Revolution Reykjavik goes to Poland

Its official! "Revolution Reykjavik" will screen in Bialystok, Poland at the Zubroffka International Short Film Festival between December 5 and 9th, along with a selection of Icelandic Short Films.  The event is co-presented by the Reykjavik Shorts and Docs Film Festival, where "Revolution Reykjavik" screened earlier this year.

Revolution Reykjavik qualifies to compete for Best Live Action Short at 2013 Oscar Awards

Much to our excitement, "Revolution Reykjavik" is on a list of short films that have qualified to compete for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards.   Let us be clear though, that before moving forward, the film must be short-listed by the Academy.   Only time (say, a few weeks or so) will tell if that actually happens.    In the meantime, feel free to browse the list:  http://www.imdb.com/list/ia6ec_BCC5A/

Update - December 2012:  "Revolution Reykjavik" did not make onto the Academy's Shortlist -- but our friends Nick Greene and Julie Buck did -- with their amazing film "Salar."   We recommend you check it out!

CLEAN invited to Helsinki, Finland

Our film, CLEAN has been invited to the Helsinki Short Film Festival, where it will screen on November 16th, as part of "Peaks of the World."   Meanwhile, our debut film, FAMILY REUNION  will entertain audiences at the Interfilm Festival in Berlin.

Revolution Reykjavik honored with Best Short Film Award at Seminci in Valladolid Spain

We are overly thrilled to announce our win at the prestigious Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, otherwise known as Seminci!  The director was flown over on a few hours notice, arriving in Spain less than 24 hours after receiving the news.   An awards ceremony followed, broadcast live on Spanish television, after which much cocktail-partying ensued.   By 4AM she was back on route to Iceland.   The shortest film festival experience ever, but perhaps the most rewarding.

The Spanish media has covered the event extensively:

http://es.paperblog.com/la-revolucion-del-dia-a-dia-en-utras-reykjavik--1534782/

http://es.paperblog.com/la-57-seminci-se-despide-en-su-gala-de-clausura-1534255/

http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1630771/0/

http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20121027/caballos-dios-nabil-ayouc-espiga-oro-57-edicion-seminci/571894.shtml

http://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/57-seminci-todos-los-ganadores

Awarded Honorary Distinction of the Jury in Greece

"Revolution Reykjavik" was recently awarded the Honorary Distinction of the Jury at the 18th International Short Film Festival in Drama, held in Greece.  As stated by the jury:  "For the lucid approach of the dramatic way in which the global economic crisis affects European middle class."
Well,  σας ευχαριστώ Greece!

For more, please visit:  http://www.dramafilmfestival.gr/35th/index.php/en/home/199-awards18.html

Revolution Reykjavik covered in book on Icelandic cinema published in the UK

Editor Jez Conolly writes:

In documenting Iceland’s banking collapse few films have captured the loss of personal dignity suffered by many citizens as starkly and acutely as Isold Uggadottir’s excellent short. 
In a mere eighteen minutes this short film captures the heart and soul of a proud Icelander, initially caught in the intoxicating fumes of false prosperity then crushed in the aftermath of the un-imaginable economic crash. Caught in a storm of sudden unemployment, the unveiling of a deceitful corporate and political web deconstructs the ideology of a loyal follower of the Icelandic Independent Party, and the

Icelandic business model as presented by the shepherds leading the herd at the height of prosperity. Gudfinna, like the wounded sheep left to die in the wake of the shepherd’s abandonment, is filled with quiet anger fumed by her wounded pride, a pride irreparably damaged and shattered in the wake of the individual’s economic death. The stern pride of a woman whose generation is no stranger to economic instability and brought up to believe in the value of hard work, is erased in the first months of the recession. This symbol of the Icelandic national character is the epicentre of the film, written and directed by Ísold Uggadóttir and first premiered at the ‘Reykjavik International Film Festival’ (RIFF) in 2011.    See:  World Film Locations:  Reykjavik

Family Reunion goes to Berlin

Family Reunion (Góðir gestir) is heading to INTERFILM in Berlin where it will screen as part of the program "Bright Prospects" on November 15 - 18th, 2012.     Viel SpaB, meine Freunde!