Grimsey

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Grimsey.

After breaking up with Norberto who ran away to Iceland, Bruno wants to find him. Arnau, a local tour guide in Reykjavik, will enroll in his quixotic search. Their trip will become a grieving process until they reach the remote island of Grimsey. There, Bruno will have to learn what love really means in order to move on with his life.

Directors.

With his short Taboulé, Richard Garcia was selected by MoMA and Film Society Lincoln Center NY for the New Directors/New Films festival and won many international festival awards including the National Radio film contest, Capalbio, Molisecinema, Huelva, Puerto Rico and LGTB film festivals in Zurich, Bern, Hamburg, and Valladolid. Taboulé was also part of the official selection at Raindance UK and Melbourne Queer Film Festival and a finalist for the Spanish Academy Awards (Goyas) in 2012. His previous short Ana´s Way, starring Marisa Paredes, won at Malaga International Film Festival and was also part of the official competition of several international festivals, including Tribeca IFF, Guadalajara FICG and São Paolo Mostra do Cinema.

Raúl Portero published his first novel at age 26; it was entitled La vida que soñamos (2008), and was a winner at the 4th Terenci Moix Award. Since then, he has published three more novels:La piel gruesa(2009), Reykjavík línea 11 (2012) and La canción pop (2017). Grímsey is his first feature film.

Details.

  • Title
    Grimsey
  • Rights
    Festivals,
    Sales
  • Country
    Spain
  • Year
    2017
  • Length
    70′, col.

  • Directors
    Richard Garcia,
    Raúl Portero
  • Screenplay
    Richard Garcia,
    Raúl Portero
  • Editing
    Richard García,
    Sergio Jiménez
  • Photography
    Richard Garcia,
    Raúl Portero

  • Sound
    Jorge Alarcón
  • Cast
    Richard Garcia,
    Raul Portero

  • Producers
    Pau Brunet, Richard García,
    Ángeles Hernández, David Krohnert,
    David Matamoros, Raúl Portero,
    Nacho San José
  • Production
    La Panda, Doce Entertainment, Pony Films, in collaboration with Zentropa,
    Ad Hoc Studios, Sound Troop


  • Pune International Film Festival 2018 – Global Cinema
  • Yashwant International Film Festival 2018 – Global Cinema
  • Zinegoak Bilbao 2018
  • Guadalajara International Film Festival 2018 – Catalan Focus, Premio Maguey (out of competition)
  • Barcelona D’A Film Festival 2018
  • Lovers International Film Festival Turin 2018 – Irregular Lovers Competition
  • InsideOut Toronto 2018
  • Atlantida Film Festival Palma de Mallorca 2018
  • Menorca International Film Festival 2018 – Opening title
  • Cine MovilH Santiago del Chile 2018
  • Festival Chéries-Chéris Paris 2018
  • El Lugar Sin Limites Quito 2018
  • Image + Nation Montreal 2018
  • Endimaris LGBTQI Film Festival Sitges 2021
  • Teatri di Vita Bologna 2023


  • Goya Awards 2019 – Candidate


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