Arctic
Ein Mann ohne Vergangenheit kämpft nach einem Flugzeugabsturz in der Arktis ums Überleben. Soll er in der relativen Sicherheit der Absturzstelle auf Rettung waren oder einen Treck durch die Eiswüste riskieren? Joe Penna reduziert sein intensives Langfilmdebüt auf die Essenz des Survival-Thrillers und findet dafür in Mads Mikkelsen einen kongenialen Partner. Seine wenigen gesprochenen Worte gellen als Haikus durch die Unwirtlichkeit, zumeist aber erzählen lediglich Mimik und Gestik vom seelischen und körperlichen Ausnahmezustand des Abgestürzten. Arctic ist pures Kino ohne Pomp und Ornament, ein Film als Grenzerfahrung. (Markus Keuschnigg)
It doesn’t take long for Joe Penna’s Arctic to establish itself as one of the best movies ever made about a man stranded in the wilderness. In fact, there’s a small but crystalline moment in the first act when this hellishly cold portrait of human endurance claws ahead of the pack and never looks back. The context is easy to describe - the conflict frozen across Mads Mikkelsen’s face is not. (David Ehrlich, IndieWire) There are no cut corners, no overly blatant only-in-the-movies gambits. Mikkelsen’s stranded pilot has little to rely on beyond his will, so we feel at every step that he could truly be us. (Owen Gleiberman, Variety)
Regie Biografie
Joe Penna
Joe Penna was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987, and now is based in Los Angeles. He began his career on YouTube, where he has garnered nearly 3 million subscribers for his channel MysteryGuitarMan. He is a director and writer of TV series and several shorts, such as “Instant Getaway“ (2014) and “Beyond (2015). "Arctic“ is his first feature film and premiered in Cannes.
Film Selection: Arctic (2018) - Beyond (2015, short) - Instant Getaway (2014, short) - Meridian (2012, short)
Joe Penna was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987, and now is based in Los Angeles. He began his career on YouTube, where he has garnered nearly 3 million subscribers for his channel MysteryGuitarMan. He is a director and writer of TV series and several shorts, such as “Instant Getaway“ (2014) and “Beyond (2015). "Arctic“ is his first feature film and premiered in Cannes.
Film Selection: Arctic (2018) - Beyond (2015, short) - Instant Getaway (2014, short) - Meridian (2012, short)
Nachtsicht | Night Sight 2019
Joe Penna
Island 2018
color
97 Minuten
Englisch OmdU
Drehbuch Joe Penna, Ryan Morrison
Kamera Tómas Örn Tómasson
Schnitt Ryan Morrison
Musik Joseph Trapanese
Mit Mads Mikkelsen, María Thelma Smáradôttir
Produzent*innen Noah C. Haeussner, Christopher Lemole, Tim Zajaros, Martha De Laurentiis, Manu Gargi, Einar Thornsteinsson
Produktion
Armory Films, The Joker Films, XYZ Films
Weltvertrieb
XYZ Films
Österreichpremiere
Verleih in Österreich
Koch Films
Weltpremiere
Cannes Film Festival 2018
Austrian RightsKoch Films
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Cannes Film Festival 2018
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
