The Last Farm
The Last Farm (Icelandic title Síðasti bærinn) is a 2004 Icelandic short film. It was directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson, and stars Icelandic actor Jón Sigurbjörnsson. The film was scored by Kjartan Sveinsson, a keyboardist for the band Sigur Rós.
| The Last Farm | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rúnar Rúnarsson |
| Produced by | Þórir Snær Sigurjónsson |
| Written by | Rúnar Rúnarsson |
| Starring | Jón Sigurbjörnsson: Hrafn Kristjana Vagnsdóttir: Gróa Siguður Skúlason: Jón Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir: Lilja Kjartan Bjargmundsson: Unnar Arnheiður Steinþórsdóttir: Birta |
| Music by | Kjartan Sveinsson |
| Edited by | Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir |
Production company | Zik zak filmworks |
Release date | 2004 |
Running time | 18 minutes |
| Country | Iceland |
| Language | Icelandic |
It was shot at an abandoned farm in the Westfjords in Iceland which can be visited easily. In fact, a different tragedy happened in this house and, people tell, was, therefore, the inspiration for this film.
It was nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Plot
His daughter Lilja as well as the delivery man Jón believe that the farmer Hrafn makes his house ready for winter because he and his wife Gróa should move into an elderly home. No one knows that Gróa has died already and he actually prepares the grave for himself and his wife. When his daughter arrives with her family at Hrafn's house he is already buried alive next to his wife. He used a mechanism of his little truck to pour soil at his wife's coffin and himself lying in a deep hole.
Awards
Although the film failed to win the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2005, it has won 12 other awards including the Edda Award for Short Film of the Year in 2004, the ARTE Short Film Award and the Youth Jury Award at the 2006 Dresden Film Festival, and the Audience Award for Best Film at the 2006 FEST Youth Video and Film Festival.