Rúnar Rúnarsson (1977, Reykjavík, Iceland) made his feature film debut during Directors' Fortnight at the 2012 Cannes IFF with Volcano (Eldfjall, 2011). The film was nominated for the "Camera d'Or" and instantly became a festival darling, collecting 17 awards. Rúnarsson is one of the most-awarded short film directors who harvested some 100 international awards for his Crossroads Trilogy. In 2006 he was nominated for the Academy Award for The Last Farm (Sidste gård, 2004); two years later, he was nominated for "Palme d'Or" at Cannes and for the European Film Award for 2 Birds (Småfugle, 2008).
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