Lit Flick: Pride and Prejudice
Háskólabió
28. september, kl 19:30 (7:30pm)
This year’s RIFF Lit Flick screening is Pride and Prejudice, which took the world by storm when it was released in 2005 and continues to be hugely popular today. Like the novel it is based on, the film, directed by Joe Wright, has become a timeless classic. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including a nomination for Keira Knightley for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet.
The screening is presented in collaboration with the Jane Austen Fan Club of Iceland. Kristín Linda Jónsdóttir, psychologist and chair of the club, will explore Jane Austen and ask: What is it about her work that continues to resonate with audiences today? Literary scholar and translator of Pride and Prejudice, Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir, will discuss the novel.
The Loneliest Man in Town + Q&A
Háskólabió
28. september, kl 19:30 (7:30pm)
The film’s directors will take part in a Q&A.
Blues musician Al Cook lives in an apartment filled with memories. Outside, the world carries on without him. But when his home is slated for demolition, out of the ruins of his existence, a long-forgotten dream suddenly resurfaces.
La Belle Année + Q&A
Háskólabió
28. september, kl 17:00 (5:00pm)
Director: Angelica Ruffier
The film’s director will take part in a Q&A.
While emptying her childhood home after her estranged father’s death, Angelica recalls a fierce and solitary love she had as a teenager for her history teacher, Miss B. And as her list of duties never seems to diminish, an intense desire grows in Angelica: to meet her again.
Congo Boy
Háskólabió
28. september, kl 17:00 (5:00pm)
Director: Rafiki Fariala
In Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, 17-year-old Robert dreams of building a future in the music world, but civil war has turned his country upside down. When both of his parents are imprisoned, he is left to care for his four younger siblings on his own. He tries to keep everyday life going, taking on odd jobs, preparing for his school exams, and performing at concerts – determined to make his dream a reality.
Beloved
Háskólabió
28. september, kl 21:40 (9:40pm)
Director: Erik Poppe
BELOVED is a tender, visually powerful story of love’s fragility and longing. In a small coastal town, Asle and Gerd find each other and become parents to a boy. However their happiness is brief. As a sailor, Asle is drawn to escape, leaving Gerd alone with the child as distance grows between them. Told in Fosse’s minimalist style, through silence, glances and landscape, the story rests on deep compassion for three lives, and asks how much distance love can endure before it breaks.
Providence and the Guitar
Háskólabió
28. september, kl 19:30 (7:30pm)
Director: João Nicolau
In a distant past, Léon and Elvira Berthelini, itinerant artists, make their living hopping from town to town. An unusual curse sends them on absurd journeys into the 21st century, where the future of social security and of a rock band are at stake.
Eternal Flame
Háskólabió
28. september, kl 19:00 (7:00pm)
Director: Pedro Ramalhete
A chance encounter reunites former film-school classmates João, who is unemployed, and Clara, now working as a production assistant. When she invites him to join her latest project, he is drawn into the peculiar rhythms of a film set. Eternal Flame is a melancholic comedy about life among a film crew and the growing pains of a young slacker—a tribute to the close-knit world of Portuguese cinema and to cinema itself.
Films from the North
Háskólabió
28. september, kl. 21:00 (9:00pm)
As always, RIFF celebrates short films with an extensive programme featuring works from around the world. In short filmmaking, few - if any - rules apply: the form is constantly reinvented, allowing inspiration of every kind to flourish.
Tristan Forever
Háskólabió
28. september, kl 13:10 (1:10pm)
Directors: Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot
For three decades, a Parisian doctor has maintained a friendship with a fisherman living on Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island. Now he returns once more, intending to make the island his permanent home.
NoJSE Shorts + Q&A
The Nordic House
28. september, kl. 13:00 (1:00pm)
In collaboration with NoJSE, RIFF presents a special selection of high-quality short films from the Nordic countries. NoJSE is a collaboration between five Nordic children’s film festivals: Buster in Copenhagen, BUFF in Malmö, the International Children’s Film Festival in Kristiansand, the Oulu International Children’s Film Festival, and UngRIFF in Reykjavík.
The aim of the collaboration is to promote high-quality short films for children and young people, while also increasing access to Nordic films for filmmakers creating content for these age groups. This year, we are proud to announce that the Icelandic short film Í TAKT by Hanna Huld is part of this fantastic programme.
The films, together with accompanying educational materials, are also available on the Norden i Skolan educational platform.
Fallax VR Screening
Háskólabíó – Litla sviðið
28. september, kl 17:30 (5:30pm)
Director: Owen Hindley
Experience Fallax, the first Icelandic XR film, by director Owen Hindley and creative studio Huldufugl in Háskólabíó. Special XR chairs and equipment from SagaVR will immerse viewers in the film’s virtual world.
Special XR chairs and equipment from SagaVR will immerse viewers in the film’s virtual world.
The film will be shown in XR chairs twice every half hour.
Does not suit kids 12 years old or younger.
An escaped prisoner flees into the Icelandic countryside. After their friends mysteriously vanish, they are pulled into a space where time and nature move differently. Featuring motion captured circus artists & realtime animation, Fallax is Iceland's first film made for virtual reality.
