Iceland / 2024 / 76 min / English / Going-of-Age Drama
Claire returns to Iceland, a place she visited decades earlier, to tend to a difficult task. While on the road she meets Iris, a young aimless hitchhiker, and together they connect and collide as they struggle to come to terms with the realities of their lives.
A fabulous film with pathos, a touch of comedy and surprise.
DIRECTOR: Lynn Lukkas’ debut feature film, Claire Facing North (2024), premiered at the 2024 Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival and has shown at the New Jersey Film Festival, the Nevada Women’s Film Festival, and at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. She is the recipient of a 2023 Fulbright Fellowship spending six months in the UK conducting research for two upcoming film projects. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the McKnight Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation. She earned an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and is a Professor at the University of Minnesota.
Contact: lukkas@umn.edu
Special Guest: Lynn Lukas
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