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Hekla

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Hekla, a determined Chicago actress, races through auditions, breakups, and self-doubt over the course of one chaotic day, risking her heart and career to claim her voice and step fully into the artist and woman she's meant to be.

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Donald Liebenson Chicago Reader 4d
Filmed in black-and-white with flashes of color, Hekla is an intimately deglamorized, down-in-the-trenches look at the acting profession. Go to Full Review Tom Atkinson Film Threat 4d
7/10
Hekla isn’t a grand statement about art. It is smaller than that, and more personal. A portrait of a performer chasing fleeting moments of colour in a largely monochrome world. Go to Full Review Don Shanahan Film Obsessive 4d
4/5
Our draw to her is instant, and you want to watch her world as soon as she puts on that crown in the dream and symbolically chases it when she awakes. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Michael Glover Smith

Director

Elizabeth Stam

Hekla Gudmunsdottir

Mary Tilden

Tyler Hrabosky

Sadieh Rifai

Amina Alami

Sadie Rogers

Dr. Loden

Daryl Anisfeld

Beth

Movie Info

Synopsis Hekla, a determined Chicago actress, races through auditions, breakups, and self-doubt over the course of one chaotic day, risking her heart and career to claim her voice and step fully into the artist and woman she's meant to be.
Director
Michael Glover Smith
Producer
Michael Glover Smith, Elizabeth Stam, Aaron Wertheimer
Screenwriter
Michael Glover Smith, Elizabeth Stam
Production Co
Sweet Void Cinema
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 29m