Remember a good friend at the Skjaldborg Festival
The Skjaldborg Festival took place this weekend in Patreksfjörður and, according to organizers, went beyond hope. The least was the good friend of the festival who dropped out in January, Ásgeir Ingolfsson, in various ways over the weekend and, among other things, a prize was formed in honor of him.
Kristín Andrea Þórðardóttir is one of the organizers of the festival. In a conversation with mbl.is, she says the weekend has been extremely successful, it has come so much experience and although there is always something up, it is always solved with a solution -focused team. When asked, she says this has been the 18th festival.
« We have been joking with her being self -sufficient, » she says, laughing.
« He was one of our most permanent patrons »
« We started remembering a good friend who dropped out at the end of January this year. His name was Ásgeir Ingólfsson and was a cultural journalist and poet, » says Kristín.
« He was one of our most permanent patrons and we remembered him in various ways at the festival. One poem was read by him, which is unpublished, and we were selling two poetry books after him. The proceeds of it go to come out unpublished material after him, » she says.
At the same time, the first delivery of new prizes was given to the name Ásgeir and are dedicated to it. They were given the most loyal viewer, the one who attended the whole festival, « as he did ».
« He lived in Prague and always tried to come to Skjaldborg. He also always asked more questions in the question and answered and played a big part in everything. So we found it fun to start with this award. »
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The award winners of the festival
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The other prize winners of the festival were three. Skjaldborg’s audience award, Einarinn, was awarded the farmer and the factory. A picture that deals with the struggle of a farmer in Hvalfjörður with the system and reveals the powerless administration and the powerhouse of heavy industry on the government and the municipality.
Barði Guðmundsson and Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir directed and Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir at Krumma Films produced the film.
The award winners of the festival.
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The jury award of the Skjaldborg, the Ljóskastarið, for a full -length photo was awarded to the Amateur Paradise. In the film, Icelandic men from four generations share their own lives on YouTube – from opera songs in the living room at home to family videos and sincere confessions.
The jury said the film sincere, interesting, humorous and memorable. Janus Bragi Jakobsson directed and Tinna Ottesen at the Light Light produced the film.
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The jury award from Skjaldborg, Skjaldan, for a documentary film was undefeated. The film is about Hilmar Pál Jóhannesson, the father of the director, but after years of case with the City of Reykjavik for a plot in Gufunes he finds himself in a constant fight with the city and himself.
The jury said the author, Jóna Greta Hilmarsdóttir, an interesting film artist who has the future in the article.
The guest of honor of the festival
The guest of honor of Skjaldborg 2025 was Italian director Alessandra Celesia. She lives in Paris and Belfast and has been practicing documentary filming in Northern Ireland as well as in her home country. She is educated in literature and drama and began her career in stage lists before turning to documentary.
Alessandra gave a lecture on Saturday, after a show of her award -winning film The Flats. The film has traveled the festival cycle since early 2024 and won the main prize at CPH: Dox 2024 and the documentary of the year at IFTA, the Irish Academy Award.
mbl.is/guðlaugur Albertsson
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