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Hilmar Oddsson (born 19 January 1957 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter, film producer and musician. [1] Early life. Hilmar was born in 1957, as the first child of the playwright and theatre director Oddur Björnsson (1932-2011) and his first wife Borghildur Thors (born 1933).
Feb 27, 2024 · Hilmar Oddsson’s award-winning film Driving Mum is pitch-perfect. Jon has spent the last 30 years looking after his domineering mother. There they sit, side by side, in a remote cottage on Iceland’s western fjords, knitting jumpers to sell to the neighbourhood co-op.
Hilmar Oddsson was born in 1957 in Reykjavik, Iceland. He is a writer and director, known for Cold Light (2004), Driving Mum (2022) and No Trace (1998).
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Jun 29, 2023 · In the 1980s and 1990s, Hilmar Oddsson, alongside Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, made significant contributions to the Icelandic film industry. Their films, including “Tár úr steini” and “Börn...
Feb 14, 2023 · Directed by Reykjavík native Hilmar Oddsson (“December”), “Driving Mum” takes a wryly solemn look at isolation, despair and self-discovery as Jon (Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson) is goaded into...
Dec 3, 2022 · Hilmar Oddsson’s film, ‘Driving Mum’, received the Grand Prix, the PÖFF’s main-prize, at the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, last weekend.
Nov 24, 2022 · 24/11/2022 - Hilmar Oddsson’s comeback film feels rusty, just like his protagonist’s clapped-out car. But every once in a while, it actually runs smoothly. Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson and Kristbjörg Kjeld in Driving Mum.
