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THE WISH<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u00d3SKIN<\/strong>
\nIceland and United Kingdom \/ 19 min \/ Short Fiction \/ 2020
\nDirector<\/strong>: Inga Lisa Middleton<\/a>
\nWriter<\/strong>: Inga Lisa Middleton
\nProducer<\/strong>: Arnar Benjam\u00edn Kristj\u00e1nsson
\nWorld Premiere \/ Heimsfrums\u00fdning<\/p>\n

Hina n\u00edu \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlu Karen hefur alltaf dreymt um a\u00f0 hitta f\u00f6\u00f0ur sinn, sem er leikari og b\u00fdr \u00ed London, og \u00fer\u00e1ir a\u00f0 kynnast \u00feeim t\u00f6frandi heimi sem h\u00fan telur a\u00f0 hann b\u00fai vi\u00f0. \u00d3sk hennar r\u00e6tist \u00feegar h\u00fan fer \u00ed heims\u00f3kn til hans, en vi\u00f0 heims\u00f3knina kemur \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 hann er kannski ekki n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega fa\u00f0irinn sem h\u00fan haf\u00f0i vonast eftir.<\/p>\n

Karen, a 9-year-old Icelandic girl, has always dreamt of meeting her London-based actor father and to get to know the magical world she believes he inhabits. Her wish comes true when she goes to visit him but the experience, which is both exciting and uncomfortable, makes her realize that he\u2019s perhaps not exactly the father that she had hoped for.<\/p>\n

BEAST SLAYER<\/strong><\/a>
\nALLAR VERUR JAR\u00d0AR<\/strong>
\nIceland and Poland \/ 6 min \/ 2020 \/ Short Animation
\nDirector<\/strong>: \u00de\u00f3rey Mjallhv\u00edt H. \u00d3marsdottir<\/a>
\nWriter<\/strong>: \u00de\u00f3rey Mjallhv\u00edt H. \u00d3marsdottir
\nProducers<\/strong>: Heather Millard, \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson, Robert Jaszczurowski
\nWorld Premiere \/ Heimsfrums\u00fdning<\/p>\n

\u00c1ri\u00f0 er 2038 og heimurinn er \u00ed \u00f3rei\u00f0u. Mikil ey\u00f0ilegging hefur \u00e1tt s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 eftir ofsafengin fl\u00f3\u00f0 af v\u00f6ldum br\u00e1\u00f0nandi j\u00f6kla – og meginlandi\u00f0 hefur klofna\u00f0 \u00ed eyjaklasa. Undir br\u00e1\u00f0nu j\u00f6klunum hafa allar verur \u00far \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0s\u00f6gum veraldar sameinast. \u00cd loftslagshrj\u00e1\u00f0um heimi kemur \u00f3l\u00edkleg hetja til bjargar, hin unga og huglitla Ormhildur, sem notar falda krafta s\u00edna gegn st\u00f3ru n\u00e6turtr\u00f6lli.<\/p>\n

The year is 2038, the world is in chaos, destroyed by a raging flood caused by the melting glaciers \u2013 a disaster that left the mainland split into clusters of islands. Beneath the melted glaciers, all the world\u2019s folk-tale creatures have slithered. In a climate-ravaged world an unlikely heroine \u2013 timid young Ormhildur \u2013 saves the day, using hidden magical powers on a monstrous night troll.<\/p>\n

LAST DANCE<\/strong><\/a>
\nLOKAVALS<\/strong>
\nIceland \/ 12 min \/ Short Fiction \/ 2019
\nDirector:<\/strong> \u00c1sa Helga Hj\u00f6rleifsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00dea\u00f0 er vormorgunn \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. Ma\u00f0ur og kona vakna og \u00e1tta sig \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sambandi \u00feeirra er loki\u00f0. \u00deau fara \u00ed fer\u00f0alag \u00fat fyrir borgarm\u00f6rkin, \u00ed \u00e1tt a\u00f0 endalokum \u00e1starinnar, hugsanlega \u00ed \u00e1tt a\u00f0 endalokum heimsins. Saga um \u00e1st, missi og dularfulla krafta n\u00e1tt\u00farunnar.<\/p>\n

It’s a spring morning in Reykjav\u00edk. A man and woman wake up to realize that their relationship is over. They take a trip away from the city, towards the end of love, perhaps the end of the world. A story of love, loss and the mysterious power of nature itself.<\/p>\n

R\u00c1N<\/strong><\/a>
\nIceland \/ 21 min \/ Short Fiction \/ 2020
\nDirectors<\/strong>: Fj\u00f6lnir Baldursson<\/a>, Baldur \u00d3lafsson<\/a>
\nWriter<\/strong>: Fj\u00f6lnir Baldursson
\nProducer<\/strong>: Fj\u00f6lnir Baldursson
\nWorld Premiere \/ Heimsfrums\u00fdning<\/p>\n

Myndin fjallar um hinn tv\u00edtuga Gunnar sem b\u00fdr \u00ed sm\u00e1b\u00e6 \u00fati \u00e1 landi. \u00deegar k\u00e6rastan hans bi\u00f0ur hann um a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja sig \u00ed vinnuna \u00ed n\u00e6rliggjandi \u00feorp reynir Gunnar a\u00f0 f\u00e1 gl\u00e6sibifrei\u00f0 pabba s\u00edns l\u00e1na\u00f0a. Pabbi hans neitar en Gunnar \u00e1kve\u00f0ur a\u00f0 stela b\u00edlnum me\u00f0 hj\u00e1lp br\u00f3\u00f0ur s\u00edns. \u00deegar hann keyrir \u00fat \u00far b\u00e6num tekur hann puttafer\u00f0alang upp \u00ed b\u00edlinn, konu a\u00f0 nafni R\u00e1n, og \u00fe\u00e1 fara hlutirnir a\u00f0 gerast…<\/p>\n

The film is about a 20-year-old Gunnar who lives in a small town. His girlfriend asks him to pick her up at work from a nearby village and he tries to borrow his father’s luxury car. When his father refuses, he decides to steal it with a little help from his brother. When he drives out of town, he picks up a hitchhiker, a woman named R\u00e1n, and things start to happen\u2026<\/p>\n

PEARLS<\/strong><\/a>
\nPERLUR<\/strong>
\nDirector<\/strong>: Ey\u00fe\u00f3r J\u00f3vinsson<\/a>
\nWriters<\/strong>: Bjarni Svanur Fri\u00f0steinsson Ey\u00fe\u00f3r J\u00f3vinsson
\nProducers<\/strong>: Bjarni Svanur Fri\u00f0steinsso Maria-Magdalena Ianchis Sigr\u00fan G. J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir<\/p>\n

\u00cdslenskur sj\u00f3ma\u00f0ur kemur \u00ed land. \u00dea\u00f0 er mikil spenna heima fyrir, enda \u00deorl\u00e1ksmessa gengin \u00ed gar\u00f0. Sj\u00f3ma\u00f0urinn vaknar um mi\u00f0ja n\u00f3tt, d\u00e1leiddur eftir hafa dreymt fallega konu me\u00f0 handfylli af perlum. Lagi\u00f0 \u00far draumnum t\u00e6lir hann aftur \u00fat \u00e1 sj\u00f3 \u00fear sem \u00feokkad\u00edsin umbreytist \u00ed myrkt s\u00e6skr\u00edmsli. Um morguninn vaknar eiginkona sj\u00f3mannsins \u00ed t\u00f3mlegu herbergi. \u00dea\u00f0 er a\u00f0fangadagur j\u00f3la og enn einn sj\u00f3ma\u00f0urinn skilur eftir sig autt s\u00e6ti vi\u00f0 matarbor\u00f0i\u00f0.<\/p>\n

Icelandic sailor arrives from the sea. The house is full of excitement, it is the day before Christmas. The sailor wakes up hypnotized from a dream of a beautiful woman with hands full of pearls. The echoing song from his dream seduces him in the middle of the night back out to sea where she shifts into a dark sea creature. The morning comes and his wife wakes up, the room is full of emptiness. It is Christmas Eve and another sailor’s chair is empty.<\/p>\n

ANIMALIA<\/strong><\/a>
\nIceland \/ 5 min
\nDirector<\/strong>: R\u00fanar Ingi Einarsson<\/a>
\nUmkringdur leikfangad\u00fdrum tekst fa\u00f0ir \u00e1 vi\u00f0 missi og leitast eftir tengingu \u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0asta sinn.<\/span>
\nSurrounded by toy animals, a father struggling with loss searches for one last connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

KITCHEN BY MEASURE<\/strong><\/a>
\nELDH\u00daS EFTIR M\u00c1LI<\/strong>
\nIceland \/ 2020 \/ Short Animation \/ Stop motion \/ 10 min
\nDirectors<\/strong>: S\u00f3lr\u00fan Ylfa Ingimarsd\u00f3ttir<\/a>, Atli Arnarsson<\/a><\/p>\n

Ing\u00f3lfur, hugvitssamur \u00cdslendingur, ver\u00f0ur heltekinn af hugmyndinni um a\u00f0 b\u00faa til hi\u00f0 fullkomna eldh\u00fas fyrir konuna s\u00edna. Myndin sko\u00f0ar kynjahlutverk fyrri t\u00edma og hvernig \u00feau halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1hrif \u00e1 f\u00f3lk til \u00feessa dags. Hreyfistuttmynd bygg\u00f0 \u00e1 sm\u00e1s\u00f6gu eftir Sv\u00f6vu Jakobsd\u00f3ttur.<\/p>\n

Ing\u00f3lfur, an inventive Icelander, gets hooked on the idea of building the perfect kitchen for his wife. The story explores the gender roles of the past and how they are surprisingly relevant still to this day. The film is based on a short story by legendary Icelandic author, Svava Jakobsd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n

ISLAND LIVING<\/strong><\/a>
\nIceland \/ United Kingdom \/ Denmark<\/span>\/ 2020 \/ 30 min \/ Short fiction \/ Drama
\nDirector<\/strong>: Viktor Sigurjonsson<\/a>
\nProducers<\/strong>: Atli \u00d3skar Fjalarsson & Viktor Sigurj\u00f3nsson<\/span>
\nWorld Premiere \/ Heimsfrums\u00fdning<\/p>\n

\u00cd afskekktu \u00feorpi \u00e1 Austfj\u00f6r\u00f0um b\u00fdr hinn 12 \u00e1ra gamli Bragi. Hann er or\u00f0inn \u00fereyttur \u00e1 einsleitu l\u00edfinu \u00ed b\u00e6num og langar a\u00f0 gera eitthva\u00f0 n\u00fdtt og skapandi. Hann \u00e1kve\u00f0ur \u00e1samt n\u00fdjum vini a\u00f0 skr\u00e1 sig \u00ed h\u00e6fileikakeppni \u00ed \u00feorpinu, \u00ed \u00feeirri von a\u00f0 hrista upp \u00ed lei\u00f0inlegum skyldum hversdagsins.<\/p>\n

In a remote village in the East Fjords, an inventive boy, frustrated with the slow village lifestyle, embarks on a journey of musical discovery. Joined by a new friend, he enters the local talent competition in an effort to rebel against the tedious duties of everyday life.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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