Elfar Adalsteins is an Icelandic director, screenwriter and producer. He studied filmmaking at MetFilm School and screenwriting at Royal Holloway. As well as developing homegrown projects through his company Berserk Films, he has collaborated on producing a diversified slate of international independent films. Elfar’s short film Sailcloth, starring renowned actor John Hurt, received numerous international awards and was shortlisted for the 2012 Academy A wards Oscars and BAFTA. Elfar’s directorial debut feature film, End of Sentence, starri ng John Hawkes and Logan Lerman, was released in 2019 and distributed worldwide. In this second feature, ‘Summerlight & Then Comes the Night’, Elfar directs an all Icelandic ensemble cast from his screenplay adaptation of Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s celebrated novel. Watch similar SCANDI movies on Edisonline.