The Home Game

The Home Game (Icelandic: Heimaleikurinn) is an Icelandic sports documentary directed by Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson.[1]

The Home Game
IcelandicHeimaleikurinn
Directed by
  • Smari Gunn
  • Logi Sigursveinsson
Written by
  • Smari Gunn
  • Stephanie Thorpe
Produced by
  • Freyja Kristinsdóttir
  • Elfar Aðalsteinsons
  • Stephanie Thorpe
  • Heather Millard
Starring
  • Freydís Bjarnadóttir
  • Viðar Gylfason
  • Kári Viðarsson
CinematographyLogi Sigursveinsson
Edited by
  • Smari Gunn
  • Logi Sigursveinsson
Music byKristján Sturla Bjarnason
Production
companies
  • Silfurskjár
  • The Freezer
Release date
  • 30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)
CountryIceland
LanguageIcelandic

The film premiered at Skjaldborg Film Festival on 30 May 2023.

Premises

The film follows the journey of man's attempt to fulfill his father's dream; to gather a team of local people to play a long-awaited inaugural match on a football field that the father had built in the small fishing village of Hellissandur 25 years before.[2][3]

Accolades

In May 2023, the film won the Einarinn Audience Award at the Skjaldborg documentary film festival in Iceland.[4] In September 2023, it won the City of Malmö's Audience Award at the Nordisk Panorama Film Festival.[5]

In March 2024, it won the Audience award at the Glasgow Film Festival.[6][7]

The Home Game was named Documentary of the Year in Iceland by the readers of Klapptré.[8]

References
  1. Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir (15 September 2023). "Við eiginlega fullkomnum hvor annan". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. "Ungverjar hrifust af Heimaleiknum". Morgunblaðið. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. Diana Lodderhose (12 March 2024). "Directors Of Glasgow Film Fest Winner 'The Home Game' Discuss Crafting A Feel-Good Doc About Icelandic Soccer Underdogs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. Anna María Björnsdóttir (30 May 2023). "Heimaleikurinn hlýtur áhorfendaverðlaun Skjaldborgar 2023". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  5. "Heimaleikurinn verðlaunuð í Svíþjóð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  6. Oddur Ævar Gunnarsson (12 March 2024). "Heimaleikurinn með enn önnur verðlaunin í Glasgow". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  7. "Icelandic football film The Home Game scoops prestigious Audience Award on closing night of Glasgow Film Festival". Screen Scotland. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  8. "Þetta fannst gagnrýnendum besta íslenska bíóið á árinu". Klapptré (in Icelandic). 31 December 2023.


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