
Night Moves(2014)
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.


“Halla is a choir teacher. She's also a saboteur.”
Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life.

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Halla / Ása

Jóhann Sigurðarson
Sveinbjörn

Davíð Þór Jónsson
Pianist / Accordion Player

Magnús Trygvason Eliassen
Drummer
Ómar Guðjónsson
Sousaphone Player
Iryna Danyleiko
Ukrainian Choir Singer
Galyna Goncharenko
Ukrainian Choir Singer
Susanna Kurpenko
Ukrainian Choir Singer

Jörundur Ragnarsson
Baldvin

Juan Camillo Roman Estrada
Juan Camillo
Woman at War is a drama, thriller, comedy film released in 2018 exploring themes of adoption, iceland, saboteur, nature, eco terrorism, environmentalism. Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, it stars Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Davíð Þór Jónsson. Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life.
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