The 18th edition of the Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) will take place from 30 September-10 October, opening with Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World [+leggi anche:
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Also among the special guests are Debbie Harry, who will come along for a Q&A session in support of the short film Blondie: Vivir en la Habana, and celebrated Danish actress Trine Dyholm, who plays the eponymous Scandinavian ruler in Margrete - Queen of the North [+leggi anche:
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There are eight titles vying for the Golden Puffin Award in the main competitive section, New Visions, intended for first or second films by their directors. Three are coming from the Berlinale (Andreas Fontana's Azor [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alexandre Koberidze
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intervista: Vincent Le Port
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intervista: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
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intervista: Thomas Daneskov
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intervista: Dina Duma, Antonia Belazel…
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One more competitive selection, in addition to three sections dedicated to international and Icelandic short films, is A Different Tomorrow, which deals with socially important issues. In total, 80% of the films in this competition are directed by women, and the titles include Marta Popivoda's Landscapes of Resistance [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Robin Petré
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intervista: Salomé Jashi
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Other sidebar sections include the newly established Cinema Beats as well as Documentaries, Open Seas, Dutch Focus and, for international guests, the particularly appetising Icelandic Panorama featuring eight fresh Icelandic titles.

Two recently departed industry professionals, Icelandic director Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson, and Greek curator and film critic Dimitris Eipides, who in addition to programming for the Thessaloniki, Toronto and Montreal Film Festivals served as the programme director at RIFF, will have tribute programmes dedicated to them.

RIFF's famed special events in unusual locations continue this year, with highlights including screenings of Jim Henson's Labyrinth in the Raufarhólshellir cave and Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou in a swimming-pool cinema. Plus, Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Academy Award-winning score for Joker will be performed by SinfoniaNord and conducted by the composer’s father, Guðni Franzson, set to a projection of the film.