ATELIER

By Elsa María JAKOBSDÓTTIR

WILLUMFILM - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2017

Imbued with mystery, soul-searching and sly humour, Atelier tells the story of a woman seeking peace and quiet at a modern studio utopia. Her stay is jarringly interrupted by a sound artist while mysterious sheep close in on the house.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2017
Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema
Stockholm IFF 2017
Stockholm XXVIII Short Film Competition
Karlovy Vary 2017
FUTURE FRAMES - 10 New Filmmakers to Follow
Haugesund - Norwegian IFF 2017
Next Nordic Generation
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy 2017
Alcine - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares/Comunidad de Madrid Spain 2017
Arctic Moving Image & Film Festival, Harstad, Norway 2017
Super8000 Film Festival Århus, Denmark 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • DENMARK
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, DANISH, SWEDISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 30 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Elsa María JAKOBSDÓTTIR
    • Writer(s)
    • Elsa María JAKOBSDÓTTIR
    • Producer(s)
    • Anna MALMKJÆR WILLUMSEN
    • Synopsis
    • Atelier is a psychological drama telling the story of a young woman who comes to a remote island to get away from it all, taking refuge at a modern studio utopia. All she needs is restorative peace and quiet, but her stay is jarringly interrupted by a sound artist. The tension between the two women rises and the motionless calm gives way to growing frustration and anger. Emerging from the wilds of nature, the house becomes the third character of the story - a labyrinth in which contrasting personalities meet and differing lifestyles and expectations clash.
      With sumptuously composed scenes Atelier is a delicate, unsettling yet extremely human cinematic experience on finding your own space in the world.