Experiencing Interruptions?

Claire Facing North

Claire returns to Iceland, a place she visited decades earlier, to tend to a difficult task. While on the road she meets Iris, a young aimless hitchhiker, and together they connect and collide as they struggle to come to terms with the realities of their lives.

  • Lynn Tjerrnan Lukkas
    Director
    Temporal Properties of the World: Passage 2021, Temporal Properties of the World: Order, 2021, Telling Time Series, 2014.
  • Lynn Tjernan Lukkas
    Writer
    Temporal Properties of the World: Passage 2021, Temporal Properties of the World: Order, 2021, Telling Time Series, 2014.
  • Lynn Tjernan Lukkas
    Producer
    Temporal Properties of the World: Passage 2021, Temporal Properties of the World: Order, 2021, Telling Time Series, 2014.
  • Peter George Frenz
    Producer
  • Barbra Ann Berlovitz
    Key Cast
    "Claire"
    Theatre de la Jeune Lune, 1978 - 2008. Multiple theater roles.
  • Annick Dall
    Key Cast
    "Iris"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 15 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 18, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Iceland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital - Arri Amira
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Luleå
    Sweden
    May 25, 2024
    Swedish Premiere
  • Berlin
    Germany
    TBD
    Best Feature Film
Director Biography - Lynn Tjerrnan Lukkas

Lynn Lukkas, is a filmmaker, artist, and curator. Her award-winning films have been screened at, the Toronto International Women’s Film Festival, the International New York Film Festival, the Rochester International Film Festival, and the Venice Shorts International Film Festival. Lukkas’ film installation works have been shown internationally in the US, Germany, China, and South Africa among other locations.

She has traveled extensively and is a Fulbright Fellow recently completing a six-month research residency in Scotland in preparation for her next two films set in the Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands respectively. She has received artists fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation. Lukkas’ curatorial project, Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta, co-curated with Howard Oransky, (2015 – 2019) was presented at, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris; and the Berkley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives, San Francisco.

Lukkas is a Professor of Art in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota where she has taught moving images since 2000. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and currently resides there with her family. More information on her work and career is available on her website at <www.lynntjernanlukkas.com>.

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Director Statement

I am interested in making films about compelling female characters imbued with complexity and resilience. Creating such films allows me to collaborate closely with gifted women actors and together bring to life fascinating, challenging, and irrepressible characters. My films resist stereotypes and seek to reveal female characters with a full range of human strengths and vulnerabilities.

Ultimately, I am a visual storyteller. My films emphasize images, actions, and gestures to convey the story, providing my films with a visual, emotional, and tactile-like sensibility. I am interested in creating a visually rich character-driven cinema of emotion and empathy allowing the audience to identify with characters and see themselves in the characters.