
Schedule 2025
wednesday
1. january
Documentary work in progress on cultural smuggler and poet Ásgeir H Ingólfsson who passed away earlier this year after a swift battle with cancer.
See moreA 56-year-old taxi driver prepares for his last rally and reflects on the limb-lengthening operations he underwent in the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
See moreIn a small corner store in Reykjavik, Jón runs his video lab, where he digitizes old recordings, preserving memories of Icelanders that would otherwise be lost and forgotten.
See moreAn older sailor howls to the Arctic fox, seeking connection in a world on the wane—until he follows the whimbrel, carried by currents of human solidarity, to African shores.
See moreThree generations meet in a studio apartment for five days after a long absence.
See moreThe illness of horses on an Icelandic farm and the owner's struggle to find the cause, reveals weak legislation and exposes how big industry can manipulate local and state government.
See moreIn his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Troubles”.
See moreThe staircases of John Clancy’s terraced house are filled with hundreds of unsold volumes like a Noah’s Ark of Knowledge telling the stories of a city that has known stormier times.
See moreFour teenage girls are taking their first steps guiding anglers on the banks of Laxá in Aðaldalur, Icelands biggest salmon river.
See moreA young film student comes home to Iceland for a short visit and decides to spend her time with Erpur Eyvindarson.
See moreAfter a years-long dispute with the City of Reykjavík over land in Gufunes, Hilmar Páll finds himself in a constant battle with the city and himself.
See moreActress Olena, forced to flee Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, gets one day to return to the theater and tell her story.
See moreA paranormal documentary about a terrifying and unexplained haunting in a isolated wasteland refuge.
See more“If you ask me, I don't think you can really say that you love birds if you hate seagulls.“
See moreAll bets are off when two feminist dancers take their queer & controversial dance performance Beauty and the Beast on tour all around Sweden at the exact time as #metoo breaks out.
See moreA documentary on the revolution in musical life in 19th century Iceland – from traditional folk styles to ‘the new music’.
See moreDo we film to preserve truth or rewrite it?
See moreSkjaldborg 2025's guest of honour it Italian director Alessandra Celesia.
See moreInstallation at Skriða book publishing
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