30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon

Beautiful Beings (2022) 15

Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic | 2022 | 123 min.

Fourteen-year-old Balli is an outsider from a broken family. In vain, he seeks support at home and at school, where he is a victim of bullying. Everything changes when he meets a group of three troubled teenagers who unexpectedly take him in. A gang dominated by the violent Konni and intelligent Addi offers Balli a missing home. A story told with poetic feeling and rawness about relationships that can last forever and help shape us in our most important moments. About cruelty and tenderness born on the magical border between childhood and adulthood.

CountryIceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic
Year2022
Duration123 min
Rating15
LanguageIcelandic
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Screenplay Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Director of Photography Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
Edited by Anders Skov, Andri Steinn Gudjónsson
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Biography

Icelandic screenwriter, director and producer. He studied art at the Icelandic Academy of Arts and screenwriting in Denmark. After a few successful shorts he made his feature debut with the award-winning Stone Heart (Hjartasteinn, 2016), followed by the drama Beautiful Beings (Berdreymi, 2022).

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