Addi, who is being raised by a clairvoyant mother and an absent father, decides to take pitiful, beaten-up Balli under his wing and into his little band of outsiders.

Shot with an eye for Iceland's beauty and harshness by star cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (the Oscar-winning Another Round) the film tracks how the gang's comradeship gives them an escape from troubled, often abusive home situations. But their bonds of teenage brotherhood will be sorely tested by a toxic tide of systemic, cyclical male aggression that Guðmundsson brilliantly evokes as an almost supernatural force, ceaselessly seeking to turn frightened boys into violent men.

The International Competition is sponsored by Yellow Moon.

Screening as part of the 22nd Belfast Film Festival. Please note: all tickets are sold via the Belfast Film Festival box office. If you have any access requirements please get in touch with the box office before booking: boxoffice@belfastfilmfestival.org.

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