"A heavy metal band plays at a screening of a classic Viking film. Björk arrives to see the latest films by Pedro Almodóvar and Athina Rachel Tsangari. Filmmakers relax in geothermal pools by the sea. Industry figures are invited to the presidential residence to discuss the state of the film industry. It's a traditional day at the International Film Festival."
Dear viewers, filmmakers, and partners big and small. We are extremely humbled and grateful for the great collaboration and reception at RIFF this year. The University Cinema was the center of RIFF, this historic building took on a new form as a beautiful café and bar with a cozy lounge. It was fun to watch the audience chat at
RIFF ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS AND CELEBRATES RECORD BREAK Japanese film Super Happy Forever wins Golden Puffin, Norwegian documentary A New Kind of Wilderness wins award in Alternative Futures category, The Bride by Hjördís Jóhannsdóttir was chosen as best Icelandic short film and the youth jury chose G-21 Sena from Gottsunda
"with a truck and a dip" On the occasion of the fact that exactly four decades have passed since the Icelandic/Swedish Viking film Hrafninn flýgur, directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, premiered in Iceland to the great admiration of tens of thousands of cinemagoers, it seems appropriate to bring it back to the eyes of film lovers in this country. And that will be done
Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund is this year's guest of honor at RIFF, but he is best known for the music videos he has made for the world's top pop stars, from Paul McCartney, Madonna, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé to Prodigy and Rammstein, but that is only a part of what Åkerlund has managed in his long career.
"full of sly humor" There are quite a few novels that become films, which more often than not have ended with the big question of which is better, the book or the movie. And everyone has had their own opinion. But when it comes to the story Ör by Auðu Öva Ólafsdóttir and the film Hotel Silence (Hótel Þögn)
"Everyone has something to hide" Interview with Guðmundur Ingi Þorvaldsson about All Eyes on Me "This is a film about human frailty and is of course a testament to the fact that everyone has something to hide," says Guðmundur Ingi Þorvaldsson, producer of the film All Eyes on Me
HEAVY KNIVES: THE RABBIT FLYS x SÓLSTAFIR It's light for the punks in Sólstófir in their studio in Seltjarnarnes. Amplifiers are stacked and the Greenlandic, Japanese, American, Irish and Icelandic flags hang from the gables, mixed with a tufted set list. In the middle of the studio, a small flat screen has been placed that
Filmmaker Gagga Jóns gave a thunderous speech at the Opening Ceremony of RIFF last week. There, she reviewed the state of the Icelandic film industry and criticized the government's cuts to the Film Fund. You can read Gögga's speech here: Gögga Jóns' Speech Distinguished guests, Recently, news broke of planned cuts to the Film Fund. Following this, an email was sent out with
