26. September
THE FLICKERING SHAPES
21:00 Bakkus
Short film programme The Flickering Shapes.
27. September
WHERE DOES ICELANDIC FILMMAKING GO FROM
HERE?
16:00 Nordic House
A panel on the current situation for
Icelandic filmmaking under the veil of downcuts and economic difficulties. The
participants are the representatives of the Icelandic government and heavyweights
from the Icelandic film industry. Speakers include Árni Páll Árnason, minister
of economic affairs, Baltasar Kormákur, director and producer, Helga Margrét
Reykdal, CEO of Saga Film, as well as representatives from Icelandic Film
Center. The panel will be
opened by Katrín Júlíusdóttir, minister of industry, energy and tourism.
Moderator will be Þóra Tómasdóttir. Language: Icelandic.
TUESDAY MOVIE
21:00 1.100 kr.
Film director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, TV personality Ásgeir Kolbeins, and author
Hugleikur Dagsson and lit-crit Úlfhildur Dagsdóttir are staying in and
watching their favourite film... and you're invited!
Come and watch a movie at the home of:
a) Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (renowned director)
b) Ásgeir Kolbeinsson (Icelandic TV personality)
c) Hugleikur Dagsson (author) and Úlfhildur Dagsdóttir (lit-crit)
These amazing film enthusiasts are showing their favorite film and you are invited....to their living room!
RIFF will bring popcorn and soda - this will be a film experience you will never forget....
Get a ticket at our ticket sales in Eymundsson!
There you will be told where to go but the show starts at 21:00 sharp...
28. September
WILD WEST WACKINESS
21:00 Kaffibarinn
The barbaric atmosphere of the Wild West, as it prevails in Western cowboy
flicks, will be honored at the annual film quiz at kaffibarinn. The bar will be
recast as a saloon, boasting both rusty bartenders, extraordinary decorations,
whiskey in dirty glasswear and a homemade brothel on the second floor. Festival
attendees will be offered to participate in the quiz, and soak up the genuine
turn-of-the-century atmosphere.
FILM CONCERT
SKÚLI SVERRISSON & SÓLEY
21:00 Fríkirkjan 2.900 kr.
Skúli Sverrisson performs music to When it Was Blue by Jennifer Reeves (2008).
The film is an ode to the diminishing unspoiled natural environments of the
world. The splendor of nature is projected with footage from Iceland, New-zealand,
Vancouver, Nevada and more, along with abstract hand- painted images on the
celluloid itself. Sverrisson is an Icelandic guitar and bass player living in
New York. he has worked closely with Ólöf Arnalds, Blonde Redhead and Laurie
Anderson. His albums Sería and Sería II are acclaimed works of striking
beauty. Also appearing is Sóley Stefánsdóttir who will perform music from
her recent album, We Sink, to striking visuals.
29. September
CINEMA AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
16:00 / 20:00 City Hall 5.900 kr.
This is a RIFF first, cinema at the centre of the earth (well, closer to the
centre at least...). Ever wanted to see a film in nature’s very own pitch-black
movie theatre, built millions of years ago? here’s your chance. Just put on
shoes that can take some action, be sure to stay warm, and hop on the bus!
Departures from City Hall.
THE RIFF WUNDERLAND
20:30 Iðnó 1.500 kr
RIFF-Wunderland
is an event that deals with the boundaries between cinema and various other
forms of art. We are trying to explore the contact points between film,
theatre, music and contemporary art by creating a bizarre but also welcoming
and comfortable surrounding that will make your understanding of art float and
swirl. Some of Iceland’s most innovative avant-garde artists will come together in one
impressive show full of different art performances, adventure and excitement
and give you an insight to the more obscure parts of Iceland’s art scene.
After 2,5h of art performances, Iceland’s
notorious Brazilian diva, Jussanam Dejah, will entertain us with smooth Bossa
Nova sounds.
Wunderland is a creative and surrealistic playground for both artists and
audience.
Featuring:
Ingibjörg
Magnadóttir - she mostly works as a performance
artist combining traditional and experimental aspects. Text, costumes, movement
and sound play an equally important role in the art-pieces she creates.
Rakel McMahon –
her work includes basically two media: performance and painting/drawing. Her
work allows very intimate and sensitive access to a subject where she often
deals with the human body as a very fragile but also openly exhibited object.
Her approach to performance as a media is in constant development and has been
well organized. Since her graduation she has been a part of various interesting
art projects and cultural events.
Sigurður Guðjónsson - Sigurður studied at
the Icelandic Academy of the Arts where his main focus
was on video and sound. The themes of cinema and music are equally important in
Sigurður`s work. He has recently exhibited his work in The National Gallery of
Iceland, Reykjavik Art Museum, Arario Gallery in Bejing and Tromsø
Kunstforening in Norway.
Árni Heiðar
Karlsson – he is one of Iceland’s
most prominent jazz-pianists. He has put out two solo albums and his music has
also appeared in two feature films, The Good Heart by Dagur Kári, and new film
BORGRÍKI, which will be premiered on October 14.
Sara Björnsdóttir – she lives and works in Reykjavik. Her work is very diverse as Sara
drifts between the mediums of performance and video. Sara frequently participates
in shows and exhibitions in Iceland
as well as abroad where she often plays with room and its architecture –
creating a bridge between reality and illusion.
Einar Baldvin
Árnason – he graduated The Experimental Animation Department of the California Institute of the Arts in 2009 and is currently attending The
University of Southern California for his MFA degree in animation. His films
are narrative with strong emphasis on design and mood. For The RIFF Wunderland,
Einar will screen his short “Catatonic”, a nightmarish little film, which while
funny to some, keeps others awake at night.
Hekla Magnúsdóttir & Andri Leó Lemarquis – they will
show a music based performance that leads beyond an everyday life perspective.
Impotence, no physical strength, mental debility, character flaws and a lack of
will power come together as the last strength in the audio language of a train
and fat blob.
Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir – she explores the psychedelic vastness of the feminine
mind and identity and deals with personal fantasies and mytical roles in her
installations, performances, videos and writings. Her work varies from large
video installations and performances, to spoken word poetry and photography.
The artist has achieved world wide recognition for her work.
Kristinn Þeyr Magnússon – the crying
cowboy. What else needs to be said?
Jussanam Dejah – she was born in Rio de Janeiro –
Brazil and moved to Iceland in
2008. Since then she has been enriching the Icelandic musical scene with warm
Brazilian rythms especially the Bossa Nova also known as Brazilian Jazz.
Tickets: free entrance with festival pass, 1500 ISK without the pass. Tickets
are available @ the Eymundsson Book Store, www.riff.is or Bíó Paradís… or simply at
the entrance!
SECRET SCREENING
22:00 Bió Paradís
World Premiere of a new action film starring an Icelandic actor.
30. September
BOLLYWOOD BEACH PARTY
21:00 Nauthólsvík 1.900 kr.
Bollywood and beach might not be the first two words you associate with
Reykjavik. Till now. We’re turning Reykjavik’s geothermal beach into a belly
dancing Bombay of the North. Devdas is the film du jour, but expect something
for the rest of your senses as well.
Q&A WITH KEVIN SMITH
22:00 Háskólabíó
Kevin Smith discusses his latest film, Red State, via satellite.
1. October
12:00 Bíó Paradís
Films from the elementary school short film workshop screened.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
16:00
Háskólatorg 105
Meet Dr. David Suzuki in Iceland!
RIFF and the University
of Iceland present the world-renowned
documentary film maker, TV program director and environmentalist Dr. David
Suzuki, former professor at the University
of British Columbia, as
honorary keynote speaker on Saturday October 1st 2011. Before the
panel, a special screening of Force of Nature will be presented in room 105 of
Háskólatorg at 14:00 (1500 ISK).
In the seminar WHAT CAN WE DO? Dr. Suzuki
will address the question why general public and the authorities are so
reluctant to respond and take proper environmental action, in spite of ample
evidence of the urgency to do so.
Dr. Brynhildur Davidsdottir, environmental
economist and head of the University graduate program on Environment and
Natural Resources, will open the discussion following Dr. Suzuki`s lecture. Dr.
Gurdrun Petursdottir, Director of the Institute for Sustainability Studies,
will chair the seminar.
The seminar is hosted by RIFF, the Institute of International Affairs, and the Institute
for Sustainability Studies, which celebrates its 5th anniversary
this year.
The seminar is open to all and will take
place at the University
of Iceland, lecture hall
HT 105 in the University Square.
GO INDIE!
International workshop on
indie filmmaking! Three days – six workshops. In cooperation with the RIFF
Talent Lab…
Location – KEX hostel
Price – 3000 ISK for the
whole workshop/2000 ISK with the RIFF pass/ 700 ISK per individual workshop
Registration – info@riff.is
Tickets can be picked up at
Eymundsson bookstore on Austurstræti.
No aspiring indie filmmaker should miss this three day workshop!
Some of RIFF`s most renowned international guests and in partnership with
Icelandic strongholds from the business have undertaken to chair workshops on
indie filmmaking – covering everything from alternative financing and marketing
to how to pitch your film to dealing with film festival. After finishing the
workshop, the entrants receive a certificate which validates that they have
finished the course.
25. September
Workshop I
12:00
– 14:00 Animation 101 with Graeme Patterson (CA)
Graeme Patterson is an award winning
Canadian animation artist who is renowned for his creations of miniature worlds
where anything, or nothing, could happen. In this workshop the participants
will be introduced to the magic of animation and get to experience the creative
process first hand.
Workshop II
14:15 – 16:15 Indie screenwriting with Jan Forsström (FI), Zaida Bergroth (FI) and Margrét Örnólfsdottir
(IS)
Jan Forsström is a Finnish screenwriter
who has, despite his young age, written over a dozen screenplays for feature
films, TV, documentaries and shorts. Zaida Bergroth is an exciting, young
director and screenwriter. Her second feature film, “The Good Son”, has been
well received internationally and is screened at RIFF 2011. Margrét Örnólfsdottir
is an Icelandic screenwriter, writer and musician. In this workshop Jan, Zaida
and Margrét will share their experience and give the participants insight into
the art of telling a story through visual narrative.
30. September
Workshop III
16:00 – 18:00 Documentaries – from an idea to production with Peter Wintonick (CA) and Frank
Matter (CH).
If you have ever come a cross an
interesting person or a good story in your ife and thought you should do a
documentary about it but not known how to go about it yourself – then this is
the workshop for you!
The Canadian Peter Wintonick is an
internationally acclaimed, independent documentary maker and an advisor to the
Reykjavik International Film Festival for several years. Frank Matter is a
Swiss producer who also runs his own production company, The Soap Factory. He
will be at RIFF accompaning the Soap Factory`s latest documentary – “In the
Garden of Sounds”.
Workshop IV
18:00 – 20:00 Everything on Cinematography with Josef Mayerhofer and Ari Kristinsson
(IS)
Nobody doubts
that good cinematography is a core ingredient when making an ambitious indie
film. But what makes a good cinematographer? What is the difference between
shooting a documantery and a feature? How does the relationship between the
cinematographer and the director evolve? You will receive the answer to all of
these questions and more in this workshop where the director and
cinematographer from “El Bulli”, Josef Mayerhofer, and the Icelandic
cinematographer and director Ari Kristinsson share their knowledge on the
subject.
1. October
Workshop V
12:00 – 14:00 How film festivals work with Giorgio Gosetti (IT) and Helga Stephenson
(CA)
Where would independent cinema be today
without film festivals? This is an amazing opportunity to meet one of the most
visionary festival programmers of the world, Giorgio Gosetti, from the Venice
Film Festival and RIFF and Helga Stephenson, the honorary chairperson of RIFF
and former director of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Workshop VI
14:15 – 18:15
The art of pitching your work with Valeska Neu (DE), Gabor Greiner (DE) and
Snorri Thorisson (IS).
Be prepared! In this workshop Valeska Neu
and Gabor Greiner, from the Berlin based independent film distribution company “Films
Boutique” and Snorri Thorisson from “Pegasus” go over the basics of pitching
your film. Every participant will receive five minutes of private time with
these industry heavyweights to pitch their film and receive feedback. It doesn`t
get more hands-on than that!