April Captains + Extended Talk
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 17:10 (5:10pm)
Director: Maria De Medeiros
The Director will take part in an extended talk.
In Portugal, late in the night of April 24 to 25, 1974, the radio broadcasts the outlawed song “Grândola”, the preplanned signal triggering the military coup that would change the face of Portugal and the destiny of vast territories in Africa.
The Ornithologist + Intro
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 14:40 (2:40pm)
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
Director will introduce the film.
Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for endangered black storks along a remote river in northern Portugal, when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrim girls on their way to Santiago de Compostela, he plunges into a dark, eerie forest, trying to get back on track. But he encounters unexpected and uncanny obstacles and people who put him to the test.
If Luck Will Come + Q&A
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 12:30 (12:30pm)
Director: Camille Bildsøe
The director will take part in a Q&A.
Under Taliban rule, childhood ends at 14 for Afghan children. As the years count down from 12, Zahra and Zalgai cling fiercely to play, even as silence, duty, and the constraints of adulthood close in around them.
Christiania + Q&A
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 19:40 (7:40pm)
Director: Karl Friis Forchhammer
Director and Lisa Friis will take part in a Q&A.
Through extraordinary and hard-hitting stories spanning more than 50 years, CHRISTIANIA explores how a community built on freedom, consensus and resistance continues to fight for its right to exist, on its own terms.
Það sem hverfur (La Pietá) + Intro
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 20:45 (8:45pm)
Directors: PEPE ANDREU, RAFA MOLÉS
Directors and Ragnar Axelsson, photographer, will take part in a Q&A.
Over a century ago, Flosi Björnsson and his eight siblings settled beneath Vatnajökull and devoted their lives to the glacier. Returning to the sealed farm of his childhood summers, photographer Ragnar Axelsson awakens Flosi’s voice, while the cracking ice composes a requiem for a vanishing world.
Hex + Intro
Háskólabió
3. október, kl. 22:00 (10:00pm)
Director: Maja Holand
Director will introduce the film.
Against the backdrop of Norway’s notorious black metal scene, HEX follows three young women (Nikoline, Victoria, and Johanna) as they form Witch Club Satan without knowing how to play a single instrument. Over the next three years, they devote themselves to becoming both witches and musicians, embracing black metal as an outlet for fierce female power. But as the band gathers force, it begins to take on a life of its own, challenging their unity, convictions, and ideas of freedom. Shadowed by the legacy of historical witch trials, the film asks what it means to be a free woman today, and whether witches are still being condemned to silence.
Teenage Sex and Death in Camp Miasma
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 22:30 (10:30pm)
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
After years of hastily made sequels and dwindling interest, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is entrusted to an ambitious young director determined to revive it. But when she seeks out the original film’s mysterious, reclusive star, the two women are drawn into a blood-soaked realm of desire, terror, and delirium.
La Gradiva
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 15:30 (3:30pm)
Director: Marine Atlan
A class of high school students travels to Pompeii to explore the ruins and the bodies preserved beneath the ash by Mount Vesuvius. The trip becomes a unique moment in which the energy of youth encounters a world where time has stood still. Their desires rise to the surface with unexpected intensity, eventually causing the fragile social dynamic the group has created to unravel.
Icelandic Shorts I & II
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 13:15 (1:15pm)
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.
International Shorts III
Háskólabió
3. október, 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.
Brace Your Heart
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 11:15 (11:15am)
The film follows 15-year-old Jo on a day that begins like any other but becomes a profound journey of self-discovery. Phaedra’s captivating singing awakens new feelings in her, while dreamlike memories, her relationship with her volatile mother, and an unexpected tragedy intertwine in a poetic story about love, loss, and the boundaries between life and death.
Tin Castle
Háskólabió
3. október, kl 18:25 (6:25pm)
Director: Alexander Murphy
Along a long-forgotten road, the O’Reillys live in a rundown trailer stranded in the middle of the fields. Pa’, Lisa, and their ten children weather the seasons in their tin castle, heirs to a way of life on borrowed time. Under threat of eviction, their tenuous balance falters, yet – steadfast in their tradition – they resist. The children laugh, the dogs bark, the trailer holds on – but for how long?
Small Dogs Bark Loud
Háskólabió
3. október, kl. 11:00 (11:00am)
Director Director: Nora Nivedita Tvedt
The loyal, talking dog, Salto helps Tuni (12) navigate tough times with the magic of a bucket list.
The Visitor
Háskólabió
3. október, kl. 11:15 (11:15am)
Director: Vytautas Katkus
End of summer. Danielius (in mid 30s) makes a return to his hometown to sell his parents’ flat. Having nowhere to rush, he reconnects with people and the town that’s no longer his. He is confronted with a quiet sense of loneliness.
Heat
Háskólabió
3. október, kl. 13:30 (1:30pm)
Director: Jacqueline Zünd
Climate change disrupts lives and relationships – especially in the Persian Gulf, where temperatures can exceed 50°C and society is divided between the privileged few who can protect themselves and migrants who have no choice but to endure the heat in order to make ends meet.
Ask E. Jean
Háskólabió
3. október, kl. 19:00 (7:00pm)
Director: Jacqueline Zünd
E. Jean Carroll has emerged as a trailblazing American journalist and beloved advice columnist, conquering the male-dominated publishing world of 1980s and 90s New York with a fearless voice all her own. Ask E. Jean uncovers the thrilling and adventurous life of a singular icon, and the only woman to beat Trump in court. Twice.
The Loneliest Man In Town
Háskólabió
3. október, kl. 17:45 (5:45pm)
Directors: Tizza Covi, Rainier Frimmel
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.
The Last First: Winter K2 + Intro
UPPSELT!
Háskólabió
3. október, kl. 20:25 (8:25pm)
Director: Amir Bar-Lev
Tómas Guðbjartsson will introduce the film.
Amir Bar-Lev tells a complex, moving and powerful story that offers a glimpse into the world of extreme mountaineering and the culture that is changing within it. The film follows the 2021 expedition, when John Snorri Sigurjónsson from Iceland and father and son Ali and Sajid Sadpara from Pakistan set out with the goal of becoming the first to summit K2 in winter.
