{"id":39458,"date":"2026-09-23T12:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?p=39458"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:06:28","slug":"kvikmyndalistadeild-lhi-a-riff-og-nordisk-panorama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/kvikmyndalistadeild-lhi-a-riff-og-nordisk-panorama\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Film LH\u00cd at RIFF and Nordisk Panorama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fall is festival season! As ever, students, alumni and faculty of the Department of Film at Iceland University of the Arts are taking part in two Nordic film festivals this year: RIFF and Nordisk Panorama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

RIFF 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the category Icelandic short films, three films that were created during studies at the department will be shown. The short films are Gegnheil eik (Solid Oak)<\/em> by H\u00f6skuld \u00de\u00f3r J\u00f3nsson<\/strong>, former student, \u00deessi fallegi dagur (This Beautiful Day)<\/em> by Hanna Hulda Hafth\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, graduated from BA studies, and <\/strong>Vanstillta kan\u00ednan eftir Tsjekov (The Disturbed Rabbit by Chekhov)<\/em> by Alvin Huga Ragnarsson<\/strong>, also a graduate of the BA program. The Disturbed Rabbit by Chekhov <\/em>is produced in co-production at the Latvijas Kult\u016bras akad\u0113mija in Riga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Solid Oak by H\u00f6skuld \u00de\u00f3r J\u00f3nsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This Beautiful Day by Hanna Hulda Hafth\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chekov's The Disturbed Rabbit by Chekhov by Alvin Huga Ragnarsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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In the category Icelandic<\/strong> Short Films<\/strong> Student Competition<\/strong> films by students of the Department of Film will also be screened. They are \u00c1 allra v\u00f6rum (Talk of the Town)<\/em> by Alexandra S\u00f3l J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, Hekla<\/em> by J\u00f3na Mar\u00eda Hjartard\u00f3ttir<\/strong> and <\/strong>Til hamingju, f\u00e1viti! (Congratulations, Asshole!)<\/em> by Orra Gu\u00f0mundsson<\/strong>. The program also includes Swallow Me Home (Heima og Heiman),<\/em> a graduation film by students at Filmakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, coproduced with Iceland University of the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On everyone's lips (Talk of the Town) by Alexandra S\u00f3l J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Crochet by J\u00f3na Mar\u00eda Hjartard\u00f3ttir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Congratulations, idiot! (Congratulations, Asshole!) by Orra Gu\u00f0mundsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Faculty are also taking part in RIFF. Heather Millard<\/strong>, adjunct lecturer at the department, coproduced the feature Brace Your Heart,<\/em> directed by Amanda Kernell and the documentary Full Steam Ahead<\/em> directed by Susan Muska and Gr\u00e9ta \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir. Brace Your Heart<\/em> comes to RIFF after premiering at San Sebasti\u00e1n and the Toronto International Film Festival, where the film won Special Jury Award<\/em> in the Platform competition. Heatheralso produced the short film Sundru\u00f0 (Hold It Together)<\/em> directed by Fan Sissoko, wwhich is screening in Icelandic<\/strong> Short Films<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Elsa Bragad\u00f3ttir,<\/strong> assistant professor at the Department of Film will moderate the panel in connection with the screening of the documentary <\/strong>Full Steam Ahead: Women, Energy, and Equality<\/em>. The panel Full Steam Ahead<\/em> takes place after the screening on September 26 at 17:05.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nordic Panorama<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Film is also represented at Nordisk Panorama, a Nordic festival of short films and documentaries held annually in Malm\u00f6, Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heather Millard<\/strong> co-produced two short films that where screened at the festival, Sundru\u00f0 (Hold It Together) <\/em>by Fan Sissoko and Postcards (P\u00f3stkort)<\/em> by Freyja Kristinsd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00f3na Gr\u00e9ta Hilmarsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, alum from the Department of Film, also participates in the project Donuts (Kleinur)<\/em> with director Birna Ketilsd\u00f3ttir Schram. They present the project on behalf of the production company Nor\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sundru\u00f0 (Hold It Together)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The participation of students, graduates and staff of the Department of Film in international and Nordic film festivals reflects the range of the department's filmmaking and its ties to the industry, at home and abroad.
More information about RIFF and Nordisk Panorama can be found below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RIFF<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Nordic Panorama<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n



See you at the cinema!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hausti\u00f0 er t\u00edmi kvikmyndah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0a! Nemendur, \u00fatskrifa\u00f0ir nemendur og starfsf\u00f3lk Kvikmyndalistadeildar Listah\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands eiga n\u00fa sem endran\u00e6r fj\u00f6lbreytta a\u00f0komu a\u00f0 tveimur norr\u00e6num kvikmyndah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0um, RIFF og Nordisk Panorama. RIFF 2026 \u00cd flokknum \u00cdslenskar stuttmyndir ver\u00f0a s\u00fdndar \u00ferj\u00e1r myndir sem ur\u00f0u til \u00ed n\u00e1mi vi\u00f0 deildina. Stuttmyndirnar eru Gegnheil eik (Solid Oak) eftir H\u00f6skuld \u00de\u00f3r J\u00f3nsson, fyrrverandi nemanda,… Read more \u00bbC\u00bb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":39460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":1,"wds_primary_departmens_cat":0,"wds_primary_global_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"departmens_cat":[121],"global_cat":[],"class_list":["post-39458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","departmens_cat-kvikmyndalistadeild"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39458"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39478,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39458\/revisions\/39478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39458"},{"taxonomy":"departmens_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departmens_cat?post=39458"},{"taxonomy":"global_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_cat?post=39458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}