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Reykjavik International Film Festival
Reykjavik International Film Festival
Tjarnagata 12
101 Reykjavik
Iceland
phone +354 411 7055
http://www.riff.is
email: riff@riff.is
Festival Director
Ms. Hrönn Marinósdóttir
Chairman Festival
Ms. Helga Stephenson
Main Program Director
Mr. Giorgio Gosetti
Main Doc Programmer
Mr. Peter Wintonick
Year of Foundation 2004
Event Date from 26 September 2013 till 06 October 2013
in Reykjavik, Iceland
Sections New Visions (Grand Prix Competition): first or second film of up-and-coming directors
Special Presentations: well known international filmmakers with important awards at international film festivals
Open Seas: acclaimed films from international film directors
WORLD docs / CULTUREdocs / GREENdocs/ MUSICdocs / FOODdocs: international documentary films
Youth Program
Midnight Movies: Low-budget films, b-films, experimental and alternative works
Icelandic Panorama
Focus on: film production from a certain country
Emerging Masters: tribute to a film maker
Focus on (works of the Honorary Guest): films of the recipient of the RIFF Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement
Terms of Entry Entries may not be more than two years old; only shorts produced or coproduced in Iceland are eligible;
Subtitles English subtitles necessary
Format Beta SP PAL, DCP, Blu-ray, 35 mm
Registration Deadline 15 July 2013
Fees 20 EUR
Attendance Figures 30,000
2012
NEW VISION (COMPETITION)
L’INTERVALLO by Leonardo di Costanzo (I/CH/DE, ZDF/Arte)
SCHIMMEL (KÜF) by Ali Aydin (TR/DE, Beleza Film)
MOONMAN (MONDMANN) by Stephan Schesch (F/DE/IE, Schesch Filmkreation)
SOFIA’S LAST AMBULANCE (SOFIAS LETZTE AMBULANZ) by Ilian Metev, (BG/DE/HR, Sutor Kolonko)
OPEN SEAS
LORE by Cate Shortland (DE/AU/GB, Rohfilm)
A DIFFERENT TOMORROW
¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! by Victor Kossakovsky (DE/AR/NL/CL, Ma.ja.de Filmproduktion)
GERMAN FOCUS
BARBARA by Christian Petzold (SCHRAMM FILM Koerner & Weber)
BREAKING HORIZONS (AM HIMMEL DER TAG) by Pola Beck (ALIN Filmproduktion, Osiris Media, HFF Potsdam-Babelsberg)
COMBAT GIRLS (KRIEGERIN) by David Wnendt (MAFILM Martens Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH)
FORGET ME NOT (VERGISS MEIN NICHT) by David Sieveking (Lichtblick Media)
HOME FOR THE WEEKEND (WAS BLEIBT) by Hans-Christian Schmid (23/5 Filmproduktion)
LIFE IS NOT FOR COWARDS (DAS LEBEN IST NICHTS FÜR FEIGLINGE) by André Erkau (Riva Filmproduktion)
UNDER SNOW (UNTER SCHNEE) by Ulrike Ottinger (Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion, ma.ja.de filmproduktion)
Special Event @ Nordic House: Exhibition of Photographies created by Ulrike Ottinger
DOCS
ITALY, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi, (IT/DE, hiq productions)
THE LAW IN THESE PARTS by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz (IL/USA/DE)
PARALLAX SOUNDS by Augusto Contento (DE/FR, Televisor Troika)
THE WORLD BEFORE HER by Nisha Pahuja (UK/DE/USA/CA)
HONORARY GUEST: MARJANE SATRAPI
CHICKEN WITH PLUMS by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (FR/DE, The Manipulators)
SPECIAL EVENT
METROPOLIS by Fritz Lang with live-performance by Damo Suzuki and his band Network
OVER THE AIR by Peter Braatz
Prizes for German films 2012
Enviromental Award
¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! by Victor Kossakovsky (DE/AR/NL/CL, Ma.ja.de Filmproduktion)
Special Mention
MOONMAN (MONDMANN) by Stephan Schesch (F/DE/IE, Schesch Filmkreation)
Number of Films Shown ca. 100
Evaluation The festival’s program shows around 100 titles with special attention given to progressive, independent and artistically authentic work. Documentaries with a focus on environment and human rights are welcome. Panel talks, lectures and debates. In 2007 Hanny Schygulla received the Life Time Achievement Award.
Services RIFF Talent Lab: 4-days-Event for filmmakers participation in master classes and discussions with already established names (Workshops, events, seminars)
