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[dropcap4]R[/dropcap4]eykjavík Shorts&Docs Festival is running from 9-16th of May at Bíó Paradís, Kex Hostel and Slipp Bíó (Reykjavík Marina). The festival is now held for the 11th time and this year roughly 90 shorts and documentaries will be screened at the festival. The festival awards Best Icelandic Short and Best Documentary Newcomer. Other sections include LGBT, Polish shorts, German Shorts and Nordic Shorts & Docs. Nature documentaries and documentaries about extreme / outdoor sports are also part of the festival. Below are the LGBT featured Shorts and Docs.
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Single tickets are ISK 1.400 at Bíó Paradís, a festival pass valid for all screenings and events at Bíó Paradís is ISK 6.000. All screenings in Kex Hostel and Slipp Bíó (Reykjavík Marina) are free and open to all.
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Reykjavík Shorts & Docs Festival
e-mail: info@shortsdocsfest.com
Twitter: @ShortsDOCSFest
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Dir. Barði Guðmundsson / 15’ / Iceland
Synopsis:1973, the Vietnam War is coming to a close as the world buckles underneath new attitudes and changing priorities. Far from the din of history, in a small village in the south of Iceland, a young man falls for a soldier at the nearby US army base.
Competition: Best Icelandic Short Film
Screening: Sunday 12th May – 18:00 – Bíó Paradís / Wednesday 15th May – 22:00 – Bíó Paradís
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Dir. Gonzalo H Rodriguez / 24’ / Germany / Netherlands
Synopsis: The personal quest for identity brings us to the encounter with a stranger (Raoull B. Mateboer) guiding us through the research of desire, confronting his/her own sexual identity without lust. FILM MY DESIRE plays with the boundaries between biography and fiction, between erotic film and sexual identification, wandering between the limits of rationality and the endless search for the self.
Screening: Saturday 11th May – 18:00 – Slipp Bío
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Dir. Sara Broos / 74’ / Sweden
Synopsis: An intimate and sensitively filmed love story between one of Scandinavia’s most highly regarded modern painters and a young Brazilian dancer. Two men with a dark past desperately searching for true love. They meet on Skype and can’t communicate, yet they decide to meet and try to fall in love. This is the beginning of an unpredictable and humorous love story with dark undertones of domination and control. We closely follow their search for a life where someone loves you – regardless of how vastly difficult it can be to love one self.
Competition: Best Documentary Newcomer
Screening: Wednesday 15th May – 20:00 – Bíó Paradís / Thursday 16th May – 22:00
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Dir. David France / 120’ / USA
Synopsis: An astounding untold story of patient activism and innovation — about AIDS survival, not death — which has been overlooked until this important and timely documentary, culled from a trove of never-before-seen archival footage and edited together in verité style to bring the viewer back over two decades to an urgent time of rampant death, political indifference, and amazing resilience.
Competition: Best Documentary Newcomer
Screening: Friday 10th May – 22:00 – Bíó Paradís / Thursday 16th May – 18:00 – Bíó Paradís
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Dir. Antonio da Silva / 10’ / Portugal
A cross between a road-trip in Portugal and a summer love story, shot in super 8 film. It is the juncture of a poetic narrative with factual and personal elements. Julian is represented here as the “noble savage” of Rousseau: nature is his natural environment.
Screening: Saturday 11th May – 18:00 – Slipp Bíó
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Dir. Lya Guerra / 82’ / USA/Norway
Grace Moceri and Grace Schrafft have made a life together for almost 40 years. One is responsible, the other a free spirit. THE LOVE PART OF THIS is a heartbreaking, funny and moving document of life and love in our times.
Competition: Best Documentary Newcomer
Screening: Thursday 9th May – 22:00 – Bíó Paradís / Sunday 12th May – 20:00 – Bíó Paradís
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Dir. Iben Haahr Andersen / 66’ / Denmark
Synopsis: Poul is a fisherman – one of the last pound net fishermen in Denmark. A few years back Poul experienced a great tragedy when he lost everything he loved: wife and daughter. But from the ruins of his old life sprouts a whole new. At the age of 60 years Poul finds the love of his life. His name is Mai, and he is from Thailand.
Screening: Saturday 11th May – 18:00 – Slipp Bíó
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Dir. Guðni Líndal Benediktsson / 16’ / Iceland
Synopsis: A simple sentence can turn your whole world upside down. In an effort to embrace his best friend’s homosexuality, Arnar goes to ridiculous lengths, which can only end badly. It’s a film about friendship, acceptance and completely incompetent straight guys coming to terms with unexpected news.
Competition: Best Icelandic Short Film
Screening: Sunday 12th May – 18:00 – Bíó Paradís / Wednesday 15th May – 22:00 – Bíó Paradís
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