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Theatre, Film and TV
Jessica Cooper
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Mikael
Torfason
Mikael is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright and novelist.
Mikael Torfason is a Series Mania Grand Prize winner, and the writer of eight novels, ten plays, two mini-series, a Netflix Original, and three feature films.
He wrote and co-created the TV series Blackport (Series Mania Winner, Serielizados Winner, Best Nordic TV Drama Winner), and wrote the series Valhalla Murders (BBC 4 and Netflix).
His plays have won numerous theatre prizes in Europe and Scandinavia and premiered in houses like the Burgtheater in Vienna, Volksbuhne in Berlin and The Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Mikael has also written and directed two films, Made in Iceland and Returning to Lulu. Mikael wrote and co-produced the film Agnes Joy. Mikael is also an established novelist. One of his novels, Ferox, has been adapted for screen. The film was directed by Thor Omar Jonsson and received 5 nominations at the Edda Film Awards in Iceland.
Mikael Torfason was born and raised in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Theatre, Film and TV
Jessica Cooper
+44 (0)20 7393 4488
Email Jessica Cooper
CV
Television
Writer & Creator
Africa has gold, Columbia has Cocaine, Iceland has fish.
Blackport won Grand Prize at Series Mania in 2021, Grand Prize at Serielizados in Spain the same year, and Torfason was awarded with the 2022 Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival for the series.
Writer
Police profiler Arnar is sent back home to Iceland to investigate the country's first serial killer case.
Nominated for 13 Edda Awards (including best screenplay).
Film
Writer & Director & Creator
A story of teenagers realizing themselves and others.
Nominated for Best Film and Best Photography at The Götenburg Film Festival. Nominated as Best Film at Digital Film Festival in Berlin. Nominated as Best Film at the International Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nominated for three Edda Awards, including best film and screenplay (won best actor).
Coming of age story of a girl who was adopted shortly after birth and brought to Iceland.
Won six Edda Awards in Iceland (including best film and best screenplay). Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival in 2020. Iceland’s entry for the 93rd Academy Awards.
Eva has spent the last 10 years in and out of insane asylums. Now she is back and has to conquer both her fears and insanity so she can return to her daughter Lulu.
Theatre
Writer
Nominated for Best Play at the Grima Theatre Awards.
Nominated as Best Play at the Hedda Gabbler Theatre Awards. Won Best Play at the Nat&Dag Theatre Awards in Oslo.
Won 10 Grima Theatre Awards, including Best Play.
Nominated as Best Play at the Grima Theatre Awards.