Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on Icelandic shores for over seventy years. Her love of books is matched by his love of stones. When he bursts out singing, she begs him to stop screaming, when he tells her he wants to change his name to “Elf” she warns his family will abandon him. Now, as his one hundredth birthday nears and Trausti senses the hand of death upon him he is on a quest to find the coffin that can carry this elf back to the mysteries beyond. Meanwhile, Hulda retreats into a world of poetry with the help of an electric magnifying glass. Half Elf is a modern Icelandic fairy-tale, where life is celebrated – despite everything, despite ourselves and despite the reality that awaits all of us in the end.

Written, directed, edited & shot by:

Jón Bjarki Magnússon
Producers:

Jón Bjarki Magnússon & Hlín Ólafsdóttir


Associate Producers:

Andy Lawrence, Veronika Janatková

Production companies:

SKAK bíófilm, AllRitesReversed, Pandistan
Consultant Editor:

Sigurður Eyþórsson
Dramaturgy:

Veronika Janatková


Music:

Hlín Ólafsdóttir, Teitur Magnússon & Sindri Freyr Steinsson
Sound design:

Arnar Ingi Gunnarsson, Kiron Guidi


Color Grade:

Daði Knee Jónsson


Second Camera:

Hlín Ólafsdóttir


Film Consultant & Graphics:

Haukur Már Helgason

Countries of production:

Iceland