{"id":73718,"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riff.is\/?p=73718"},"modified":"2026-09-28T23:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:18:17","slug":"dagur-6-a-riff-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/dagur-6-a-riff-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6 at RIFF 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Honorary Screening: Wicker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3
29. september, kl 19:00 (7:00pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd will attend the Nordic premiere of at H\u00e1sk\u00f3lab\u00ed\u00f3. All seats in the Grand Auditorium were filled, as the actor received RIFF\u2019s Honorary Award for Artistic Excellence and joined audiences for a conversation moderated by Andri Sn\u00e6r Magnason after the screening, making for a truly memorable evening at Reykjav\u00edk International Film Festival.<\/em> at RIFF. This is a unique opportunity to see Skarsg\u00e5rd\u2019s latest film on the big screen and meet one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skarsg\u00e5rd will also receive the RIFF 2026 Honorary Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement and take part in a Q&A session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOLD OUT!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Loneliest Man in Town + Q&A<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

29. september, kl 17:30 (5:30pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film\u2019s directors will take part in a Q&A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La Gradiva<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3
29. september, kl 19:00 (7:00pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Marine Atlan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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S\u00f3lveig Anspach Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3
29. september, kl 17:00 (5:00pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards named in honour of filmmaker S\u00f3lveig Anspach (1960-2015) were established in 2017 to inspire a new generation of women directors while celebrating Icelandic and French short films in S\u00f3lveig's memory. This year's seven nominated films - three Icelandic and four French - will be screened at a special awards ceremony hosted by the French Embassy in Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chronovisor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3
29. september, kl 22:00 (10<\/em>:00pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directors: Jack Auen, Kevin Walker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An armchair mystery in which the life of a reclusive academic collides with the story of a clandestine technology that can photograph the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Light Pillar<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3
29. september, kl 17:00 (5:00pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Xu Zao<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future. Winter. Space travel is no longer a dream. A lonely janitor looks after the grounds of a run-down, bankrupt film studio. One day, however, a romantic journey begins when he meets an actress in a breathtaking virtual world, where the boundaries between reality and imagination become increasingly blurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rehearsals for a Revolution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3
29. september, kl 19:50 (7<\/em>:50pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leikstj\u00f3ri: Pegah Ahangarani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, Pegah Ahangarani traces her life and over 40 years of Iran\u2019s history. Using personal archives, home videos, protest footage, newspapers and recorded voices, she weaves intimate and collective memories, from 1979 to the war of 2026, portraying a country shaped by repression and hope for revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cannes 2026 - L'\u0152il d'Or \u2013 Best Documentary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A River’s Gaze<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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29. september, kl. 19:00 (7:00pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lavinia, a single mother striving to build a better life for herself and her 13-year-old son, lives in an impoverished Romanian village. Impulsive, quick to misread situations, and uncertain how to express love, she struggles to give him what he needs. As he stands on the threshold of adolescence, their bond is tested over the course of four seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do You Love Me<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3
29. september, kl 20:00 (8:00pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Lana Daher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do You Love Me is a playful and personal journey through Lebanon\u2019s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of archival footage. It is a love letter to Beirut, spanning 70 years of film, TV, home videos, and photography, exploring the Lebanese collective psyche \u2013 marked by joy and intimacy, destruction and loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No Ghosts on Good Street<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Nordic House
29. september, kl. 21:45 (9<\/em>:45pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four siblings on the verge of adulthood try to build their independent lives without losing the bonds that connect them. The youngest, Benek, struggles with rejection from his older brother Franek, who was once his best friend but currently has problems of his own. Nastka is searching for love while Jana, the eldest, hopes her art project will bring relief to both herself and her siblings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once Upon a Time in Harlem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1sk\u00f3labi\u00f3 
29. september, kl 22:00 (10:00pm<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directors: <\/strong>William Greaves, David Greaves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A decade after his death, boundary-breaking filmmaker William Greaves delivers one final surprise: footage of what he considered the most significant event he ever captured\u2014a 1972 gathering he organised for the surviving luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday is set to be a true celebration of cinema! Wicker, starring Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, is sold out in the Grand Auditorium, but there\u2019s still plenty happening across the festival. The Loneliest Man in Town will be followed by a Q&A with the directors, alongside a fantastic selection of films.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1108,"featured_media":73734,"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":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73718","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\/1108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73718"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73792,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73718\/revisions\/73792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}