RIFF 2021 is launched! Yesterday Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, president of Iceland, gave directors Mia Hansen-Løve og Joachim Trier RIFF’s Creative Excellence Award at a festive reception at Bessastaðir.
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RIFF’s Drive-In Cinema is back again and starts with a sing-along session of Mamma Mia!. The Drive-In Cinema is located at Samskip parking lot, on the corner of Holtavegur and Barkarvogur. Tickets: 3000 ISK per car. |
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Bergman Island
18:45 Bíó Paradís 1
+ Q&A with honorary guest Mia Hansen-Løve
A couple retreats to Fårö, the island that inspired Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman, to finish their screenplays, when the line between reality and fiction starts to blur. |
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Benedetta
21:15 Bíó Paradís 1
In 17th-century Italy, a nun who suffers from religious visions develops a romantic love affair with the woman tasked with assisting her. The film’s sapphic eroticism was seen as sacrilegious by sections at Cannes Film Festival. |
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a-ha: The Movie
21:45 Bíó Paradís 2
Three young Norsemen followed their impossible dream of becoming pop stars. When "Take On Me" topped the Billboard charts in the US in 1985, the dream came true. Or, did it? |
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Eden
17:00 Bíó Paradís 2
+ Q&A with honorary guest Mia Hansen-Løve
Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.
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Cow / Kýr
15:00 Bíó Paradís 1
The first documentary from acclaimed British director Andrea Arnold premiered at Cannes Film Festival. This highly political film gives a close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.
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DRIVE-IN CINEMA - Mamma Mia!
20:00 Samskip Parking Lot
(corner of Holtavegur and Barkarvogur)
Mamma Mia! promises a great sing-along time for all ABBA fans out there, with a star-studded cast. American jukebox musical romantic comedy film that follows the bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan who is trying to find her real father. |
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And that is not all. For more movies and events go to riff.is
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