{"id":55974,"date":"2024-09-11T10:21:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riff.is\/?p=55974"},"modified":"2024-09-12T17:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T17:55:43","slug":"aldrei-hafa-fleiri-sott-um-ad-syna-islenskar-stuttmyndir-a-riff-en-i-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/aldrei-hafa-fleiri-sott-um-ad-syna-islenskar-stuttmyndir-a-riff-en-i-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"Never before have more Icelandic short films applied to be shown at RIFF than this year."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026 nearly a hundred applied for \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The selection of Icelandic short films that will be screened at this year's Reykjav\u00edk International Film Festival has never been larger, as more people have applied to be included in the festival than this year, or almost a hundred works, which testifies to the incredible growth of the industry in this country.<\/p>\n

The festival begins at H\u00e1sk\u00f3lab\u00ed\u00f3 on September 26th and runs until October 6th.<\/p>\n

Feature films, experimental films and documentaries will be shown in the short film categories \u2013 and each category will be shown at a different pace. For example, it will take viewers an hour and a half to see all the feature films in one sitting, but they range in length from seven minutes to almost half an hour, which is about the length of a regular movie.<\/p>\n

"...all are a testament to the power of short filmmaking..."<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year's short films are 25 in number and are as diverse in subject matter as they are numerous, but all are a testament to the power of short filmmaking in Iceland \u2013 and the immense creativity it brings.<\/p>\n

I<\/p>\n

Annalisa Hermannsdottir<\/strong> shows us Hidden<\/strong> which tells the story of Vigd\u00eds, a manager at a law firm, and one morning in her life that takes place in a dystopian alternate reality.<\/p>\n

Gunnjon Gestsson<\/strong> has the work Gusti the Strong and the Revenge of the Sea<\/strong> which tells the story of two sailors who find themselves in the clutches of a terrifying sea creature.<\/p>\n

Hjordis Johannsdottir<\/strong> arrives with The bride<\/strong>, but she is Estonian and unexpectedly gets hit with an unpleasant language on the day she is going to marry her Icelandic man.<\/p>\n

In a short film Katla S\u00f3lnes<\/strong> which is named Whim Rules the Child, and Weather the Field<\/strong>, Hera must decide whether her dilapidated house by the sea can withstand the pressure any longer.<\/p>\n

Kolbeinn Gauti Fri\u00f0riksson<\/strong> brings us the picture Taste <\/strong>which takes place in a taste-testing company and revolves around a boss who inspires his employee to greatness.<\/p>\n

Nicholas Tumi<\/strong> director The blue boy<\/strong> which tells the story of a young house painter who ends up at the home of a charming couple he met by chance outside a nightclub.<\/p>\n

Oddur S. Hilmarsson<\/strong> introduces us House for sale <\/strong>where a real estate agent finds himself in the dilemma of barely being able to sell his own house, let alone another.<\/p>\n

And finally says S\u00f6lmundur Isaac<\/strong> tells us the story of Mikaela, who has decided to lose her virginity while studying abroad, but the film is called Loss of virginity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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II<\/p>\n

In <\/span>Grandma's coffee <\/strong>After Adam Emil R\u00edkhar\u00f0sson and N\u00f3i \u00derastar, two friends end up at a gas station in a series of incidents that lead them to think about a rather serious theft.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here, poet Andri Sn\u00e6r Magnason examines melting glaciers and exchanges statistics for a personal approach, in a film by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and Adam Lopen, The last ice age<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Flowers in the bone<\/strong> is the story of Krist\u00edn Bj\u00f6rk Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir about a woman who throws her musical instrument into the abyss, but then only love and the desire to create show her the way.<\/p>\n

We are world premiering the film. Stronger<\/strong> by Natalia Mayling Pachero, which is about reunions and connections \u2013 and Hilda, who does everything she can to survive after her father falls ill.<\/p>\n

Aephie Chen and Ingvar Haukur Gu\u00f0mundsson show Mom<\/strong> but there the eight-year-olds among the indigenous people of Taiwan go looking for Mayaw as he lives in his later years in the gray mold of London.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

III<\/p>\n

\u00c6gis Zita arrives with the picture Daenerys for lambs and gods<\/strong> which of course deals with lambs and gods who feed on sacrifices, disrespect, obedience, piety, joy, wonder and each other!<\/p>\n

Mode switching <\/strong>is a film by P\u00e9tur J\u00f3nsson and takes place in an unforeseen future when the glaciers have disappeared from the surface of the earth, all as one, and the survivors are tempted to revive them.<\/p>\n

Tumi Gonzo Bj\u00f6rnsson tells the story of the mess Geir in his film, Culture and arts,<\/strong> but he works at an art museum where he meets the withdrawn H\u00f6r\u00f0ur who dreams of becoming an artist.<\/p>\n

King <\/strong>is the name of the latest music video by Icelandic artist Brikcs, directed by Vasco Alexander, which was filmed in an art museum and delves into the complexity of the human being.<\/p>\n

In the film by Simone Hart and J\u00f3n G. Geirfinnsson, Termination<\/strong>, sheds light on Inga Birgitta Spur, who has dedicated her life to preserving the artwork of her late husband, Sigurj\u00f3n \u00d3lafsson.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Icelandic student short films are as follows:<\/p>\n

Cloud cities<\/strong> by Magdalena \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir<\/p>\n

In the prime of life<\/strong> by Vigd\u00eds \u00d3sk Howser Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir<\/p>\n

After the rain<\/strong> by Michelle Prostler<\/p>\n

Sleepwalker<\/strong> by Alfred Hrafn Magnusson<\/p>\n

A real guy<\/strong> by Salvor Bergmann<\/p>\n

Game over<\/strong> by Salvor Bergmann<\/p>\n

Who is Alvar?<\/strong> by Anna Maria Joakimsd\u00f3ttir-Hutur<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There is certainly no shortage of choice this year!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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… h\u00e1tt \u00ed hundra\u00f0 s\u00f3ttu um … \u00darvali\u00f0 af \u00edslenskum stuttmyndum sem s\u00fdndar ver\u00f0a Al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legu kvikmyndah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0inni \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk \u00ed \u00e1r hefur aldrei veri\u00f0 meira, enda hafa ekki fleiri s\u00f3tt um […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":893,"featured_media":55975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55974"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56025,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55974\/revisions\/56025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}