Odd Fish
In this gentle and welcoming dramedy—the first Icelandic film to feature a trans female lead—two childhood besties who co-run a seafood restaurant in the northern Westfjords have their friendship tested when one of them comes out.
This film is generously sponsored by Jeff Stolz and Tim O'Connor.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Thursday, May 22, 2025
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A film about friendship and dreams, about acceptance and identity. Two friends, Björn and Hjalti, run a popular seafood restaurant in a fishing village in the Westfjords of Iceland, where they were born and raised. Hjalti is a confident family man; Björn, a reserved, single guy who has always lived in his parents’ house. They usually close their restaurant during the winter, but a good opportunity arises and they decide to grab it. At the same time, Bjorn comes out as a trans woman. Prejudice is around the corner and the friendship sways under this unexpected turn of events. With a delicate and Nordic narrative, we live the doubts and fears of a person who finally makes the step to become who she is, and of a man who was raised with strict beliefs who has to work on himself to understand and to keep close to one of the most important people in his life. The inspiration came to the director by growing up in a similar small fishing town; he has shared the writing credit with Veiga Grétarsdóttir, herself a trans woman who brings much warmth, humour and authenticity to the story.
- Original Language Title: Ljósvíkingar
- Director: Snævar Sölvason
- Principal Cast: Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson, Arna Magnea Danks, Vigdís Hafliðadóttir, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
- Country: Iceland, Finland, Germany
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 104 min.
- Producer: Julius Kemp, Ingvar Thordarson
- Screenplay: Snævar Sölvason, Veiga Grétarsdóttir
- Cinematographers: Birgit Guðjónsdóttir
- Editors: Bjartur Sigurdsson
- Music: Magnús Jóhann
- Website: Official Film Website
- Filmography: From Iceland to Eden (2019), Albatross (2015), Slay Masters (2011)
- Language: Icelandic
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- Format: DCP
- International Sales: MMM Film Sales