reykjavík shorts&docs festival 2015 programme
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Reykjavík Shorts&Docs Festival 3.–9. apríl 2014 Official Programme shortsdocsfest.comTRANSCRIPT
Programme
í Bíó Paradísshortsdocsfest.com
9.–12. apríl 2015
We are very excited to share with you our selection of short films and documentary films from across the globe. We strive to include new talent amongst the more prestigious filmmakers and to create a relaxed environment to enjoy films.
Bíó Paradís - The home of the festivalThe home and nexus of our festival for 13 years has
played host to thousands of visitors and presented fantastic films from all over the world.
A very big thank you to our dedicated festival team and wonderful volunteers, without you the festival would simply not be possible.
Thank you to our venue Bíó Paradís, our funding partners the Icelandic Film Centre, Islandsstofa, City of Reykjavík and our sponsors, scratch/post, Markell Productions, The Icelandic Center for Investigative Journalism and Kigali Kaffi.
Welcome to the 13thReykjavík Shorts&Docs Festival9th–12th April 2015
Heather Millard
– Festival Director
Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir
– Head of Publicity
Michael Christophersson
– Visual Director
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Your Festival Team
Documentaries
Icelandic Shorts&Docs
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ContentsWelcome & About the Team
Citizen Four
Jurek
No Idiots Allowed
Sumé: the Sound of a Revolution
Sweet Dreams
The Arctic Fox
Iceland Aurora
Just Like You
Minnismiðar / Post It
Potturinn / In the Pot
Synda / Swim
Masterclasses
Bíó Paradís—Saturday 11th April 20:00followed by director Q&A
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong
for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Oscar winning director and Pulitzer Prize winning
journalist Laura Poitras will be present for a Q&A after
the screening.
With the support of the Icelandic Center for Investigative Journalism
Headlining Documentary Film
Dir: Laura Poitras—2014—USA
Citizen Four
114 mins
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Bíó Paradís—Thursday 9th April 20:00& Saturday 11th April 18:00
A documentary about legendary climber Jerzy
Kukuczka. Second person in the world to climb all
Eight-thousanders.
DocumentaryDir: Pawel Wysoczanski—2014—Poland
Jurek
73 mins
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Bíó Paradís—Thursday 9rd April 20:00followed by Q&A
Once a year the small and remote town of
Neskaupstaður is invaded by hoards of metal fans
who are attending Eistnaflug, Iceland’s only heavy
metal festival. Although small in scale the festival,
now held for the 10th time, has played host to many of
the worlds biggest metal bands.
Dir: Hallur Örn Árnason—2015—Iceland
No Idiots Allowed
54 mins
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Bíó Paradís—Saturday 11th April 18:00& Sunday 12th April 20:00
In the 1970s the Greenlandic rock band Sumé released
three albums that changed Greenland’s history.
They influenced an era, boosted the Greenlanders’
self-esteem and motivated the political process of
establishing Greenland’s Home Rule Government.
And the country’s first uprising against the Danish
colonial powers.
Greeland’s first feature-length documentary film.
DocumentaryDir: Inuk Silis Hoegh—2014—Greenland
Sumé:the Sound of a Revolution
74 mins
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Bíó Paradís—Friday 10th April 20:00 + Q&ASunday 12th April 18:00 + Q&A
A remarkable group of Rwandan women defies the
devastation of the genocide to form the country’s first
all-female drumming troupe and open the country’s
first ice cream shop.
With the support of Kigali Kaffi and Emmess
DocumentaryDir: Lisa & Rob Fruchtman—2012—USA
Sweet Dreams
89 mins
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This documentary is a story of a miracle; a survival
of a family of arctic foxes in a harsh Icelandic
environment. After a long and cold winter a vixen
gives life to five fox cubs and the adventure begins.
The cubs, that are born blind, are weaned from their
mother only 10 weeks old and the lessons of life
begin. Twelve weeks old the cubs leave the den, by
then mostly managing on their own. They find a
spouse and mark their territory. One year old they are
bringing up a new generation of cubs with their first
litter. The circle is closed.
Bíó Paradís—Friday 10th April 20:00
Icelandic Shorts&Docs SectionDir: Guðbergur Daviðsson—2015—Iceland
The Arctic Fox
33 mins
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Bíó Paradís—Friday 10th April 20:00
The wonders of the auroras are difficult to experience,
normally only visible in the arctic and at the
South Pole, now they are at your fingertip. In this film
the Aurora Borealis and the unique scenery of
Iceland are captured in a mesmerizing way.
The filmmakers spent a total of 3 years photographing
50 locations all around Iceland. This is a non-
narrative film but the Auroras can speak to you in an
unbelievable way.
Icelandic Shorts&Docs SectionDir: Arnþór Tryggvason and Snorri Þór Tryggvason (Pétur K. Guðmundsson)—2014—Iceland
Iceland Aurora
27 mins
10
Just Like You
Fourteen year old Dora is a troubled teenager
and is disconnected from her parents, who want
nothing more than for her to talk to them. Her body
is changing and she is losing control. She starts
distancing herself from her friends from school and
starts displaying some dangerous behaviour.
Bíó Paradís—Friday 10th April 20:00
Icelandic Shorts&Docs SectionDir: Lovísa Lára & Margrét Buhl—2014 —Iceland
12 mins
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Minnismiðar/ Post ItBíó Paradís—Friday 10th April 20:00
A man with amnesia is confronted with a new
and unusual object in his otherwise sheltered
environment. The one-minute-film “POST IT” is
Eythor Jovinson’s first project in the Icelandic Film
Academy
Icelandic Shorts&Docs SectionDir: Eyþór Jóvinsson—2015—Iceland
1 min
12
Potturinn/ In the Pot
Gunnar is a man who goes daily to the hot pot at the
pool. He does not have any friends and most of the
people that he tries to talk to don´t want to much to
do with him. When his daily routine is altered he has
to make an adjustment that changes the way he acts.
And out of desperation of being alone he tries to make
a friend but has a hard time doing it.
Bíó Paradís—Friday 10th April 20:00
Icelandic Shorts&Docs SectionDir: Georg Erlingsson Merritt—2015—Iceland
15 mins
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Synda/ SwimBíó Paradís—Friday 10th April 20:00
Anna arrives for her closing shift at a public pool. An
odd encounter with a swimmer disturbs her daily
routine. Her shift ends, but thoughts are spinning
around her head. Who pulls the strings in her life?
The events of the day provoke her to reassess the
lanes she wants to take in life.
Icelandic Shorts&Docs SectionDir: Hilke Rönnfeldt—2014—Iceland
8 mins
14
MasterclassesFilmmaking MasterclassWith Academy Award Winning director and Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Laura Poitras (Citizen Four)
Bíó Paradís—Saturday 11th April 15:00–17:00
Laura Poitras is a filmmaker, journalist, and artist.CITIZENFOUR (2014), the third installment of her post-9/11 Trilogy, won an Academy Award for Best Documentary, along with awards from the British Film Academy, Independent Spirit Awards, Director’s Guild of America, Cinema Eye Honors, and others. Part one of the trilogy, My Country, My Country (2006), about the U.S. occupation of Iraq, was nominated for an Academy Award. Part two, The Oath (2010) was nominated for two Emmy awards.
Editing MasterclassMasterclass With Academy Award Winning Editor and Filmmaker Lisa Fruchtman
Bíó Paradís—Sunday 12th April 15:00–17:00
Among her many film projects are Apocalypse Now, The Right Stuff, Children of a Lesser God and The Godfather Part III. Her awards and honors include an Oscar for The Right Stuff, Academy Award and BAFTA Nominations for Best Editing for both Godfather Part III and Apocalypse Now, an Emmy Nomination and a Cable ACE Award for Truman. Children of a Lesser God was nominated for Best Picture.
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