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FILMOGRAPHY

FILMS

WRATH OF GODS (feature length documentary – CBC, RÚV)
KANADIANA (dramatic feature)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ICELANDIC (documentary – CBC)
BRIGHTER HELL (music video – The Watchmen, EMI)
IN A HEARTBEAT (dramatic short – producer)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

BLIZZARD AWARDS 1999 – Best Music Video – Brighter Hell (The Watchmen)
Best Script – Planet Indie Film Festival, Toronto 2000
Jury Award – Planet Indie Film Festival, Toronto 2000
Nominated for Best Long Form Drama, Blizzard Awards 2001
AUDIENCE AWARD BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – OXFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
JURY AWARD – ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING – STONYBROOK FILM FESTIVAL
PRÉMIO ESPECIAL DO JURY – MOFF – SANTAREM, PORTUGAL
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – RED ROCK FILM FESTIVAL
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – NAPA SONOMA WINECOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL
BRONZE REMI – WORLDFEST HOUSTON

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

Festival des Films du Monde, Montreal, 2000
San Juan Cinemafest, Puerto Rico, 2000
Planet Indie Film Festival, Toronto, 2000
Farj International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran, 2001
Local Heroes Film Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2001
Dublin Film Festival 2001
Alexandria Film Festival, Egypt, 2001
Cork Film Festival, Cork, Ireland, 2001
Gimli Film Festival, Manitoba, 2001
San Francisco Independent Film Festival, 2002
Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester, England, 2002
Wine Country Film Festival, USA, 2002
Newport Beach Film Festival, California, 2002
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland – October 2006
NSI FilmExchange, Winnipeg, Canada – March 2007
Oxford International Film Festival, Oxford, OH, USA – April 2007 (Opening Gala)
RiverRun International Film Festival, Winston-Salem, NC, USA – April 2007
Waterfront Film Festival, Saugatuck, MI, USA – June 2007
Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Australia – July 2007
Stony Brook Film Festival, NY, USA – July 2007
Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, CA, USA – August 2007
MOFF Santarem, Portugal – September 2007 (Opening Gala)
Red Rock Film Festival, UT, USA – October / November 2007
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, FL, USA – Nov 2007
Dietro Le Quinte Film Festival, Rome, Itlay – Nov 2007
DocuDays Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon – Dec 2007
Bradford International Film Festival, UK – Feb 2008
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, MT, USA – Feb 2008
CUT 2008, Los Angeles, CA, USA – April 2008
Camera Obscura International Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland – Oct 2008


BIO

Jon Gustafsson is a writer, director and a producer. He studied at the Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom and California Institute of the Arts in the United States.  While at Cal Arts, Jon was mentored by a legendary Ealing Studios director Alexander Mackendrick. After graduating from the film school Jon directed several documentaries in Iceland regarding different subjects, including environmental issues, human rights, and more. His first feature film, “Kanadiana”, was made in Canada with support of Telefilm Canada. “Kanadiana “ was invited to many film festivals around the world, including UK, Ireland, Iran, Egypt and India. The film won several awards. In Canada Jon made another documentary “The Importance of Being Icelandic” for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – CBC. He also directed a music video for the Canadian band The Watchmen for their song “Brighter Hell “ and received the Blizzard Award for it. In 2001 Jon founded the Gimli Film Festival and acted as festival director for the first couple of years.  In 2004 he took part in the big budget epic “Beowulf and Grendel” directed by his friend Sturla Gunnarsson in Iceland. He decided to follow the filmmakers during the production with his small digital camera. This project became an award-winning documentary “Wrath of Gods” supported by the Icelandic Film Centre and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The film was shown at numerous film festivals around the world, including UK, USA, Portugal and Poland and received six awards. It was screened on RUV in Iceland and CBC in Canada.