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Best of The Fests

BEAUTIFUL BEINGS
BERDREYMI

• Director: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson
• ICELAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, THE NETHERLANDS, CZECHIA |  / 2022 / DCP / Colour / 123’ / Icelandic; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson
• Director of Photography: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
• Editing: Andri Steinn Gudjónsson, Anders Skov
• Music: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
• Cast: Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Viktor Benóny Benediktsson, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Aníta Briem, Ísgerdur Gunnarsdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson 
• Producer: Anton Máni Svansson
• Production Co.: Join Motion Pictures 
• World Sales: New Europe Film Sales

2022 Berlin Europa Cinemas Label–Panorama

Gudmundsson’s second film since his debut, the multi-award-winning Heartstone, follows Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother. Addi decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys explore aggression and violence but also learn about loyalty and love. As the group’s behaviour escalates towards life-threatening situations, Addi begins to experience a series of dreamlike visions. Can his newfound intuition guide him and his friends back to a safer path, or will they dive irrevocably into unspeakable violence? Unsettling as sensual and dreamlike, Beautiful Beings is a tender drama set in the dark and cruel world of adolescents. 'Beautiful Beings is a story about friendship that is full of youthful energy, hope and confused feelings,' says director Gudmundsson, 'about a group of boys that feel somewhat unwelcome but find support in one another.'

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.