Raise the Bar (film)

Raise the bar (Icelandic: Hækkum rána) is an Icelandic documentary about the controversial journey of a girls basketball team under the direction of coach Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson.[1]

Raise the bar
Hækkum rána
Directed byGuðjón Ragnarsson
Written byIikka Vehkalathi
Produced byMargrét Jónasdóttir
StarringBrynjar Karl Sigurðsson
Cinematography
  • Guðjón Ragnarsson
  • Tómas Marshall
Edited by
  • Ingibjörg Ásmundsdóttir
  • Jakob Halldórsson
Music by
  • Ragga Gísla
  • Pétur Jónsson
Production
companies
Release date
  • 10 February 2021 (2021-02-10)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryIceland
LanguageIcelandic

The film was released at the Sjónvarp Síminn Premium streaming service on 10 February 2021[2] and immediately raised a controversy in Iceland due to Brynjar's coaching methods.[3][4][5]

Premises

The film follows the journey of the a girls basketball team under the direction of coach Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson and their quest to be allowed to compete in boys tournaments.[6]

Accolades

At the 2021 International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Filem'on, Raise the Bar won the award for best documentary.[7]

References
  1. Einar Þorsteinsson; Róbert Jóhannsson (18 February 2021). "Þarft að vita hvar línan er og byggja upp traust". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. "Hækkum rána". Síminn (in Icelandic). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. Viðar Halldórsson (16 February 2021). "Helgar tilgangurinn meðalið?". Kjarninn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson (16 February 2021). "Brynjar umdeildur – Lofaður fyrir að valdefla stúlkur en gagnrýndur fyrir að afreksvæða íþróttir ungra barna". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (19 February 2021). "Það þarf að undirbúa stelpurnar fyrir allan nautaskítinn sem bíður þeirra". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  6. Kristín Ólafsdóttir (18 February 2021). ""Umdeildasti körfuboltaþjálfari landsins" og stelpurnar hans". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  7. Ásdís Ásgeirsdóttir (28 November 2021). "Hækkum rána á fleygiferð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 November 2021.


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