Retrospective
A Retrospective of Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s films
- Rock in Reykjavik
- Children of Nature
- Devil’s Island
- Angels of the Universe
- Falcons
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A Retrospective of Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s films
- Rock in Reykjavik
- Children of Nature
- Devil’s Island
- Angels of the Universe
- Falcons
International program | Retrospective
Saturday, 19. July in 17:00, Cinema Valli
Music Documentary | Iceland | 83 min | 1982
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DIRECTOR Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
DOP Ari Kristinsson
EDITORS Richard Crowe, Sigurður Snæberg Jónsson, Kristín Pálsdóttir, Peter Auspin, Sigurður Grímsson, Steinunn Harðardóttir, Ari Kristinsson, Sigurður Jón Ólafsson
PRODUCER Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
PRODUCTION Hugrenningur
Rock in Reykjavík gives a thorough overview of the powerful and expanding rock scene in Iceland. Most of the film consists of performances by a wide variety of rock-groups in various clubs and rehearsing places in Reykjavík during the winter 1981–82. There are also interviews with mem- bers of the groups representing different views on such features of the rock scene as sex, drugs and politics.
DIRECTOR Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
SCREENPLAY Einar Már Guðmundsson, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
DOP Ari Kristinsson
EDITORS Skule Eriksen, Júlíus Kemp
MUSIC Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
MAIN CAST Gísli Halldórsson, Sigríður Hagalín
PRODUCER Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
PRODUCTION Icelandic Film Corporation
CO-PRODUCTION Max Film, Metro Film
An old man who lives by himself decides to give up farming and move to the city, where he has a difficult time settling in and ends up in an old people’s home. There he meets an old flame who dreams of being buried on the farm where she grew up, which has now been deserted for years. One night they flee together in search of adventure.
DIRECTOR Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
SCREENPLAY Einar Kárason
DOP Ari Kristinsson
EDITORS Steingrímur Karlsson, Skule Eriksen
MUSIC Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sextett Bödda Billó
MAIN CAST Baltasar Kormákur, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Gísli Halldórsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Sveinn Þórir Geirsson
PRODUCERS Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Egil Ødegård, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Rommel
PRODUCTION Icelandic Film Corporation WITH Zentropa Entertainments, Peter Rommel Film Production, Filmhuset Produksjoner AS, ZDF/Arte
Devil’s Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties. Life is rough in Reykjavik’s post-war slum of Camp Thule, where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes. Struggling wives and their hard-working husbands try to make ends meet. The younger generation dreams of dollars, Rock’n’Roll and the American way of life. To celebrate or to drown their misery – they’re never short of a good reason to booze.
DIRECTOR Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
SCREENPLAY Einar Már Guðmundsson, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
DOP Harald Gunnar Paalgard
EDITORS Sigvaldi J. Kárason, Skule Eriksen
MUSIC Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
MAIN CAST Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Baltasar Kormákur, Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
PRODUCER Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
PRODUCTION Icelandic Film Corporation
CO-PRODUCERS Egil Ødegård, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Rommel, Anna María Karlsdóttir, Gunnar Carlsson
CO-PRODUCTION Filmhuset Produksjoner AS, Peter Rommel Film Production, ZDF/Arte, Sveriges Television, Zentropa Entertainments
Angels of the Universe portrays the life of Paul, who suffers from schizophrenia, and the way people react to his illness. At first we see him with his family, childhood friends and the girl that he loves, and then we follow him into the psychiatric hospital. There we meet his colourful com- panions. Óli Beatle believes he has written all the Beatles’ songs. The sophisticated and erudite Viktor sometimes suddenly turns into Hitler and Peter, who has freaked out on acid, is under the impression that he wrote a doctorate about Schiller at a Chinese university.
Saturday, 26. July in 17:00, Cinema Valli
Drama, Thriller | France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway | 95 min | 2002
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DIRECTOR Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
SCREENPLAY Einar Kárason, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
DOP Harald Gunnar Paalgard
EDITOR Sigvaldi J. Kárason
MUSIC Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
MAIN CAST Keith Carradine, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
PRODUCERS Anna María Karlsdóttir, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Mike Downey, Peter Rommel, Sam Taylor
PRODUCTION Icelandic Film Corporation
CO-PRODUCERS Egil Ødegård, Alexander Bohr
CO-PRODUCTION Filmhuset Produksjoner AS, Film and Music Entertainment Ltd., Peter Rommel Film Production
Simon, who has taken too many punches from this world and has done too much time in U.S. pris- ons, returns to his ancestral homeland, Iceland, resigned to do himself in. Before he can complete the task, he meets Dúa, a free spirit he believes may well be his daughter.