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Stefán Máni

Fantasia 2012: ‘Black’s Game’ Makes Unfamiliar Moves
Black’s Game aka Svartur á leik

Written by Óskar Thór Axelsson, based on the novel Svartur á leik by Stefán Máni

Directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson

Iceland 2012 Fantasia imdb

It would be easy to describe dismiss Black’s Game as an Icelandic crime thriller, but that would be short changing this stylish film that zags every time you expect it to zig, making choices that make sense but are completely opposite to the choices made in other, similar crime films.

As a prime example, in the middle of the film, the crime gang performs a daring daylight bank robbery. When they count up their ill-gotten gains, the co-leader of the gang, Tóti (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson) complains that they make more money in one day selling drugs with much less risk and without doing the dirty (criminal) work themselves. In most films, drugs are what topples a successful criminal empire; in Black’s Game,...
See full article at SoundOnSight
  • 8/5/2012
  • by Michael Ryan
  • SoundOnSight
Rotterdam 2012. Tiger Awards Competitions Lineups
Voice of My Father

The International Film Festival Rotterdam, opening on January 25 and running through February 5, has announced two lineups today, the Tiger Awards Competition 2012 for first and second feature films — 15 films in all — and the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2012 with 21 films. Straight from the release:

Tiger Awards Competition 2012

De jueves a domingo (Thursday Till Sunday), Dominga Sotomayor, Chile/Netherlands, 2012, 96’, World premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film. Sotomayor’s feature film début, expertly shot by Barbara Alvarez, is a Chilean road movie set in and around the car belonging to a middle-class family. Seen through eyes of the kids in the back, they embark on a four day holiday trip to the north, while the marriage is falling apart. Dominga Sotomayor’s short film Videojuego was screened in Rotterdam in 2010. De jueves a domingo was selected for the Cannes Cinéfondation Résidence 2010.

Babamin sesi (Voice of My Father), Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Dogan,...
See full article at MUBI
  • 1/12/2012
  • MUBI
Pain is Satisfaction: The Percussive Trailer for Crime Film ‘Black’s Game’
Cinematographer of many a short film, Óskar Thór Axelsson, is making his feature directing debut with a Stefán Máni novel. Black’s Game focuses on the evolution of the 1990s Reykjavik underworld from a tepid endeavor to a stirringly violent one. At the center is a gang (based on no gang in particular) of drug dealers who aggressively fight for control of the trade. From the look of the trailer, things are about to get ugly. Check it out for yourself (now with convenient English subtitles!): Hell yes. With everyone talking about “going gritty,” it’s nice to see a filmmaker just going ahead and doing it. What say you? Source: Twitch...
See full article at FilmSchoolRejects.com
  • 12/28/2011
  • by Cole Abaius
  • FilmSchoolRejects.com
Behind the scenes on Black Curse from the producers of Pusher and Hostel
I haven't talked about this film much as it's been in the pipeline for seems like ages but only recently got the go ahead to start filming. Based on a controversial crime novel by Stefán Máni Black Curse revolves around the Icelandic underworld and is based on actual events that took place in the 90's as the author spent time riding along with thugs and generally bad people to get his material. Director Oskar Thor Axelsson makes his feature film debut based on his own script. The film is being produced by Zik Zak the people behind The Good Heart and Noi Albinoi along with production outfit Filmus and executive produced by Nicolas Winding Refn and Hostel's Chris Briggs and is slated to be released...
See full article at Screen Anarchy
  • 5/13/2011
  • Screen Anarchy
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