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Vikings, Hot Springs and Heavy Metal: How the Reykjavik International Film Festival Has Carved Out a Unique Identity
Iceland's Reykjavik Film Festival wrapped its 21st edition with special guests including Nastassja Kinski, Bong Joon Ho and Athina Rachel Tsingari.
This year’s event included master classes and retrospectives with special guests Nastassja Kinski, Bong Joon-Ho, Swedish music video and feature director Jonas Akerlund and Greek filmmaker Tsingari. At the president’s residence, Björk, perhaps the country’s most well-known figure, along with Tsingari, Akerlund, and others, discussed the importance of preserving community spaces like record shops and independent cinemas — both to support artists, engage young people, and help battle the loneliness epidemic. The Different Tomorrow award, given to films that facilitate societal discussion and illuminate solutions to local and global problems, went to the documentary “A New Kind of Wilderness,” by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, a visually rich study of a nature-loving British-Norwegian family adjusting to a new life.
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