Natatorium

TIFF65: Greek Premiere

The eighteen-year-old Lilja visits Áróra and Grímur, her estranged grandparents, in the city as she undergoes auditions for an international art performance group. When her father, Magnús and his younger sister Vala, two of Áróra's and Grimur's four children, find out about Lilja’s stay in the family house, a sense of panic arises. When the family gathers in the home to celebrate Lilja’s acceptance into the art group, a dark secret emerges, and soon a seemingly normal family celebration turns into a horrifying tragedy that nobody could have foreseen.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Helena Stefánsdóttir

Script: Helena Stefánsdóttir

Cinematography: Kerttu Hakkarainen

Editing: Jussi Rautaniemi

Sound: Björn Viktorsson

Music: Jacob Groth

Actors: Ilmur María Arnarsdóttir, Elin Petersdottir, Stefanía Berndsen, Jónas Alfreð Birkisson

Production: Bjartsýn Films

Producers: Sunna Guðnadóttir

Co-production: Tekele Productions, Silver Screen

Co-producers: Julia Elomäki, Heather Millard

Production Design: Snorri Freyr Hilmarsson

Executive producer: Miia Haavisto, Tia Talli, Arnar Steinn Friðbjörrnsson, Tintin Scheynius, Nima Yousefi, Tine Klint

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Iceland, Finland, Denmark

Production Year: 2024

Duration: 106'

Contact: Levelk

Helena Stefánsdóttir

Helena was born in Reykjavík and has lived there most of her life. She got her training in acting and directing in Paris and her MFA in video art in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has run her own production company, Wonderland Films, since 2003. Alongside making short films and documentaries, she has worked as a freelance video artist, making videos for all the biggest theatres in Reykjavík, the opera, and smaller independent theater companies. Helena has a background in dancing which is the foundation of her development into becoming an experimental film director who likes to explore human behavior in connection with visual style and movement in space.