Skjaldborg - Icelandic Documentary Film Festival is officially opened in Skjaldborg Cinema!

Guest of honour film

Short documentary screened in Skriða book publisher Friday-Sunday

Opening party at Skútinn bar!

A journey exploring the Halldorophone, a search for its creator and the encounter of the inevitable nonsense surrounding this odd instrument.

Testimony of a beautiful death in the year of 1928.

In the Tunnel graffiti is both vandalism and art.

Skjaldborg’s programming department has curated a short documentary slot from Palestine.

In 1995, an avalanche struck the small village Súðavík.

History walk on and around the avalanche and mudslide protective walls above Patreksfjörður with Vesturbyggð municipality representative 

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

The festival guests of honour, Maya Hawke & Joe Bini, discuss films that have impacted them and their careers.

In a world fast approaching Y2K, the only people who can save it are three dreamers. 
Can this team of misfits make the U-turn of the century?

Hanna Pálsdóttir is an 83 year old Icelandic woman who turned her life around after retiring from her life as a banker and enrolling in art school to become a painter.

Kristján, the last machinist in Þingeyri.

An artistic narrative that provides insight into the world of handmade paper.

work in progress

work in progress

work in progress

Filmmakers introduce their works in progress: Memory Man, Temporary Shelter og Acting Normal with CVI

Creativity sparks into action, driven by a treasured childhood memory.

Storytelling as a method of post trauma and diaspora. An unlikely couple find themselves creating a new family, an identity, and a culture, while navigating Home.

A short animated film about the summer I was sent by my parents to work at a cherry tomato farm in the country side. 

An old Icelandic country singer at a crossroad in his career and life tries to get back one last time in the saddle.

Work in progress

Work in progress

Work in progress

Filmmakers introduce their works in progress: Coca Dulce Tabaco Frío, Lyrikk and Reserved

The legendary band Purrkur Pillnikk come together to record a forty-year-old unreleased song suite titled Words for death.

at Skútinn bar

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

Sunday the 19th after the award ceremony and limbo competition