Iceland Year Zero
Iceland année zéro, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, 2012, 52 min, Digi Beta, Current Affairs, Politics, Society
In October 2008, the three main banks in Iceland collapsed, driving a nation into bankruptcy, causing thousands of people to lose their jobs, their personal savings - and hope. How does a nation, once one of the richest and most developed countries in the capitalist world, react to a total economic collapse? In a landscape where “to be rich” used to be a virtue, who is really to blame for the collapse of a far-too-fast-and-greedy banking system? Or rather, is the decline of the capitalist values maybe the best thing that could have happened to Iceland?
Director:
Sigurður Hallmar Magnússon, Armande Chollat-Namy
Producer:
Veronika Janatková, Nadim Cheikhrouha, Dúi J. Landmark
Director of photography:
Armande Chollat-Namy
Screenplay:
Sigurður Hallmar Magnússon, Armande Chollat-Namy
Editor:
Sigurður Hallmar Magnússon
Sound:
David Couturier
Music:
Audun Nedrelid
Languages:
English, French, Icelandic
Subtitles:
English
Axman Production
(Production company)
Rybná 17/683
110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Jade Production
(Production company)
8, rue Godillot
93400 Saint-Ouen, France
DR International Sales
Emil Holms Kanal 20
DK-0999 Kobenhavn C, Denmark
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Competition -
Docudays 2013, Ukraine
Département de la Seine-Saint-Denis, Centre National de la Cinématographie.