Dreamland | TIFF

Dreamland

Draumalandid (Iceland)

Directed by:
Þorfinnur Guðnason, Andri Snær Magnason
Duration:
12h:00m
TIFF edition:
2010
Section:
Synopsis:

Dreamland is a film about a nation standing at cross-roads. Leading up to the country’s greatest economic crisis, the government started the largest mega project in the history of Iceland, to build the biggest dam in Europe to provide Alcoa cheap electricity for an aluminum smelter in the rugged east fjords of Iceland. The mantra was economic growth. Today Iceland is left holding a huge debt and an uncertain future.

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