The County
The story is set in a North-West village of Iceland. It is about Inga, a farmer lady stands up the big local cooperative organization, after the misterious death of her husband. Inga tries to involve other farmers in the fight against Coop’s and its
leader’s corruption, but people are unwilling, so she has to deal with dependance and loyalty of the community towards this only leading organization.
Icelandic director, Grímur Hákonarson, graduated from FAMU in 2004. His graduate film, Slavek The Shit, was selected to the Cinefoundation section of Cannes Film Festival 2005. The film traveled widely and won 12 festival prizes, including the Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. His next short film, Wrestling, premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2007 and won 25 festival prizes around the world. Grimur’s previous feature film, Rams, won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival 2015. The film has received more than 30 int’l awards and won 11 Icelandic Academy Awards.