TIFF 2023 Opening Gala: Northern Comfort

Section: Deschiderea oficială | Focus nordic
Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
Cast: Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Timothy Spall, Lydia Leonard, Ella Rumpf, Nick Blakeley
Duration: 1h 37m
Country: Iceland
Year: 2023

A special forces veteran, an uptight property developer, an influencer with half a million followers and an incompetent instructor are thrown together on a high-end fear of flying course. The course’s final challenge is an experience flight from London to Iceland, which ends up being a horrendous ordeal. Lost in Iceland, freezing and terrified, they must find a way to help each other finally face their fears.