Descendants
Tinna Hrafnsdóttir
After the banking crisis the travel industry became a desirable goldmine in Iceland. When three very different, middle-aged siblings inherit the successful whale watching company and the beautiful summerhouse their parents built, things become extremely difficult. To take joint decisions about the legacy they all feel entitled to creates complex circumstances, and when they start to manipulate what they are to share, old wounds open up with dire consequences where hurt, greed and the well-known dysfunction of family relations come to light.
Photo: Lilja Jóns
Original title: Heima er best
English title: Descendants
Creator and director: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir
Script: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Ottó Geir Borg, Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson
Producers: Kidda Rokk, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Guðný Guðjónsdóttir
Coproducers: Samuel Bruyneel
Director of photography: Konrad Widelski
Editor: Davíð Alexander Corno
Music: Sveinn Þórir Geirsson
Main cast: Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Pálmi Gestsson, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Vignir Rafn Valþórsson og Þuríður Blær Jóhannesdóttir
Sound Design: Gunnar Árnason
Costume design: Helga Rós Hannam
Makeup design: Ásta Hafþórsdóttir
Set design: Tonie Zetterström
Production companies: Polarama, Freyja Filmworks, Projects
Coproduction companies: Lunanime
Length: 6x45‘
Shooting format: Arri alexa
Release date: November 2023
International sales and distribution: Red Arrow Studios, Lumiere
Broadcasters: Síminn Iceland
Contact: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir – tinna@internet.is