gunnar's last project
feature length documentary
90 min
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directed by
Mathias Skaarup Schmidt
produced by
Helena Stefánsdóttir
Flook L. Nielsen
Tobias Rytter
with support from
IFC - Icelandic Film Centre
Ministry of Culture, Innovation and higher Education
synopsis
At 85, Icelandic design icon Gunnar Magnússon begins the creation of his final piece, with his daughter Tinna at his side. Together they set out to reinterpret one of Gunnar’s classic designs, a work intended to summarise a lifetime of craft. But as Gunnar’s health suddenly collapses, Tinna is left to carry the project to completion, all while confronting the approaching loss of her father.
What starts as a design project becomes a profound passage of legacy, as Tinna transforms her father’s last creation into an intimate gesture of love. Gunnar’s Last Project is both the portrait of two masters of their craft and a moving meditation on the fragile ties that bind us across generations.
with crew
Associate Producer: Arnar Steinn Friðbjarnarson
Executive Producer: Daniel Kristensen
Director of Photography: Leonard Rääf
Edited by: Hörður Freyr Brynjarsson
Original Score by: Tin Soheili
With: Gunnar Magnússon, Tinna Gunnarsdóttir
Participants – in order of appearance:
Guðrún Hrönn Hilmarsdóttir, Magnús Gamalíel Gunnarsson, Hilmar Hafsteinn Gunnarsson, Guðfinna Helga Gunnarsdóttir, Ragna Margrét Gunnarsdóttir, Grétar Már Þorvaldsson, Smári Leó Leifsson, Höskuldur Örn Arnarson, Þór Þorgrímsson, Þóra Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir, Lovísa Ýr Guðmundsdóttir, Elín Guðrún Ingólfsdóttir, Baldvin Sigtryggsson, Sigtryggur Bjarni Baldvinsson, Þór Sigmundsson, Brynjar Sveinbjörnsson, Halldór Halldórsson
Additional Cinematography: Yrsa Roca Fannberg, Arnar Steinn Friðbjarnarson
Editing Consultant: Marta Andreu Assistant Editor: Astrid Hohle
Additional Editing: Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
Sound Recordists: Atli Arnarson, Magnús Ómarsson, Carl Emil Brønnum, Baldur Meitil
Sound Design & Foley: Diana Queirós, Tobias Lukassen
Re-Recording Mixer: Diana Queirós
Music Supervisor: Claus Kaiser Evald Andersen, Tin Soheili
Voice Over Artists: Tjörvi Gissurarson, Joe Kershaw, Berit Ekespong, Charlotte MacKay, Hjálmar Sveinsson, Melkorka Gunborg Briansdóttir, Guðrún Pétursdóttir, Jóhannes Damian Patreksson, Sigtryggur Bjarni Baldvinsson, Vera Illugadóttir, Mio Storåsen
Colorist: Adam Benjamin Mikkelsen
Compositor: Mikkel Strøbech
Graphic Designer: Leonard Rääf
Production Assistants: Dorothea Olesen Halldorsdóttir, Tryggvi Sigtryggsson, Karl Högmo, Christoffer Holst
Translation: Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir, Helga Einarsdottir, Steinunn Anna Egilsdóttir
IFC Film Consultant: Sigríður Vigfúsdóttir
IFC Director: Laufey Guðjónsdóttir
Programs: “Association of Icelandic Film Directors Documentary Workshop, organised by Yrsa Roca Fannberg”
Post Production Facility: Le roi Carotte
Sound Facility: Mainstream
Voice Over Studio: Tjörvi Gissurarson
Film Lab: Kodak Film Lab London, Digital Orchard Group London
Archival Footage Courtesy of: Gunnar Magnússon
Archival Technician: Tryggvi Sigtryggsson
Production Companies: Wonderland, Holocene Studios
With support from: Icelandic Film Centre
