Programme

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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