Creative Summer Jobs 2021 continue to pay off
The short film „Kílómetrar“, written, directed, acted, edited and mixed by Óli Gunnar Gunnarsson and Vilberg Andri, was selected for the „New York Indie Short Awards“ film festival and premiered there recently. Óli Gunnar and Vilberg Andri are part of a group of young people who worked in creative summer jobs for the City of Hafnarfjörður in the summer of 2021. At the end of the film, you can hear a beautiful original song by Vilberg Andri, which he both sings and plays. The song is titled after the film and will be released on Spotify in February.
The short film Kilometres premiered at a short film festival in New York.
The short film „Kílómetrar“, written, directed and starring Óli Gunnar Gunnarsson and Vilberg Andri, was selected for the „New York Indie Short Awards“ film festival and premiered there recently. Óli Gunnar and Vilberg Andri are part of a group of young people who worked in creative summer jobs for the City of Hafnarfjörður in the summer of 2021. At the end of the film, you can hear a beautiful, original song by Vilberg Andri, which he both sings and plays. The song is titled after the film and will be released on Spotify in February.
Kilometres is about two friends at parting ways.
Kílómetrar is about two best friends who are heading in different directions in life and are saying goodbye at Keflavik Airport. One of them is going to study abroad and plans to make a new life for himself in a new place. The other is staying in Iceland, moving in with his girlfriend and looking for a job. The script is loosely based on the friends' own experiences of growing up in Iceland and facing that big decision and big step for quite a few people: to move abroad or not? The short film is one long scene set in a single car, all shot in one take. Veteran Eiríkur Ingi Böðvarsson handled the filming and post-production, while Brynjar Unnsteinsson mixed the sound for the film.
“ New York Indie Short Awards “ is the first short film festival to screen the film and hopefully the beginning of a journey to more screenings at festivals in 2022. It is hoped that the film will be accepted into several festivals in Iceland this autumn.
Who are Óli Gunnar and Vilberg Andri?
Óli Gunnar and Vilberg Andri met on the art stream at Verslunarskóli Íslands and immediately hit it off through theatre, and were, among other things, together in the video committee, Rjómanum. After graduating from Versló, a period followed in which the friends took on various theatre-related projects and participated in productions. Thus, Óli Gunnar, among other things, directed 'Fyrsta Skiptið' at the Gaflar Theatre with others before he went to the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Music in England. Around the same time, Vilberg was accepted into the LAMDA Theatre School in London. In the summer of 2021, the friends were looking for summer work and wanted nothing more than to work on a project related to the arts and creativity. They were accepted into Creative Jobs with the City of Hafnarfjörður and used the summer to write, act and develop their idea for a short film amongst a group of creative individuals.
Creative summer jobs are part of the Hafnarfjörður Summer Job Scheme – nine projects for summer 2021.
Creative summer jobs with the City of Hafnarfjörður are part of the summer programme for the Hafnarfjörður Work School. Creative summer jobs are advertised separately in the spring, and individuals and groups are invited to submit ideas for creative projects with their application, which are designed to bring even more life to the town during the summer. make it even more fun, beautiful and diverse with artistic and creative events. Particular consideration is given to the diversity of projects and their appeal to different age groups and interests. Selected groups will then have the opportunity to liven up the social life and entertainment in the heart of Hafnarfjörður, delighting tourists and residents with all sorts of initiatives. The groups were based at the youth centre Hamrin.