Katla Sólnes is an Icelandic represented by True North Talent and a Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow (‘25 with her feature Eruption.)
Katla Sólnes is a wry and aesthetically driven writer-director from Iceland, represented by True North Talent. She is a Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow (‘25 with her feature Eruption) and has been the recipient of support from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Indian Paintbrush. She is an adjunct assistant professor in Screenwriting at Columbia University.
She is a recent graduate of Columbia's illustrious MFA film program, and recently won Columbia’s Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Competition with her feature, which is currently in development with funding from the Icelandic Film Fund, titled ‘Eruption’. Her other short films ‘Make a Wish, Benóný’, ‘Whim Rules the Child and Weather the Field’ and ‘With the Arrival of Spring’ have screened and won awards at festivals worldwide. She’s currently in post-production of her thesis short ‘Embla’ a feminist fable fully supported by The Indian Paintbrush.
  • Writer (5 Credits)
    Embla
    Short, Student
    Eruption
    Screenplay
    Whim Rules the Child, and Weather the Field2024
    Short
    Make a Wish, Benóný!2023
    Short, Student
    With the Arrival of Spring2018
    Short, Student
  • Director (4 Credits)
    Embla
    Short, Student
    Whim Rules the Child, and Weather the Field2024
    Short
    Make a Wish, Benóný!2023
    Short, Student
    With the Arrival of Spring2018
    Short, Student
  • Producer (1 Credit)
    With the Arrival of Spring2018
    Short, Student
College
The Icelandic Film School
Producing/Direction
20162018
College
Columbia University
Directing/Screenwriting
20212024
High School
Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð
Art/Icelandic
20122014
Birth Date
March 17, 1996
Nickname
Katla
Birth City
Bonn
Current City
Reykjavík
Hometown
Reykjavík
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
White/Nordic
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
“that’s what I admire most about you — the bloodiness of your heart.” Cat's Eye, Margaret Atwood
''You’re riding a train at night across some vast plain, and you
catch a glimpse of a tiny light in a window of a farmhouse. In an
instant it’s sucked back into the darkness behind and vanishes. But
if you close your eyes, that point of light stays with you, just
barely for a few moments.'' Haruki Murakami
Katla Sólnes is an Icelandic represented by True North Talent and a Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow (‘25 with her feature Eruption.)
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