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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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  • Rock in Reykjavik_1-crop

    Saturday, 19. July in 17:00,

    Rock in Reykjavik

    | | 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.

  • Children_Of_Nature_Still4-crop

    Sunday, 20. July in 17:00,

    Children of Nature

    | | 85 min | 1991

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    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.

  • Devils_Island_still3-crop

    Monday, 21. July in 17:00,

    Devil’s Island

    | , , , | 104 min | 1996

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    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.

  • Angels of the Universe_2-crop

    Thursday, 24. July in 17:00,

    Angels of the Universe

    | , , , | 97 min | 200

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    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.

  • Falcons_Still24-crop

    Saturday, 26. July in 17:00,

    Falcons

    , | , , , , | 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.

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