfriend up to the

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for a summer, prior to beginning a university course he’s not passionate about, and soon finds himself dumped and directionless. The film premiered on 18 June 2015. The film was funded independently, with its post production financing coming through the

Karolina Fund Karolina may refer to: People * Karolina (name) *Karolina (singer), singer/songwriter from Eilat, Israel Places *Karolina, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Karolina, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Ka ...

crowdfunding site.

Cast

* Hansel Eagle as Tommi *

Pálmi Gestsson Pálmi Gestsson (born 2 October 1957) is an Icelandic actor and voice actor. He is known for the long-running Icelandic sketch group ''Spaugstofan'' which he co-created. Among his voice acting is the Icelandic voice of Shere Khan in ''The Jungle ...

as Kjartan * Finnbogi Dagur Sigurðsson as Finni * Gunnar Kristinsson as Kiddi * Birna Hjaltalín Pálmadóttir as Rakel * Ársæll Níelsson as Þröstur Örn * Guðmundur Kristjánsson as Þrándur * Gabriela Vieira as Maria

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Albatross 2015 films 2010s Icelandic-language films 2015 comedy-drama films Icelandic comedy-drama films