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76-530: Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) was founded in 2004 by a group of film enthusiasts and professionals with the goal of creating an annual international film festival in Reykjavík. The aim was to establish a major film event to enrich and enliven the local film culture, but moreover, to become an international attraction. The festival organized its first event in Reykjavík in November 2004, initiating

152-522: A Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time list. This list is produced from a wider poll of film industry professionals and academics throughout Canada, separately from the annual top-ten list. The festival's major prize, the TIFF People's Choice Award , is given to a feature-length film. It is not a juried prize, but is given to the film with the highest ratings as voted by the TIFF-going populace. It

228-695: A dedicated Canadian film stream. In 2004, TIFF was featured as the site of murder mystery in the film Jiminy Glick in Lalawood , a comedy film starring Martin Short . In 2007, it was announced that the organization generates an estimated annual impact of $ 67 million CAD. By 2011, that benefit had grown to $ 170 million CAD. In 2008, Rose McGowan caused controversy at a TIFF press conference for her film Fifty Dead Men Walking , when she noted that "I imagine, had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100% have been in

304-406: A discussion of the role and importance of film festivals in a local and international context. A festival program was organized in relation to the seminar, showing films by Icelandic film directors and professionals that work outside of Iceland. The next RIFF was held from September 29 to October 9, 2005, and was a leap forward in size and scale compared to the year before. Programmer Dimitri Eipides

380-623: A film was 14 July. In 2020 the seventeenth RIFF festival edition was hybrid with both limited screenings in cinema and online screenings. RIFF Industry days is the title of a series of events and talks held during the Reykjavík International Film Festival together with the 1st edition of the Icelandic Market Forum. (IMF) RIFF Industry days were designed as a tool to create new spaces for the exchange of ideas and to serve as an open gate for

456-781: A popular swim-in cinema which became a RIFF's speciality, When the Raven Flies (1984) screening at film director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson 's house, screenings of German movies and many other interesting activities. Benh Zeitlin and his film ' Beasts of the Southern Wild ' was awarded with a Golden Puffin Award. Dario Argento got the Lifetime Achievement Award and Susanne Bier won in the Creative Excellency category. The most popular film in 2012

532-893: A research centre. There is also a gift shop, two restaurants, a lounge, a cafe, and a three-storey atrium. Cooperatively with Daniels Corporation, there is a 46-storey condominium atop, called the Festival Tower. The first film screening was Bruce McDonald 's Trigger . The first exhibition was a retrospective on Tim Burton , organized by the Museum of Modern Art (New York City). Subsequent exhibitions include Fellini: Spectacular Obsessions, Grace Kelly: From Movie Star to Princess, Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style, and Stanley Kubrick : The Exhibition, all of which were organized by TIFF, as well as one called Essential Cinema , featuring posters, images and props from TIFF's The Essential 100 list of films. The Film Reference Library (FRL)

608-567: A success. 'Sound on Sight' was a project where people were able to focus on the special bond and connection between music and film. A project called 'Minus 25' was designed for people under the age of 25 and included many mini projects, e.g., a competition where youngsters wrote music for the movie The Crowd , which was originally released in 1928. A short film competition for young students was held and even Iceland's kindergartens were able to participate in their own little project where children made short films from digital photographs. A talent campus

684-442: A wide range of film and celebrity blogs. 43°38′48″N 79°23′25″W  /  43.64667°N 79.39028°W  / 43.64667; -79.39028 Tulpan Tyulpan ( Russian : Тюльпан ) is a 2008 Kazakh drama film . It was directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy and distributed by Zeitgeist Films . Tulpan was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category, but it didn't make

760-772: Is a large Canadian film research collection. The library is a free resource for film lovers, filmmakers, students, scholars, and journalists, and is located on the fourth floor of the TIFF Lightbox. An affiliate member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) , the FRL promotes Canadian and global film scholarship by collecting, preserving, and providing access to a comprehensive collection of film prints, and film-related reference resources (including books, periodicals, scripts, research files, movies, press kits, and about 80 special collections. In 2016,

836-527: Is known for the celebrity buzz it brings to the area with international media setting up near its restaurants and stores for photos and interviews with the stars. In 2010, TIFF opened its permanent headquarters, TIFF Lightbox, a year-round home for the appreciation of film in the heart of downtown Toronto, although TIFF films are still screened at a wider variety of venues, including the Scotiabank Theatre Toronto , rather than exclusively at

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912-510: Is more, in 2011 the festival focused on Romanian films, also had a special "Arabian Spring" programme and the festival audience enjoyed special events like a swim-in cinema, film concert, Bollywood beach party, and the RIFF wonderland. In 2012, it was held for the 9th time, from September 27 till October 7. Visitors to the festival were able to participate in various special events, like costume screening and party, kindergarten stop-motion screenings,

988-621: Is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organization behind the film festival is also a permanent destination for film culture operating out of the TIFF Lightbox cultural centre, located in Downtown Toronto . The TIFF People's Choice Award - which is based on audience balloting - has emerged as an indicator of success during awards season , especially at

1064-777: Is presently referred to as the " Grolsch People's Choice Award"; past sponsors of the award have included Cadillac . The winners of this award have often later earned Academy Award nominations. People's Choice Awards are also presented for Documentary and Midnight Madness films. Each of the People's Choice Awards names first and second runners-up in addition to the winners. However, TIFF does present juried awards in some other categories. The festival presents three major awards for Canadian films: Best Canadian Film , Best Canadian First Feature Film , and Best Canadian Short Film , as well as awards for Best International Short Film , two FIPRESCI -sponsored International Critics' Prizes for

1140-464: The Academy Award for Best Actor while Slumdog Millionaire went on to win eight Oscars at the 2009 Academy Awards. Precious , which won the 2009 TIFF People's Choice Award, went on to win two Oscars at the 82nd Academy Awards. The King's Speech , the winner of the 2010 TIFF People's Choice Award, won four Oscars at the 83rd Academy Awards, while Silver Linings Playbook , the winner of

1216-651: The Academy Awards . Past recipients of this award include Oscar-winning films, such as Chariots of Fire (1981), Life Is Beautiful (1998), American Beauty (1999), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), The King's Speech (2010), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Imitation Game (2014), La La Land (2016), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Green Book (2018), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Nomadland (2020), Belfast (2021) and American Fiction (2023). TIFF starts

1292-464: The BBC , TIFF is one of the largest and most prestigious events of its kind in the world. In 1998, Variety acknowledged that TIFF "is second only to Cannes in terms of high-profile pics, stars, and market activity". In 2007, Time noted that TIFF had "grown from its place as the most influential fall film festival to the most influential film festival, period". In 2016, TIFF hosted 1,800 members of

1368-503: The "A Different Tomorrow" category that sheds light on environmental and humanitarian topics. This year's winners in the short film category were "Cubs" by Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir as Best Icelandic Short and "Home" by Daniel Mulloy as Best International Short. "Cubs" is about a single father who is planning a sleepover for his daughter and thematises the taboos in father/daughter relationships. The documentary "Mr Gaga" about choreographer Ohad Naharin , directed by Tomer Heymann , received

1444-480: The "primary" venue of the festival. The 2020 edition was both in-person and virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with the virtual platform provided by Shift72 . The film screenings were initially declared as "masks optional", a decision that drew criticism for creating a potential superspreader event as the social nature of the festival could increase the risk for COVID-19 transmission. The festival reversed

1520-437: The 2006 event with these words: "If it continues down this path, it won't be one of the best-kept secrets of the film festival circuit for long," and Brian Brooks from IndieWIRE had this to say: "Quite simply, in my humble opinion as a minor vet on the festival circuit, this event has instantly become one of my favorites. Of course, the lure of Iceland and its eccentric beauty helps, but Reykjavík's residents seem to have embraced

1596-434: The 2009 edition: directors, press and other guests. In 2010, RIFF was held for the seventh time on September 23 - October 3. In a short time, RIFF became quite well known among film enthusiasts and professionals. Gerald Peary from The Boston Phoenix called the festival "one of the best-programmed film festivals on earth, and with some of the most exciting guests." Todd Burns of Stylus Magazine concluded his article on

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1672-571: The 2012 TIFF People's Choice Award, went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence . In 2019, the festival opened with Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band , the first time the festival ever opened with a Canadian documentary film. Many Hollywood studios premiere their films in Toronto due to TIFF's easy-going non-competitive nature, relatively inexpensive costs (when compared to European festivals), eager film-fluent audiences and convenient timing. In 2007,

1748-716: The Baltic countries. Winners included Yann Gonzalez who won the Golden Puffin for his film Knife + Heart , Nathalia Konchalovsky who won the Golden Egg for her film, Vesna and Erick Stoll and Chase Whiteside who won in the category A Different Tomorrow with their film América. RIFF 2019 ran from 26 September to 6 October. The festival focused on the Arctic countries, among others. Confirmed honorary guests included acclaimed French director Claire Denis. The final day to submit

1824-607: The Church of Iceland award. Venkovský ucitel by Bohdan Sláma from the Czech Republic received the Gay-friendly award given by Iceland's National Association of Gays and Lesbians. The Association also gave She's a Boy I Knew by Gwen Haworth from Canada a special recognition award. Electronica Reykjavík by Arnar Jónasson from Iceland was voted most popular by the attendees at RIFF. The special events at RIFF were

1900-819: The Festival Group began construction on TIFF Lightbox , a new facility at the corner of King and John Streets in downtown Toronto, on land donated by Ivan Reitman and family. The $ 181 million facility was sponsored by Bell Canada , with additional support from the Government of Ontario and Government of Canada . In 2010, the organization opened its new headquarters at TIFF Lightbox. The facility, designed by local firm KPMB Architects , provides extensive year-round galleries, cinemas, archives and activities for cinephiles. The five-storey facility contains five cinemas, two gallery spaces, film archives and an extensive reference library, study spaces, film lab facility, and

1976-539: The IRA". In 2009, TIFF's decision to spotlight films from Tel Aviv created a controversy with protesters, saying it was part of an attempt to re-brand Israel in a positive light after the January 2009 Gaza War . In 2016, 397 films from 83 countries were screened at 28 screens in downtown Toronto venues, welcoming an estimated 480,000 attendees, over 5,000 of whom were industry professionals. In 2017, TIFF reduced

2052-538: The Lightbox. TIFF has grown, steadily adding initiatives throughout the years. TIFF Cinematheque (formerly Cinematheque Ontario) and the Film Reference Library (FRL) opened in 1990. The TIFF Kids International Film Festival (formerly Sprockets) launched in 1998. Film Circuit began exhibiting independent and Canadian films in under-serviced cities across Canada in 1994. The festival also organizes

2128-555: The Special Presentation and Discovery programs, and a NETPAC Prize for the best film from Asia having its world premiere at the festival. In 2015, the festival introduced Platform, a juried programme that champions director's cinema from around the world; one film from the stream is selected as the winner of the Platform Prize . For all of the juried awards, honorable mentions may also be given, although

2204-543: The TIFF Film Circuit, a program which partners with local organizations in other Canadian towns and cities to present screenings of films that have previously been shown at TIFF. In May 2024, TIFF announced that it will launch a full film market in 2026. The festival was founded in 1976 at the Windsor Arms Hotel by Bill Marshall , Henk Van der Kolk and Dusty Cohl . Beginning as a collection of

2280-651: The Thursday night after Labour Day (the first Monday in September in Canada) and lasts for eleven days. The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival took place from September 5 through 15, 2024. As of 2022 , the festival's CEO is Cameron Bailey . The Toronto International Film Festival was first launched as the Toronto Festival of Festivals , collecting the best films from other film festivals around

2356-635: The artistic director of TIFF Lightbox , while longtime programmer Cameron Bailey succeeded as co-director. As of 2013, Bailey is now the artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as TIFF Lightbox's year round programming. TIFF was once centred on the Yorkville neighbourhood, but the Toronto Entertainment District later gained a greater level of prominence. TIFF

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2432-450: The audience awards and "The Duke", directed by Max Barbakow received this year's Golden Egg. This year's RIFF honorary prizes were awarded to Deepa Mehta and Darren Aronofsky . In 2017 the fourteenth RIFF festival was held to great reviews. Director Hlynur Pálmason opened the festival with his first feature film Winter Brothers . He would then go on to screen his second film A White, white day at Cannes in 2019. The Golden Puffin award

2508-464: The best-regarded films from film festivals around the world, it had an inaugural attendance of 35,000. Ironically, however, Hollywood studios withdrew their submissions from TIFF due to concerns that Toronto audiences would be too parochial for their feature releases. In 1978, the festival first began billing itself as "the Toronto International Film Festival" as a supplementary name, although it retained Festival of Festivals as its primary branding. At

2584-475: The circulation and promotion of the Icelandic film industry. The prime objective of RIFF Industry Days is to encourage meetings, generate debates and establish dialogues, providing the support that makes original ideas last. IMF is set for Icelandic professionals to showcase their work in progress-WIP to sales agents and other relevant audiovisual professionals and partners, enabling them to respond directly to

2660-580: The daughter of a neighboring family and the only eligible young woman in the area. However, her parents are unwilling to see their daughter marry an unemployed man with few prospects and Tulpan herself appears to have little interest in Asa. The plot of the story follows the trials of Asa, his surrogate family, and his western culture-loving friend Boni. Director Sergey Dvortsevoy was born in Kazakhstan, lived there for 28 years working for an aviation company, and

2736-639: The decision within 24 hours citing a surge of new cases in Ontario, causing them to go fully virtual instead. The 2020 festival also saw the introduction of Industry Selects, an ad hoc film market for films seeking commercial distribution. Due to the pandemic, which prevented members of the North American film industry from travelling to international film festivals where many of the Industry Selects films were screened, they were available on

2812-546: The downbeat suspense of a medicalized crime story with a subtle portrayal of the agony in a post-communist society where redemption is only glimpsed in the sacral world of music." The Danish/Swedish collaboration " The Giant ", directed by Johannes Nyholm, received a special mention in the same category. The film The Islands and the Whales by Mike Day received the Environmental Award, awarded to films competing in

2888-427: The event, filling many of the festival's screenings." In 2011, the 8th festival took place from September 22 to October 2. In 2011, the selection included films that have already had a lot of press, films that have done well at other festivals but were unlikely to get much attention beyond the festival circuit (Yorgos Lanthimos's Alps , Aleksander Sokurov's Golden Lion-winning Faust ) and homegrown films. 'Discovery of

2964-509: The exception of Nurzhigit Zhapabayev, the little boy who played Nuka, who Dvortsevoy simply "let loose" to be as wild and natural as one of the "animals". The film was well received. Tulpan has an approval rating of 96% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , based on 71 reviews, and an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Kazakh sheep herders get their cinematic due in this lovely, unsentimental debut from director Sergei Dvortsevoy". Metacritic assigned

3040-474: The festival held a drive-in cinema in neighbouring town Kópavogur and a hot tub cinema where audiences got the chance of chatting with short film directors after the screenings of their film. A special focus was on Italian filmmaking this year. Smetto quando voglio by director Sidney Sibilia won the Golden Puffin and Bota by Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci won both the Audience and FIBRESCI awards. Mike Leigh

3116-510: The festival received a donation of 1,400 film prints, and launched a campaign to raise money for the preservation and storage of the films. Each year, TIFF releases a Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected by a poll of festival programmers across Canada as the ten best Canadian feature and short films of the year, regardless of whether or not they were screened at TIFF. The films selected are announced in December each year. Previously,

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3192-646: The festival's industry platform, but not on the commercial platform for the general public. Introduced at the time as a temporary measure due to the pandemic, it was converted into a permanent part of the TIFF program in 2022, and became the nucleus of the festival's plans to launch a full film market in 2026. Films such as American Beauty , Ray , Mr. Nobody , 127 Hours , Black Swan , Disobedience , The Five Obstructions , Singapore Sling , I Am Love and The Fabelmans have premiered at TIFF. Jamie Foxx 's portrayal of Ray Charles ultimately won him

3268-578: The festival's screenings and filled 84% of available seats during the festival's eleven days. In 2008, RIFF was held for the fifth time. Over 300 foreign guests visited the festival and well over 20,000 people saw the films that RIFF had to offer. The movie Tulpan received the Golden Puffin, RIFF's main award, and was named Discovery of the Year. Home by Ursula Meier received the FIPRESCI award and Snijeg by Aida Begić from Bosnia-Herzegovenia received

3344-481: The festival. The programme had also grown to incorporate over one hundred films, a number of master classes, symposiums and panel discussions – and even managed to cram a few concerts in too. Grbavica by Jasmila Žbanić was the 'Discovery of the Year' and RIFF's first time FIPRESCI jury awarded Red Road by Andrea Arnold . Aleksandr Sokurov was given the lifetime achievement award and Atom Egoyan accepted recognition for his creative excellence. In 2007, RIFF

3420-467: The film a weighted average score of 88 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Roger Ebert gave it four stars and praised it in his review, calling it "an amazing film" set in an unfamiliar world that "might as well be Mars". Upon the film's initial release in Kazakhstan , at a special screening of 1500 people, although it was praised by the herdsmen and rural folk depicted in

3496-407: The film took many, many months, and Dvortsevoy recalls having sent crews with small cameras to nearly every city in Kazakhstan in search of the right cast members. Having found them, he made the main cast (Asa, Samal, Ondas, Beke, Maha and Nuka) live in the yurt depicted in the film for one month before filming. In the interview, Dvortsevoy described how the story came together, 20 percent of the film

3572-402: The film, it was criticized and looked down upon by some Kazakhstan government officials, who felt that the film portrayed an even more degrading picture of Kazakhstan than Borat . Internationally the film was a great success doing well at some of the world's most prestigious film festivals. The film has been praised for its poetic realism, the relationships and depth sustained by its characters,

3648-413: The final shortlist. It won the award for Best Film at the 2nd Asia Pacific Screen Awards . Asa, a recently discharged Russian Navy sailor, is living in the remote Kazakhstan steppe with his sister Samal, her older husband, Ondas, and their three children. He dreams of becoming a herdsman and owning his own ranch, but he believes that to attain this goal, he must first marry. Asa hopes to marry Tulpan,

3724-546: The first time. Head of jury Hal Hartley gave out the award. Peter Greenaway visited Reykjavík, held a lecture and was awarded for his life achievement as a filmmaker. An international federation of film critics, FIPRESCI, awarded Danish debut feature The Art of Crying by Peter Schønau Fog , which also received the Church of Iceland award, given out for the second time. "The film deals delicately with issues that often are kept quiet and presents them with respect, understanding and sympathy. The Art of Crying raises awareness of

3800-464: The fragility of life, moves the audience and calls for discussion and responses," is stated in the jury's motivation. The audience award went to Joy Division's Ian Curtis biopic Control by Anton Corbijn and Amnesty International awarded El Ejido for The Law of Profit – a documentary on immigrants in South Spain. RIFF 2007 drew over 20,000 people (approx. 7% of Iceland's population) to

3876-687: The juries are expected to select one overall winner. In 2019, the festival introduced the TIFF Tribute Awards , a gala ceremony at which distinguished actors and filmmakers are honoured for their lifetime career achievements; unlike most award categories, the Tribute Award honorees are named in advance of the festival. The hundreds of films screened at the annual festival are divided into sections (referred to by TIFF as "Programmes") based on genre (e.g. documentary , children's films ), format (e.g. short films , television episodes ),

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3952-438: The number of films screened compared to the 2016 festival with 255 feature-length films in 2017 , and also eliminated two venues that had been used in prior years. In 2019, it was reported that due to a request from its owner, Cineplex Entertainment , no TIFF films distributed by subscription video-on-demand services (specifically Amazon Video and Netflix ) are being screened at Scotiabank Theatre—which has been considered

4028-428: The opening film, Tale of Tales , through the concerts, swim-in cinema, cave-in cinema, 300 screenings of about 100 films, numerous panel discussions, about 50 Q&As, Masterclasses and finally the closing night's film, first episode of Baltasar Kormákur 's Trapped , RIFF ran smoothly. The Iranian film Wednesday, May 9th by director Vahid Jalilvand won Discovery of the Year, and the distinguished FIPRESCI Award

4104-686: The press and print media outlets such as the Toronto Star , The Globe and Mail , The New York Times , The Times of India , Los Angeles Times , The Philadelphia Inquirer , Miami Herald , and the Toronto Sun have published a significant amount of festival coverage. Also, the major industry trade magazines Variety , The Hollywood Reporter and Screen International all produce daily editions during TIFF. TIFF reports also appear in weekly news magazines; American, Canadian and international entertainment shows; news services; and

4180-745: The priorities of an expanding and ever-changing film industry. Market screenings were also held for those interested, strictly under registration as well as B2B meetings. The IMF aimed to facilitate better mutual knowledge and understanding between important players in the international audiovisual market and to form a basis for joint direction within the Icelandic film industry. WIP 2020 was curated by Frédéric Boyer, RIFF head of programming and designed & executed by Carolina Salas, RIFF Industry Manager. RIFF Industry Days allows film professionals to share their thinking, values and markets. Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival ( TIFF , often stylized as tiff )

4256-530: The program was a focus on films from Greenland and the Faroese Islands. A part of the program was held in Kópavogur for the first time with one of the highlights being a film concert where metal band Sólstafir performed their musical score to the film Hrafninn flýgur by director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. In 2015, a total of 31,500 people attended the festival, which was once again more than ever before. From

4332-633: The same time it moved from the Harbour Castle Hotel to the Plaza II, and Wayne Clarkson replaced Marshall as the festival director. The number of galas increased from one to two per night and the Canadian Film Awards were incorporated into the festival. The Festival of Festivals name was dropped in 1994, with the event becoming known exclusively as the Toronto International Film Festival at that time. From 1994 to 2009,

4408-510: The status of filmmaker (e.g. "masters", first-time directors), and so forth. Up until the early 2010s there were sections reserved for Canadian films, but beginning in 2015 all Canadian films are integrated in sections with films from outside Canada. Currently the festival's 14 sections are as follows: In previous years, sections at TIFF have included Perspectives Canada, Canada First!, City to City ( 2009 to 2016), Future Projections, Vanguard (up to 2016), and Visions (up to 2011). According to

4484-428: The umbrella organization running TIFF was named "Toronto International Film Festival Group" (TIFFG). In 2009, the umbrella organization TIFFG was renamed to TIFF. In 2001, Perspective Canada, the programme that had focused on Canadian films since 1984, was replaced by two programmes: As of 2015, Canadian films are now simply included alongside international films in the other film programs rather than being grouped as

4560-421: The winning films were screened at a smaller follow-up "Canada's Top Ten" festival at the Lightbox the following January, with a People's Choice Award then presented for that minifestival. In 2018, TIFF announced a change, under which instead of a dedicated festival, each Top Ten film will receive its own standalone theatrical run at the Lightbox throughout the year. Since 1984, every decade TIFF has also produced

4636-441: The world and showing them to eager audiences in Toronto. Founded by Bill Marshall , Dusty Cohl , and Henk Van der Kolk , the inaugural event took place from October 18 through 24, 1976. That first year, 35,000 filmgoers watched 127 films from 30 countries presented in ten programmes. Piers Handling had been the festival's director and CEO since 1994, while Noah Cowan became co-director of TIFF in 2004. In late 2007, Cowan became

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4712-443: The year: the Golden Puffin' was given to Angelina Nikonova for her Twilight Portrait . FIPRESCI awarded Volcano by Rúnar Rúnarsson , who also got The Church of Iceland award. Environment Award winner was Risteard O'Domhnaill for his movie The Pipe . Béla Tarr received a Lifetime Achievement Award and Lone Scherfig got a Creative Excellence Award. The Best Icelandic Short Award was given to Börkur Sigþórsson for Skaði . What

4788-560: Was Queen of Montreuil by Sólveig Anspach . International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) awarded Sean Baker for her film Starlet and the Church of Iceland gave its award for Meni Yaesh and his film God's Neighbours . In 2013, the festival celebrated its tenth anniversary. RIFF guests and visitors had the opportunity to participate in joke-cinema, midnight movie, cave-cinema, screenings in 'Borg' restaurant, various discussions with film creators, talent lab for youngsters and many other events. Golden Puffin and FIPRESCI Award in 2013

4864-423: Was Canadian directors Harry Cherniak and Dusty Mancinelli for their project Winter Hymns . In 2015 Iceland celebrated the 100 years anniversary of women's right to vote, which was reflected in a special focus on films made by women or with a female point of view in the festival. In 2016, the thirteenth edition of the festival took place from September 29 to October 10. Its theme was "What Kind of Peace", which

4940-465: Was awarded to Krisha by director Trey Edward Shults . Jerry Rothwell 's How to Change the World got Environmental Award, and Matthew Heineman 's Cartel Land was awarded with Audience Award. This year two shorts were joint winners of The Best Icelandic Short: Jón Ásgeir Karlsson's Heimildarminnd/Docyoumentary and Eva Sigurðardóttir's Regnbogapartý/Rainbow Party . The recipient of The Golden Egg

5016-615: Was brought on board to supervise the film selection, and he has worked with us since. Eipides had gained experience as a programmer for the Toronto and Montreal Film Festivals as well as the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece. In 2005, the foundation for the programme for the future was laid and a number of current categories surfaced for the first time. A Lifetime Achievement Award

5092-412: Was from his original script while the other 80 percent came about from a real-time reworked script based on the circumstances and conditions that arose on location. Dvortsevoy rehearsed all of the sequences with the animals or on the tractor, but the emotional scenes were rehearsed without dialogue and only fully performed at the time of filming. Samal, who played Asa's sister and the mother of the children,

5168-503: Was given a Lifetime Achievement Award and his latest movie Mr. Turner was screened to a full audience. Ruben Östlund was honored as an emerging master and became somewhat of a sensation in the city during the festival. A special panel program was dedicated to the theme of war and peace with topics ranging from the Russo-Ukrainian war , screenings of Finnish war movies and a visit from reporter John Pilger. Another special part of

5244-559: Was given for Italian film director Uberto Pasolini and his work called Still Life . The Creative Excellency Award was given to Laurent Cantet , James Gray and Lukas Moodysson , who also got the Audience Award for We Are the Best! . Church of Iceland gave its award to Ritesh Batra for her movie called The Lunchbox . RIFF returned in 2014 with a larger festival than the previous year. In addition to regular cinema screenings

5320-512: Was given to Abbas Kiarostami and a retrospective of his works was screened along with an exhibition of his photographs. A Discovery of the Year award was given out for the first time to Cristi Puiu , director of the film The Death of Mr. Lazarescu . Over 13,000 people came to see the festival's seventy films. In 2006, RIFF's reputation had spread considerably, and the number of international guests multiplied. Representatives from media such as Variety , The Guardian and IndieWIRE attended

5396-538: Was handed out to the film The Rider by acclaimed director Chloé Zhao. It was Roser Corella's film Grab and Run that won the Environmental award for the category A Different Tomorrow. The Golden Egg was handed out to Charlotte Scott-Wilson's film Hold on . This year's honorary guest included film maker Werner Herzog and director Olivier Assayas. Sergei Loznitsa opened the fifteenth RIFF festival in 2018 with his film Donbass. The focus of this year's festival were

5472-424: Was held for the fourth time. Many filmmakers from all over the world visited Reykjavík for the festival. Among them was Aki Kaurismäki , who received the Reykjavík International Film Festival honorary awards, presented by the president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson . Hungarian film Iska's Journey by director Csaba Bollók was named Discovery of the Year. Iska's Journey received the Golden Puffin, awarded for

5548-449: Was held where young people from Europe and America were invited to meet in Reykjavík and see what the film industry had to offer on the other side of the globe. This was only a fraction of the special events RIFF had to offer in 2008. One of the biggest events at the festival and one of the festival's all-over highlights was the visit of 2009's honorary guest - Miloš Forman . Apart from Forman, many international guests came to Reykjavík for

5624-496: Was reflected in the themes addressed by the selection of films as well as special events such as a peace talk that accompanied the festival. The Golden Puffin was awarded to " Godless ", directed by Bulgarian director Ralitza Petrova. It was part of the "New Visions" category, which features debut or sophomore films by the directors and challenge cinematic conventions. The plot centres on a nurse who traffics ID cards of demented patients and according to this year's jury "the film combines

5700-498: Was the only professional actress on set having worked on stage in the theatre, however at the time of filming she was only nineteen years old. Still "only a child herself", she struggled to grow accustomed to the household chores and motherly duties during her month living in the yurt. Askhat Kuchinchirekov, the actor who portrayed Asa, was not a professional but still a student at one of the film schools in Kazakhstan. The three children were able to rehearse scenes to different degrees with

5776-616: Was very familiar with Kazakhstan's countryside. In an interview at the New York Film Festival he revealed how he had always wanted to tell a story about such a barren setting. Dvortsevoy has said that the people who live in the Hunger Steppe have always intrigued him; in the interview he revealed how he has always noticed an inner balance to the people that live in this part of the world, a happiness despite subjective adversity that has always interested him. Casting for

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