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20.9.2010

Icelandic films at RIFF

The Reykjavík International Film Festival starts on Thursday 23^rd of September. One of the festival’s main goals has always been to show what’s happening in the Icelandic film scene and this year is no exception. Shorts, docs and full-length feature films will be screened in an Icelandic Panorama section.

16 new Icelandic shorts will be premiered, for example Clean by Ísold Uggadóttir and Knowledgy by Hrefna Hagalín & Bára Kristín - starring Leo Fitzpatrick from Kids – and Life and death of Henry Darger by Bertrand Mandico which is the first Icelandic short being screened at the Venice film festival.

Besides shorts, 15 new Icelandic full-length films will be premiered at the festival:

Brim (Undercurrent)
Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson

Uppistandsstelpur (Stand-Up Girls)

Áslaug Einarsdóttir

Ísland Úganda (Iceland Uganda)

Garðar Stefánsson, Rúnar Ingi Einarsson

Höllin (The Palace)

Héðinn Halldórsson

Kraftur - síðasti spretturinn (The Last Ride)

Árni Gunnarsson, Steingrímur Karlsson, Þorvaldur Björgúlfsson

In addition to these films, RIFF presents 3 Icelandic films that have been screened before. These are Desember by Hilmar Oddsson, Mamma Gógó by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson and Kóngavegur by Valdís Óskarsdóttir.

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Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) was founded in 2004 by a group of film enthusiasts and professionals with the goal of creating an annual international film festival in Reykjavik.

The aim is to establish a major film event to enrich and enliven the local film culture, but moreover, to become an international attraction.

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