Of Horses and Men [SEP] director
Of Horses and Men
Of Horses and Men () is a 2013 Icelandic drama film written and directed by and produced by fellow director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.
The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film won the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize. In 2014, it won the audience award at the Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway.
Plot.
In the remote Icelandic valley, there is not much to do
burned the town of Magauran (i.e. Felim), and the town of his brother Donough. On the following day Magauran, with his kinsmen, went in pursuit of the O’Reilly army, and deprived them of sixteen men, who were killed or taken prisoners, and two hundred horses"
The Annals of Ulster for 1485 state-
"Ua Raighilligh, namely, Toirdelbach, son of John, son of Eogan, went with a great host into Tellach-Eathach the Tuesday Sep. 27 before Michaelmas and the town of Mag