Awards & Juries
Over the years we have screened many outstanding films by brave and artistic voices at RIFF. The ones that show artistic excellence and break boundaries will win awards. The films in our New Visions section will compete for the most acclaimed award of the festival: The Golden Puffin, whose recipient will be named Discovery of the Year.
An award will be also given the most outstanding film in the documentary competition section A Different Tomorrow.
Short films from the participants in the Talent Lab will compete for the Golden Egg.
And we also award the best of our national cinema with our Best Icelandic Short and the Best International Short in our International Shorts competitive section.
RIFF 2022
New Visions
The films in our competitive category New Visions are all debut or sophomore efforts. One will be named Discovery of the Year and receive the Golden Puffin.
Jury
Giorgio Gosetti
Director General Venice Days
Ava Striker
Development Executive at MUBI
Hera Hilmarsdóttir
Icelandic Actress
Best Icelandic Short and Best Icelandic Student Short
In this competitive category one director receives a prize for the Best Icelandic Short. The jury gives out another award for the Best Icelandic Student Short.
Jury
Carlos Pardo Ros
Filmmaker and producer
Viktoría Guðnadóttir
Artist
Birgitta Björnsdóttir
Producer
A Different Tomorrow Award
The films in A Different Tomorrow shed light on environmental and humanitarian topics because, sometimes, the right film can change the world. The most outstanding groundbreaking film in this section will be receive our A Different Tomorrow Award.
Jury
Astrid Silva
Head of Programming Visions du Réel
Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir
Filmmaker
Joni Sighvatsson
Producer
Best International Short
With urgency and determination, the talented filmmakers in this section make us travel beyond the borders of reality, expanding the scope of our imagination, reinventing cinema within every frame. The bravest voice will be awarded our Best International Short.
Jury
Mark Lwoff
Producer
Mads Mikkelsen
Head of Programme at CPH:DOX
Julia van Mourik
Director of The One Minutes Foundation
THE GOLDEN EGG
The Golden Egg Competition is a selection of films from up-and-coming directors participating in the 2021 RIFF Talent Lab.
Jury
Torfinnur Jákupsson
Screenwriter and executive producer
Óskar Kristinn Vignisson
Film director
Maria Thelma
Director
The Young People´s Jury
The Young People’s Jury selects a film in our competitive category, New Visions, which are all debut or sophomore efforts.
Jury
Rögnvaldur Brynjar Rúnarsson
Student in film studies
Katla Kristjánsdóttir
Student in film studies
Júlía Kristín Kamilludóttir
Student in comparative literature
