{"id":67867,"date":"2026-04-24T15:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riff.is\/?page_id=67867"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:04:37","slug":"dagskrarad-unga-folksins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/dagskrarad-unga-folksins\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Youth Council<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Youth Council is a group of film enthusiasts who actively participate in shaping the festival. The council gains insight into RIFF's programming, selects films of interest, and shares their recommendations with audiences.<\/p>

In addition, the council meets regularly throughout the year where we discuss ideas, receive feedback, and develop programming and events together. In this way, the council becomes an active participant in shaping the festival experience.<\/p>

We are looking for curious and passionate young people who want to take part in the conversation about film, culture, and what matters to their generation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Below are the members of the Youth Council 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Ar\u00edna Vala <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Filmmaker<\/p>

Ar\u00edna Vala is a film director from Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland. She currently lives in New York where she is pursuing a master's degree in filmmaking at NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. She also holds a BA in Film Studies from the University of Iceland. In 2024, she premiered her short film \"H\u00e1fl\u00f3\u00f0\" at the Stockfish Film Festival, while her first short film, \"Borgarsinf\u00f3n\u00eda\", was screened at RIFF in 2020. She has also directed music videos for the bands Reykjav\u00edkurd\u00e6tur and Inspector Spacetime, both of which were nominated in the category \"Music Video of the Year\" at the Icelandic Music Awards in 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Sk\u00fali Thayer\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Artist<\/p>

Sk\u00fali Thayer is taking his first steps as an artist, having recently graduated from the Fine Arts department at the Iceland University of the Arts. In August, he participated in an exhibition organised by the artist-run residency OPEN, where he presented an installation and a performance. He works extensively with humour, documentation, and everyday life in his works. Although Sk\u00fali is a visual artist, he also appreciates other art forms and watches a lot of films, though the popular Minions movies will always remain his favourite.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Harpa Hjartard\u00f3ttir<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Filmmaker<\/p>

Harpa Hjartard\u00f3ttir is a master's student in film directing at FAMU in Prague and also holds a BA degree in Film Studies from the University of Iceland. She is the biggest fan of the Icelandic film Blossi\/810551 and wrote her BA thesis about it as an Icelandic cult film.
Her film P\u00f3lit\u00edskur \u00f6fgama\u00f0ur was recently screened at Skjaldborg, the documentary film festival in Patreksfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. P\u00f3lit\u00edskur \u00f6fgama\u00f0ur is a short documentary about the rapper Erpur Eyvindarson.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Musician<\/p>

Una (G\u00edslr\u00fan Kristinsd\u00f3ttir) Schram is a freelance musician, programme maker and columnist on R\u00e1s 1. She is a master's student in cultural mediation, has worked in social media at an advertising agency, and completed her BA in music and singing in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Nicholas Tumi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Filmmaker<\/p>

Nikul\u00e1s Tumi is an Icelandic filmmaker who is currently pursuing a Master's degree at FAMU in the Czech Republic. In 2022 he completed his Bachelor's degree in Film Studies at the University of Iceland. He has worked in music video production and programming, as well as having directed short films that have been screened at festivals across Europe, including Karlovy Vary, where his film Blue Boy was shown in 2024. In 2019 he served on the jury of the European University Film Awards (EUFA) and in 2024 he served on the jury of Smart7 as Iceland's representative at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Playwright<\/p>

Melkorka is a playwright and literary scholar. She has participated in various productions in the independent performing arts scene as author, co-author, director and assistant director, including at the summer theatre Aftur\u00e1m\u00f3t in 2024 with the productions Hansel og Gretel and \u00deegar vi\u00f0 erum ein. Recently she has worked as assistant director at the Reykjav\u00edk City Theatre in the productions \u00deetta er Laddi and Moulin Rouge. She has also worked in programming for R\u00e1s 1 and contributed to the shows Lestin, Tengivagninn and V\u00ed\u00f0sj\u00e1.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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