22. — 25. maí 2026
Patreksfjörður

Schedule 2025

friday

6. june

20:00

Skjaldborg Opening ceremony in Skjaldborg cinema, presenter: Ragnar Ísleifur Bragason

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Presented by the National Film Archive of Iceland

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21:00

The 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.

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22:00

Opening party Friday june 6th at Hotel West

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saturday

7. june

10:00

After 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.

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A young film student comes home to Iceland for a short visit and decides to spend her time with Erpur Eyvindarson.

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“If you ask me, I don't think you can really say that you love birds if you hate seagulls.“

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11:00

A 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.

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Documentary work in progress on cultural smuggler and poet Ásgeir H Ingólfsson who passed away earlier this year after a swift battle with cancer.

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11:40
12:25

Installation at Skriða book publishing

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14:15

The 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.

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Actress Olena, forced to flee Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, gets one day to return to the theater and tell her story.

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16:15

In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Troubles”.

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18:15

The famous fish stew (plokkfiskur) offered by the women's association Sif in Félagsheimili Patreksfjarðar.

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20:15

Skjaldborg 2025's guest of honour it Italian director Alessandra Celesia.

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22:00

Four teenage girls are taking their first steps guiding anglers on the banks of Laxá in Aðaldalur, Icelands biggest salmon river.

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23:15

DJ SILJA GLØMMI in Félagsheimili Patreksfjarðar

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sunday

8. june

10:30

A documentary on the revolution in musical life in 19th century Iceland – from traditional folk styles to ‘the new music’.

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A paranormal documentary about a terrifying and unexplained haunting in a isolated wasteland refuge.

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12:15

Three generations meet in a studio apartment for five days after a long absence.

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In 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.

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A car ride through the beautiful yet isolated landscape of an Icelandic childhood.

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14:00
14:30

An 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.

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A documentary about Hallgrímur Helgason

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15:15

Chosen short docs by kids from Skjaldborg's education program - Skjaldbakan

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15:30

Do we film to preserve truth or rewrite it?

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17:30

All 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.

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18:45

Chef Gísli Ægir Vegamótaprins will conjure a fantastic fish feast

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20:45

Festival guests vote for the film they believe deserves Einarinn, the Skjaldborg audience prize

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21:15

Surtur fer sunnan by Ósvald Knudsen

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21:45

Unforgettable bingo

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22:30

Parade from Skjaldborgarbio cinema to Patreksfjordur Community Hall

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23:00

Félagsheimili Patreksfjarðar

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23:30

Closing night party with Inspector Spacetime in Félagsheimili Patreksfjarðar

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