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RIFF Summer Shorts
RIFF invites you to warm up for the festival with European short films. The screenings will take place at Tónabíó and Laugardalslaug swimming pool.
Saturday, 15 August
ONE MINUTES AT LAUGARDALSLAUG
16:00-20:00
RIFF presents one-minute films from across Europe in collaboration with the One Minutes organisation. The screening will take place in an unusual setting, with the films projected onto the screen at the indoor pool at Laugardalslaug. Two series will be shown: Deep Blue, curated by Icelandic artist Arnar Ásgeirsson in 2014. The series won RIFF’s One-Minute Film Competition in 2014 and will be screened again this year. The second series, Akwatik, was curated for the Kinemastik Short Film Festival in Malta.
Akwatik curated by Kinemastik
| TITLE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | DURATION |
| cannibals lovers both neither | Siobhan Leddy, Benjamin Yates | Germany | 1 minute |
| Untitled | Dolphin Club | Malta | 1 minute |
| BLOB | Beatrice Alvestad Lopez | United Kingdom | 1 minute |
| Flying to Nowhere | Matthew Lancit | Canada | 1 minute |
| Nothing is true. Everything is permitted | Guillén Mauricio | Mexico | 1 minute |
| Trans-Mediterranean-Express | Tristan Bera | France | 1 minute |
| Action At A Distance | Manon Bachelier | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Water Makes Us Wet | Misha de Ridder | Italy, The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Within the Rock Pools of North Bondi | Niv Rajendra | Australia | 1 minute |
| The Great Camouflage (excerpt) | Ana Vaz | France | 1 minute |
| Electricty | Stephanie Sant | Malta | 1 minute |
| Ashore | Inge Reisberman | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| History of Battleship | Zhang Hong | China | 1 minute |
| The Space You Take Up | Macy van Geldrop | Malta | 1 minute |
| Over / Under | Kevin Siwoff & Isaac Azzopardi | United Kingdom | 1 minute |
| Perpetual Motion | Cyril Sancereau | Malta | 1 minute |
| Ocean Currents | Isabelle Weber | Switzerland | 1 minute |
Deep blue by Arnar Ásgeirsson
Innilaug Laugardalslaugar, 16:00-20:00
| TITLE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | DURATION |
| Suggestion to blue | Aapo Nikkanen | France | 1 minute |
| Swan | Dobroslawa Nowak | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Hringur | Logi Leó Gunnarsson | Iceland | 1 minute |
| Steven's Pitch | Avi Krispin, Steven de Jong | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Valparaíso | Evelyn Fahrenkrog | Chile | 1 minute |
| Untitled | Gerard Ortín | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Dusting The Desert | Yazan Khalili | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Due | Heimir Björgúlfsson | Iceland | 1 minute |
| Today on Icelandic News, | Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson | Iceland | 1 minute |
| The Car | Chen Wei | China | 1 minute |
| Sluther | Henrik Linnet | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Balance | Veli & Amos | Switzerland | 1 minute |
| Something sublime on screen on June 2nd | Anne Jan Reijn | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Folly Symmetry | Frank ter Horst | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Catalyst 2007 | Saemundur Thor Helgason | United Kingdom | 1 minute |
| SEIZE study (Gore windbreaker) | Darri Lorenzen | Iceland | 1 minute |
| Lijis | Misha de Ridder | Switzerland | 1 minute |
| Part time Leave | Frederik Gruyaert | Belgium | 1 minute |
| One minute blue colour | Ívar Glói Gunnarsson | Iceland | 1 minute |
| Gullivers travels | Maartje Jaquet | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| 5-bromo-dmt | Matthijs Diederiks | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
| Abstract Karaoke | Jurgis Paškevičius | Lithuania | 1 minute |
| Her | Thora Solveig Bergsteinsdottir | Norway | 1 minute |
| Gutter | Chris Schuepp | Germany | 1 minute |
| PERMANENT VACATION | Alexandra Karpilovski | The Netherlands | 1 minute |
Portúgalskur fókus
20:00 (46 mínútur)
Portugal is this year's Country in Focus at the festival, and we are presenting an outstanding selection of Portuguese short films.
JOÃO PEDRO RODRIGUES SUMMER SHORT PROGRAM
João Pedro Rodrigues is a renowned Portuguese film director, born in Lisbon. He is receiving RIFF's honorary award for creative excellence at this year's festival and we are delighted to screen his short films at our summer shorts warm up festival.
| TITLE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | DURATION |
| Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues? | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 21 minutes |
| Morning of Saint Anthony's Day | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 25 minutes |
Portuguese Shorts
Tónabíó, 21:15 (55 mínútur)
| TITLE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | DURATION |
| Filme Pin | María Rojas Arias & Andrés Jurado | Colombia, Portugal | 7 minutes |
| Sabura | Falcão Nhaga | Portugal | 26 minutes |
| The Loneliness of Lizards | Ines Nunes | Portugal | 15 minutes |
| Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me | Alice dos Reis | Portugal | 8 minutes |
Sunday 16 August
European Summer Shorts
19:30-23:00
It’s summer in Europe. In a program curated by Aleksandra Lawska, filmmakers explore desire, connection and the fragile boundaries between private life and shared reality. From heat-soaked romance and fading summer dreams to online intimacy, secrets and fast-spreading rumours, these films blend realism with the surreal to reveal how people seek closeness in an increasingly connected yet isolating world.
Some films are rated R.
Social network
Tónabíó, 19:30 (76 mínútur)
The internet can feel isolating, yet it remains a vital space for human connection. Across these films, characters seek intimacy online: a daughter teaches her mother to navigate the web, a teenager finds a crush in a video game, and a Romanian town encounters the emerging internet. From social-media dissociation to late-night scrolling for sex, technology changes—but the longing for connection endures.
| TITLE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | DURATION |
| Can you hear me? | Anastazja Naumenko | Poland | 15 minutes |
| Surge of Transference | Geo Barcan | Romania | 15 minutes |
| Keep Out | Tan-Lui Chan | Czechia, Hong Kong | 8 minutes |
| ALEXX196 & the pink sand beach | Loic Hobi | France, Switzerland | 24 minutes |
| Nights and Days in July | Jana Bringlöv Ekspong | Sweden | 14 minutes |
Rumour has it
Tónabíó, 21:10 (81 mínútur)
Gossip is like a cut-open feather pillow: once scattered, it can never be fully gathered again. In the digital world, rumours spread faster, reshaping reality and threatening reputations. These short films explore secrets, ethical dilemmas and the tension between private needs and social expectations—asking whether to gather the feathers or let them fly.
| TITLE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | DURATION |
| A Beautiful Wildflower Meadow | Emi Buchwald | Poland | 15 minutes |
| Asparagus Bear | Ivan Grgur | Croatia | 18 minutes |
| LEFT-HANDED PEN | Adas Burkšaitis | Lithuania | 18 minutes |
| Hysterical Fit of Laughter | Matija Gluščević, Dušan Zorić | Serbia, Croatia | 15 minutes |
Melted desires
Tónabíó, 22:45 (74 mínútur)
As the summer heat intensifies, so do our hidden dreams, tensions and desires. This dreamlike programme blends realism with the surreal, exploring awkward romance, disappointing holiday escapes, nostalgia and the longing for summer to last. As temperatures peak, the boundaries between reality and dreams begin to melt.
| TITLE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | DURATION |
| Eraserhead in a Knitted Shopping Bag | Lili Koss | Bulgaria | 19 minutes |
| Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays | Christian Aviles | Spain | 24 minutes |
| It's Alright | Jorūnė Greičiūtė | Lithuania | 17 minutes |
| Copa Loca | Christos Massalas | Greece | 14 minutes |
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