The New year for Icelandic cinema will start splendidly with the release on January 1st of Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's much awaited new feature Mamma Gógó. Based on the director's personal life, the film tells of a filmmaker struggling with financial problems while trying to deal with his aging mother, diagnosed with Alzheimer disease. In the lead roles are Kristbjörg Kjeld and Hilmir Snaer Gudnason. The film is produced by the Oscar-winning director and Gudrun Edda Thorhannesdottir for Spellbound Productions, in co-production with Filmhuset (Norway) and Pandora (Germany), with support from the Icelandic Film Centre and Nordisk Film & TV Fond.