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Marteinn Thorsson. Director: One Point O. Marteinn Thorsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland and is a dual citizen of Iceland and Canada. He graduated from Ryerson University, in Toronto, Canada, with a B.F.A. degree in Film Studies in 1993 and a 65-minute film noir, Diary of an Assassin.
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Marteinn Thorsson. Director: One Point O. Marteinn Thorsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland and is a dual citizen of Iceland and Canada. He graduated from Ryerson University, in Toronto, Canada, with a B.F.A. degree in Film Studies in 1993 and a 65-minute film noir, Diary of an Assassin.
Marteinn Þórsson is known as an Director, Writer, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Actor, Assistant Sound Editor, and Director of Photography. Some of his work includes One Point O, Stormland, XL, Backyard Village, Permille, Scratches: Part 4, and The Search for Bogomil Font.
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‘Þorpið í bakgarðinum’ follows Brynja (Laufey Elíasdóttir) and Mark (Tim Plester) who, after a chance meeting in a Hveragerði guesthouse, slowly form a bond over their shared past traumas. It’s a real and grounded look at how people deal with grief, set in a cold, harsh environment which, in itself, is a bit of a metaphor for how the characters fee...
The film thematically revolves around trauma and grief. It’s made clear early on in the story that the characters have something eating away at them inside—though giving any more away would spoil the plot. That said, watching them slowly come to terms with their pasts is fascinating. It must be said that both Laufey and Tim nail their roles, delive...
In a work that is based around humans forming connections over shared problems, it’s safe to say that a viewer might assume the film was made in response to or inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funnily enough, this was not the case. “The entire film was shot prior to the pandemic,” Marteinn reveals. “We finished filming in late 2019, around Decemb...
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Marteinn Þórsson Active - 1992 - 2021 | Genres - Drama , Comedy , Crime , History , Horror | Subgenres - Cyberpunk , Dystopian Film , Historical Film Filmography ↓
Profession: Director. Country: Iceland. Marteinn Thorsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland and is a dual citizen of Iceland and Canada. He graduated from Ryerson University, in Toronto, Canada, with a B.F.A. degree in Film Studies in 1993 and a 65-minute film noir, DIARY OF AN ASSASSIN.
