Sci-Fi Short Film "Heartless" | DUST

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Young couple Anna and Gunnar are deeply in love but they live in a society where people are assigned a new spouse by lottery every seven years. As their final day together approaches, they grapple with the nightmare of being torn apart and facing life with another partner.

"Heartless" by Haukur Björgvinsson

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Young couple Anna and Gunnar are deeply in love but they live in a society where people are assigned a new spouse by lottery every seven years. Every other person in town is assigned a number. Anna receives a number but Gunnar doesn't, which means they have a chance of being matched together again. When the lottery starts, Gunnar is matched with a young man named Friðrik who is starting his first relationship. Anna is matched with the older Brynjolfur. "Training week" starts where Anna and Gunnar have to teach their new spouses how to love. This proves very difficult to Gunnar who isn't able commit to his new relationship with Friðrik. He runs away and tries to get Anna to join him before the townspeople catch him. The town's priestess gives both of them an ultimatum: Commit to the new relationship or spend seven years in a gigantic mythical egg. Much to Gunnar's horror, Anna agrees to commit to her relationship with Brynjólfur. Gunnar however, cannot accept these terms, rejects a relationship with Friðrik and decides to spend seven years in the horrible egg.

"Heartless" Credits:
Writer|Director: Haukur Björgvinsson
Producer: Tinna Proppé
Executive Producers: Kjartan Thor Thordarsson, Hilmar Sigurðsson and Rob Tasker
DOP: Ásgrímur Guðbjartsson
Composer: Herdís Stefánsdóttir
Editor: Úlfur Teitur Traustason
Wardrobe: Aleksandra Kolouder
HMU: Ísak Freyr
Set Design: Kristinn Arnar Sigurðsson
VFX: Rob Tasker
Sound: Aggi Friðberts
AD: Þórunn Guðlaugsdótti
Coordinator: Jana Arnars
Grip: Sissi Sissason and Siffi
Gaffer: Oddur Eliasson
AC: Benji
2nd AC: Thea Frimann
Best boy: Gunnar B Svavarsson
HMU Assistant: Viktoria Sól
Photographer: Hörður Sveinsson
Catering: Þórunn Elva Þorgeirsdóttir
Colorist: Ögmundur Sigfússon
Sound designer: Sindri Þór Kárason
Titles: Árni Gestur Sigfússon

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