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STORM ALERTS (2025)

A film by Bergur Bernburg

A journey into the unknown territories of the human mind

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Dr. Marteinn Helgi Sigurðsson, a gifted Icelandic academic living in Copenhagen, finds himself at a crossroads when he is diagnosed with mental illness. Declining conventional methods, to deal with his mental state, he decides instead to embrace his episodical madness. Storm Alerts is an investigation and a reconstruction of Dr. Sigurðsson's experiences. He proposes that the manic side of him has a right to exist and be manifested. Arguing that the creative process is a journey into unknown territory in search of truths; a man’s journey into the unknown mysteries of the human spirit. 

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The director

Bergur Bernburg is the director of Storm Alerts. He previously directed the film HORIZON, which was World Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Canada in 2015 as an Official Selection. The film was also an Official Selection at the Film Festivals in Busan, São Paulo and Warsaw. Bergur is the owner of ResearchGruppen ApS, Copenhagen Denmark and has been a filmmaker for over three decades.

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A film by: Bergur Bernburg

Produced by: Firnindi Films & ResearchGruppen Aps

In cooperation with:

Kristján Ingimarsson Company

Sagafilm

Produced by:

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Magnús Árni Skúlason

Margrét Jónasdóttir

Bergur Bernburg

Co Producers:

Kristján Ingimarsson

Þór Tjörvi Þórsson

Cinematographers:

Anders Koch

Bergur Bernburg

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Editors:

Kirstján Loðmfjörð

Bergur Bernburg

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Original Music:

Kjartan Holm

Sindri Már Sigfússon

Script:

Jón Atli Jónasson

Bergur Bernburg

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Cast:

Marteinn Helgi Sigurðsson

Kristján Ingimarsson

Kurt Ravn