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BÖRN
Gagnrýnendur hafa verið á einu máli:
"CHILDREN makes tough but compelling viewing
Reykjavik has never been shown like this before."
Variety
"Börn er áhrifamkið listaverk sem skilur áhorfandann eftir djúpt snortinn."
Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson/DV
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"Loksins loksins!
Komin er íslensk mynd sem skiptir einhverju máli."
Bakþankar Jóns Gnarr/Fréttablaðið
"Íslenskt meistaraverk.. Mynd sem allir ættu að sjá.
Börn er ein besta íslenska mynd sem fram hefur komið"
Ólafur H. Torfason/Rás 2
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"Tímamótaverk í íslenskum kvikmyndum."
Þórgnýr Helgason/Kvikmyndir.is
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"Ekki fara á hana bara af því að hún er íslensk.
Heldur vegna þess að hún er góð."
Sjáðu þetta/Sirkus
"Leikarahópur myndarinnar er stórkostlegur.
Útkoman er kröftug og tilfinningarík kvikmyndareynsla."
Vignir Jón Vignisson/Topp5
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"Vesturport hópurinn, sem svo sannarlega hefur staðið sig á leiksviðinu,
færir út kvíarnar með miklum glæsibrag."
Hilmar Karlsson/Frjáls Verslun
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"Loksins tókst að búa til almennilega, vel leikna,
íslenska kvikmynd án nokkurs rembings."
Gott Gláp/Fréttablaðið
"Stórvel leikin. Stenst fyllilega samanburð við það besta frá útlöndum."
Kristrún Heiða Hauksdóttir/Fréttablaðið
"Börn er spennandi og áhrifamikil mynd.
Ólafur Darri skapar ógleymanlega persónu í íslenskri kvikmyndasögu."
Sigríður Pétursdóttir/Rás 1
"Gísli Örn Garðarsson fer á kostum.
Nýjum hæðum er náð hvað kvikmyndaleik og samtöl varðar."
Heiða Jóhannsdóttir/Mbl
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"Ótrúlega áhrifamikið og einstaklega vel gert meistarastykki.
Besta mynd sem ég hef séð."
Gvendur F/Hugi.is
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"Besta íslenska kvikmynd sem hefur verið gerð!"
Dúddi/Baggalútur
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"Með einstökum hætti tekst Nínu Dögg að túlka hlutverk sitt.
Fáar íslenskar myndir hafa vakið með mér jafn miklar tilfinningar og Börn.
Þetta er hreint út sagt frábær mynd."
Jón Hákon Halldórsson/Kvikmyndir.com
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CHILDREN AT SAN SEBASTIAN
20.9.2006
International premiere of Children will be in San Sebastian , during the Internatoinal Film Festivals 54th edition, which will be held from 21st until 30th of September. San Sebastian is one of the most prestigous film festivals in the world, an A category film festival ranking it with the film festivals in Cannes and Berlin.
Children will be screened in the Zabaltegi section of the festival and compete for the Altadis-New Directors Prize and the Montblanc-New Screenwriters Award. Zabaltegi is a very interesting section where films of different formats, styles and genres are presented, avant garde cinema in every sense of the expression with interested and critical audience.
The Works International, one of Europes leading sales agents, is the international distributor of the film.
San Sebastians website: http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2006/in/portada.htm
The lives of an underworld enforcer, a single mum with 4 kids and a schizophrenic entwine in a powerful symphony of redemption and revenge.
Please visit our official website for more info: children-movie.com
Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Fighting a loosing battle with her ex-husband for custody over her three daughters, she's oblivious to what's going on with her twelve year old son Gudmund, a victim of brutal bullying at school and who's life is on the fast track to destruction.
Gudmund's only friend in the world is Marin, a schizophrenic in his fourties, who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marin realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marin starts to loose grip on reality.
Gardar is an underworld enforcer who makes a mess at work and as a result his twin brother Georg is beaten up. Exiled both from the underworld and his family, Gardar has to make a fresh start in life. He decides to seek out his son Gudmund whom he has never seen but the straight and narrow is a tough path to follow.
CHILDREN is the indipendent first part of twin features by Ragnar Bragason and Vesturport exploring the roles of children and parents.
The second part, PARENTS will be released in 2007.

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BÖRN & FORELDRAR út á DVD 4.des 2008!

BÖRN & FORELDRAR út á DVD 4.des 2008!3-DISKA VIÐHAFNARÚTGÁFA130 min af aukaefni, m.a. 75 min af deleted scenes sem aldrei hafa verið sýndar opinberlega. 25 min making-of heimildarmynd30 min ný viðtöl ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:12:00 GMT

CHILDREN wins Best Film at Copenhagen International FIlm Festival

CHILDREN won Golden Swan for "Best Film" at the 5th Copenhagen International Film Festival.The eleven films in competition were judged by an international jury of five international film personalities...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:29:00 GMT

CHILDREN - "Best Director" Transilvania Int.Film Festival

Ragnar Bragason was awarded "Best Director" at the 6th Transilvania International Film Festival in Cluj Romania. TIFF is the only international feature film festival in Romania and one of the most imp...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:29:00 GMT

CHILDREN one of ten best European films 2006!

Börn (Children) was recently selected as one of the Ten Best Films of 2006 by european-films.net! The article on the ten best films can be read here:european films netThe full review of Börn was added...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:06:00 GMT

CHILDREN is awarded 'Special Jury Prize' at COURMAYEUR NOIR

Jury awards Nick Cassavetes film. Deborah François wins Best Performance prize for La tourneuse de pages. Special Jury Prize to Ragnar Bragason's Börn (Children)The international jury's motivations ar...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:23:00 GMT

CHILDREN leads Edda - The Icelandic Academy Awards contenders.

Thursday, November 2, 2006 Children scored a leading eight nominations for the annual Edda Awards, in an announcement from the Icelandic Film & TV Academy today. The film, which depicts the lives of a...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:09:00 GMT

CHILDREN at the American Film Market!

Children will be screened in Los Angeles at the AFM:Sunday, Nov. 5th - 11:00 AM - Broadway Cineplex ..4Tuesday, Nov. 7th - 9:00 AM - Broadway Cineplex ..3http://www.afmfilms.org/catalog/FilmDetail.php...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:32:00 GMT

Variety Review!

ChildrenBorn (Iceland)By GUNNAR REHLINA Sam-film release of a Vesturport production, in association with Artbox, Klikk Prods. and Koggull Films. (International sales: Vesturport, Reykjavik.) Produced ...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:30:00 GMT

PUSAN

Had a great time at Pusan. Met great people and ate interesting food, and vice versa.The festival was so popular I had a very hard time getting tickets for other screenings.Hope my radiation level has...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:49:00 GMT

CHILDREN JOINS THE OSCAR RACE

The Icelandic Film and TV Academy announced today (Thursday 21 September 2006) that members had voted Vesturport's and Director Ragnar Bragasons CHILDREN (Original title: Börn) to be the Icelandic can...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:58:00 GMT