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7.2.2011

Judith Ehrlich, guest at RIFF 2010, returns to Iceland

Among the most popular and widely discussed films at RIFF 2010 was Judith Ehrlich's documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, which was nominated as Best Documentary at last year's Academy Awards. Ehrlich came to Iceland as a guest of the film festival to present her film.

Last January, Ehrlich revisited Iceland to shoot a part of her new film. With the working title Iceland: The Mouse That Roared, her latest documentary revolves around the Wikileaks website, which has been amply featured in the World news for the last few months. It also covers the Iceland Modern Media Initiative, a project spearheaded by Icelandic Parliament member Birgitta Jonsdottir, aiming to make Iceland a centre for free frow of global information.

RIFF welcomes the repeated positive effects of artists visiting Iceland in connection to the film festival. It is also worth mentioning that Russian fimmaker Aleksanr Sokurov returned to Iceland for film shooting following his visit to Reykjavik as RIFF's Guest of Honor. Industry professionals estimated that his visit alone generated income close to 70 millions ÍSK (about 600.000 USD) for Icelandic firms in the location and equipment business. This resonates with the findings of an official Icelandic report, released in December 2010, which found that the creative industries in Iceland create enormous economic gains and are as such on par with the local aluminum industry.

Reykjavik International Film Festival sincerely hopes that the creative industry in Iceland will continue to enjoy the support it has thus far - it is an investment that will yield multiple returns soon enough.

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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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