Blackport Explained

Native Name:	Verbúðin
Director:	Gísli Örn Garðarsson Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, María Reyndal
Starring:	Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir Björn Hlynur Haraldsson Gísli Örn Garðarsson Guðjón Davíð Karlsson Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir
Country:	Iceland
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	8
Producer:	Gísli Örn Garðarsson Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Nana Alfreðsdóttir
Cinematography:	Hrafn Garðarsson
Company:	Vesturport
Network:	RÚV

Blackport (Icelandic: Verbúðin) is an Icelandic television drama miniseries, written by Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Mikael Torfason^[1] and produced by Vesturport in association with RÚV. The first episode of the eight part series^[2] premiered on the RÚV (TV channel) on 26 December 2021.^{[3] [4]}

Synopsis

The series takes place from 1983 to 1991 and follows a married couple, Harpa and Grimur, who buy an old trawler with their childhood friends and build a small fishing empire in a village in the Westfjords of Iceland. All goes well until the Icelandic government starts enforcing new restrictive fishing quotas which turn their lives upside down and result in a feud of jealousy, greed and betrayal.^[5]

Cast and characters

• Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir as Harpa
• Gísli Örn Garðarsson as Jón Hjaltalín
• Björn Hlynur Haraldsson^[6] as Grímur
• Guðjón Davíð Karlsson as Einar
• Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir as Freydís
• Anna Svava Knútsdóttir as Ella Stína
• Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir as Tinna
• Selma Björnsdóttir as Gunný
• Hilmir Snær Guðnason as Smári
• Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon as Gils
• Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir as Jóna Margrét
• Sverrir Þór Sverrisson as Pétur^{[7] [8]}
• Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Torfi
• Jóhann Sigurðarson as Sólon
• Jógvan Hansen as Þrándur
• Benedikt Erlingsson as Steingrímur Hermannsson^{[9] [10]}
• Björgvin Franz Gíslason as Hemmi Gunn^[11]
• Björn Stefánsson as Laddi/Elsa Lund

Production

Filming started in 2020 and took place in Reykjavík and in the Westfjords.^{[12] [13]}

Reception

According to a poll by Prósent, 57% of the Icelandic population watched the first episode of the show with 88% giving it a positive review.^{[14] [15]} Following the shows première, Independence Party parliamentarian Ásmundur Friðriksson criticised the show for its portrayal of the rural people of Iceland.^{[16] [17]}

Awards

In September 2021, the series won the Grand Prize at the 2021 Series Mania festival.^[18] In November it won the jury prize at the Serielizados Fest in Spain.^[19] On 2 February 2022, the Nordisk Film & TV Fond announced that Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Mikael Torfason, writers of Blackport, where the recipients of the 2022 Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award.^{[20] [21] [22]}

External links

• Verbúðin at RÚV

Notes and References

1. News: . Verbúðin er því sem næst heilagur sannleikur . 24 January 2022 . . 24 January 2022 . Icelandic.
2. News: Davíð Roach Gunnarsson . Atli Már Steinarsson . "Það var bara unnið, drukkið og djammað" . 27 December 2021 . . 4 July 2020 . Icelandic.
3. News: Anna Marsibil Clausen . Búningarnir fengnir úr fataskáp ráðherra . 27 December 2021 . . 27 December 2021 . Icelandic.
4. News: Verbúðin slær í gegn hjá Íslendingum . 27 December 2021 . . 27 December 2021 . Icelandic.
5. News: Hallgerður Kolbrún E. Jónsdóttir . Fyrsta stiklan úr Verbúðinni: "Þetta er óður til níunda áratugarins" . 27 December 2021 . . 4 December 2021 . Icelandic.
6. News: Hallgerður Kolbrún E. Jónsdóttir . Sagði sig frá Witcher vegna Verbúðarinnar . 27 December 2021 . . 4 July 2021 . Icelandic.
7. News: Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir . Atli Már Steinarsson . Áskorunin var klárlega í því að Sveppi missti höndina . 10 January 2022 . . 10 January 2022 . Icelandic.
8. News: Áskorun að missa útlim í Verbúðinni . 18 January 2022 . K100 . . 17 January 2022 . Icelandic.
9. News: Davíð Kjartan Gestsson . Baldvin Þór Bergsson . Á sundskýlunni í heimspressunni . 11 January 2022 . . 11 January 2022 . Icelandic.
10. News: Þegar Steingrímur sprangaði um á sundskýlunni . 14 February 2022 . . 10 January 2022 . Icelandic.
11. News: Verbúðin sprengdi skalann í gærkvöldi . 24 January 2022 . . 24 January 2022 . Icelandic.
12. News: Orri Freyr Rúnarsson . Tökur hafnar á spennuþáttum um kvótakerfið . 27 December 2021 . . 21 May 2020 . Icelandic.
13. News: Sjáðu heimili Hörpu og Gríms í Verbúðinni . 16 January 2022 . . 3 January 2022 . Icelandic.
14. News: Þorvarður Pálsson . Höfuðborgarbúar ánægðari með Verbúðina en landsbyggðin . 15 February 2022 . . 11 January 2011 . Icelandic.
15. News: Mikið áhorf og mikil ánægja með fyrsta þátt Verbúðarinnar . 15 February 2022 . Klapptré . 14 January 2022 . Icelandic.
16. News: Jakob Bjarnar . Ásmundur segir Verbúð lýsa landsbyggðarrasisma RÚV . 27 December 2021 . . 27 December 2021 . Icelandic.
17. News: Arnar Þór Ingólfsson . Þingmaður upplifði "landsbyggðarrasisma" við sjónvarpsáhorf á öðrum degi jóla . 27 December 2021 . . 27 December 2021 . Icelandic.
18. News: Ragnar Tómas . Icelandic Thriller Blackport Takes Grand Prize at Series Mania 2021 . 27 December 2021 . . 3 September 2021 . Icelandic.
19. News: Þorgils Jónsson . Verbúð verðlaunuð á Spáni . 27 December 2021 . . 5 November 2021 . Icelandic.
20. News: Hljóta verðlaun fyrir handrit Verbúðarinnar . 2 February 2022 . . 2 February 2022 . Icelandic.
21. News: Blackport wins the 2022 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize . 2 February 2022 . Nordisk Film & TV Fond . 2 February 2022.
22. News: Sylvía Rut Sigfúsdóttir . Verbúðin hlaut Norrænu sjónvarpshandritaverðlaunin . 2 February 2022 . . 2 February 2022 . Icelandic.