Animation, TV adaptations and documentaries among highlighted projects.
The second annual Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland closed Feb 28 with its Shortfish film prize going to Like It’s Up To You by Brynhildur Þorarinsdottir.
The festival – not to be confused with the Reykjavik International Film Festival (Riff) – handpicks close to 30 local and international films and also showcases Icelandic works-in-progress (detailed below).
Films to screen included The Witch, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl, The Lobster, The Club, Arabian Nights, I Am Yours and Oskar Jonasson’s local romantic comedy In Front Of Others.
Guests included France-based director Rachid Bouchareb who presented his new film Road To Istanbul.
The event, which is a collaboration between professional industry associations in Iceland, hosted a lecture from Son Of Saul production designer Laszlo Rajk, a retrospective of Armenian director Harutyun Khachatryan, script training events and film music masterclasses.
Stockfish also offered industry-focused works in progress presentations of select current Icelandic...
The second annual Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland closed Feb 28 with its Shortfish film prize going to Like It’s Up To You by Brynhildur Þorarinsdottir.
The festival – not to be confused with the Reykjavik International Film Festival (Riff) – handpicks close to 30 local and international films and also showcases Icelandic works-in-progress (detailed below).
Films to screen included The Witch, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl, The Lobster, The Club, Arabian Nights, I Am Yours and Oskar Jonasson’s local romantic comedy In Front Of Others.
Guests included France-based director Rachid Bouchareb who presented his new film Road To Istanbul.
The event, which is a collaboration between professional industry associations in Iceland, hosted a lecture from Son Of Saul production designer Laszlo Rajk, a retrospective of Armenian director Harutyun Khachatryan, script training events and film music masterclasses.
Stockfish also offered industry-focused works in progress presentations of select current Icelandic...
- 2/29/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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