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Apr6

Washington, DC

All I can say is that GB fans know how to have fun. We had two screenings of Wrath of Gods at the GB Fan Convention in Washington, DC. The convention actually took place across the river from the capital, at a hotel in Old Town Alexandria. Both screenings were packed and […]

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Mar31

WRATH in Hollywood

Wrath of Gods had a great screening at the CUT! 2008 festival in Hollywood on March 29. In attendance were actors Tony Curran, Martin Delaney and director Jon Gustafsson.

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Feb23

WRATH goes to Washington !

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Wrath of Gods will be screened at the “TRAVEL THE TIMELINE” GB.NET charity event in Washington, DC on April 5, 2008. Director Jon Gustafsson will be in attendance and answer questions after the screening. For further information see GerardButler.net.

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Jan26

CUT 2008

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Wrath of Gods will play at CUT 2008 at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles on March 29th. The screening will be attended by director Jon Gustafsson, actors Tony Curran, Steinun Olina and quite possibly other actors.

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Jan26

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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Nov28

WRATH invited to Dietro le Quinte in Rome, Italy

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Wrath of Gods has been invited to Dietro le Quinte film festival in Rome, Italy. The screening will take place on November 30th. For more information click HERE.

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Nov6

RED ROCK FILM FESTIVAL - GRAND JURY PRIZE

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Wrath of Gods has won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature at the 2007 Red Rock Film Festival. The festival took place in Springdale and Zion National Park in Utah. Other winners include: GRAND JURY PRIZE, Best Narrative Feature, The Memory Thief - GRAND JURY PRIZE, AUDIENCE AWARD, Best Narrative Feature, Greetings From […]

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Jul29

WRATH wins ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING award at Stony Brook

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Wrath of Gods won Achievement in Filmmaking Award at the Stony Brook Film Festival at the closing night ceremony tonight.

Stony Brook Film Festival Director Alan Inkles and Wrath of Gods team, producer Karolina Lewicka and director Jon Gustafsson after the award ceremony.
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Jul19

“Wrath of Gods is hilarious”

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Dylan Skolnick
Long Island Pulse
“On a lighter note, Jon Gustafsson’s Wrath of God is a hilarious behind-the-scenes glimpse at just how insane things can get when a movie is being made. When Gustafsson was hired as an extra on the 2004 Scandinavian epic Beowulf & Grendel, he found himself with a lot of time on his […]

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Jun11

Waterfront Festival a success

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The Waterfront Film Festival has just ended. They convert huge boat sheds and high school gyms into cinemas and fill 700 seats. This has to be one of the most fun festivals I have been to. See more HERE.

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May8

WRATH invited to STONY BROOK FILM FESTIVAL

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Wrath of Gods has been accepted into competition at Stony Brook Film Festival on Long Island, NY. The screening will take place on Wednesday, July 25 at 7:00 pm, along with the short film The Landscaper’s Daughter.

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May4

WRATH invited to WATERFRONT FILM FESTIVAL

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Wrath Of Gods has just been invited to the Waterfront Film Festival. The festival takes place June 7 - 10 in Saugatuck, Michigan.

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Apr9

WRATH wins AUDIENCE AWARD in Oxford

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WRATH OF GODS was the recipient of the AUDIENCE AWARD at the 2007 Oxford International Film Festival. The award was presented by JC Schroder at closing ceremony on April 8th. Other winners include ‘Mojave Phone Booth’, ‘It’s Happiness’ and more.

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Mar22

Opening Night Gala film - OXFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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Wrath of Gods has been chosen to be the Opening Night Gala film at the Oxford International Film Festival in Oxford, Ohio, on April 5th. According to some articles that we have read they received 500 submissions from 36 countries, and they picked WRATH OF GODS to open the festival. We are deeply honored and […]

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Feb20

WRATH goes to OXFORD

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WRATHO OF GODS has been invited to the 1st Oxford International Film Festival in Oxford, Ohio. The festival takes place April 5-8, 2007.

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Feb15

WRATH OF GODS in competition at RIVERRUN

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The 9th RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will be held April 18-23, 2007. WRATH OF GODS has been accepted into their feature documentary competition.

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Feb5

CANADA’S COOLEST FILM FESTIVAL invites WRATH OF GODS

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Today the National Screen Institute - Film Exchange Canadian Film Festival announced WRATH OF GODS for their 2007 line-up. The festival takes place in Winnipeg February 28 - March 3, 2007.

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Jan20

NAPA SONOMA WINE COUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL

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Dear Jon
You have made a terrific film with insight into the power of collective commitment and how people can be inspired by a person with vision and determination.
We proudly accept your film as an Official Selection in the 21st Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival.
The Festival takes place in late July/early August in Northern California.
We […]

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When Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson and his cast and crew, including Gerard Butler and Stellan Skarsgård, set upon Iceland to film Beowulf & Grendel in 2004, they expected the usual complications involved in making a major motion picture.

What they encountered was a ruthless Icelandic winter on a foreboding landscape, financing complications and a bizarre run of bad luck that led some of them to believe they were in an epic battle with the Norse gods themselves. Filmmaker Jon Gustafsson was along for the ride. Hired to play one of Beowulf’s warriors, he’s one set with his camera as the crew battles hurricane force winds and he’s in the backroom as the producers scramble to shore up a collapsing deal, creating an intimate portrait of filmmakers fighting the odds in pursuit of a vision.

At the beginning of July 2004, Canadian filmmakers Sturla Gunnarsson, Paul Stephens, Andrew Rai Berzins and Eric Jordan went to Iceland to make a movie, a co-production between Canada, the U.K. and Iceland. It was the beginning of the most difficult project any of them had ever been a part of. A series of events continued to put the project in jeopardy. Halfway through production, the financing had not closed, the film was seriously over budget, and the bonder was alarmed enough to send a representative to Iceland. The entire production was put under intense scrutiny while the cast and crew were fighting the onset of a ruthless Icelandic winter and diminishing daylight. The storms tore roofs of buildings and swept away equipment, and Gunnarsson slowly seemed to take on the characteristics and physical appearance of a troll as he struggled to fight gigantic obstacles. The strong determination of the filmmakers (Sarah Polley called it a “sheer demented ambition”) was the one thing that seemed to be able to steer this troubled ship through the storms and guide it to harbour. Two days before the end of principal photography Producer Paul Stephens admitted that is was a “miracle” that they were about to complete the shoot without having closed the ‘bank’. To most other people on the crew it was a miracle that no one had died in a series of accidents and other unfortunate events that haunted the production.

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Gerard Butler
Sturla Gunnarsson
Stellan Skarsgard
Sarah Polley
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Jon Gustafsson