SUMMERLIGHT… AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT

A remote village tells the stories about its colourful inhabitants of this remote Icelandic microcosm. They fight against the extremes of summer light and winter darkness, happiness and sorrow, love and betrayal and life itself.

  • writers: Elfar Adelsteins, Jon Stefansson

  • director: Elfar Adelsteins

  • with: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarson, Heiða Reed

  • producers:  Heather Millard, Elfar Adelsteins – Berserk Films (IS) & Ólafur Darri Ólafsson - Stór og smá (IS)

  • co-producer:  Xavier Rombaut – Polar Bear (BE)

  • genre: drama - feature film

  • country: Iceland / Belgium

  • year: 2022

  • duration: 111 minutes

  • international sales: Cité Films

  • with the support of: Icelandic Film Centre, SENA, Scanbox, Stöð tvö, Þingeyri fund, Nordic Film And Television Fund, Screen Flanders, Tax shelter of the Belgian federal government via Flanders Tax Funding

  • 2022

    • RIFF - Reykjavik international film festival (IS) - closing film

    • PÖFF - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (EE)

    2023

    • Film Festival Oostende (BE)

    • Santa Barbara Film Festival (US)

    • Film by the Sea (NL)

    • Noordelijk Film Festival (NL)

    • Sedona International Film Festival (US)

  • 2023

    • Best Nordic Film Award - Santa Barbara Film Festival (US)