European
Film Festival Stockfish
Bíó Paradís Hverfisgata 54, 101 Reykjavík stockfishfestival.is
February 19th
March 1st Icelandic Classics A Tale of a Pioneer The Stockfish European Film Festival in Reykjavík will be held for the first time later this month. Under its current name, that is. It’s really a revival of the old Reykjavík Film Festival which was held regularly between 1978 and 2001. More importantly however, what is it about? In a nutshell, to open a window to world cinema for the locals and to open up a window into Icelandic cinema for our foreign guests. But despite being a visual medium, films are often about the invisible. Our cinematic dialogue usually centers on directors, actors and actresses. So even essential people like those holding the camera, are hardly known to the wider public. One of our very special guests at this festival is Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson, who has worked as Director of Photography on 15 Feature films, not to mention a vast number of documentaries, shorts and TV movies. Continued on spread