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Anton Corbijn On 50 Years Of Capturing Icons, Making Movies, And Never Losing The Spark
“I went to a photography school one day a week, but it was just hopeless. They put you off photography, if anything,” says one of today’s most influential music and portrait photographers, sitting across from me in a dimly lit speakeasy, closed…
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Grapevine Events: RIFF, Joy Orbison, dj. flugvél og geimskip
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! A new issue of The Grapevine is currently being distributed around the country, with music legends Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm gracing our cover. Their album, Alveg, is out on streaming services today — but we…
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RIFF Rolls Into Town: Documentaries Shine At Reykjavík’s Biggest Event For Cinephiles
“Watching a film on the big screen is like listening to vinyl, now that you’re used to listening to music on your iPhone,” says Frédéric Boyer, Head of Programming at the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF), when I call him a few…
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Break-In At RIFF Headquarters
On August 19, the offices of the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) were broken into and several items were stolen. RIFF reported the incident on their Facebook page on August 21, asking the public to notify the organisation about any suspicious activity…
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RIFF Roundup: An Exploration Of Ukrainian War & Norwegian Therapy
What one sees during the second half of a festival is often more determined by contingency than design. I had decided to see Viet And Nam on the Wednesday. Vietnam War films were all the rage in Hollywood in the ‘80s but…
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RIFF Roundup: Searching for Superstars
Everyone had their theory about what was up with Nastassja Kinski. Her masterclass in the Nordic House seemed like an uncomfortable reminder of the worst date you have ever been on, as repeated attempts were made to extract whole sentences but the…
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Cinephiles, Brace Yourselves For RIFF
“Ooof!” I let out a loud sigh as the first iteration of the Reykjavík International Film Festival programme lands in my hands. At a mere 112 pages, navigating the festival’s schedule feels like trying to choose a movie on a weeknight. You…
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Katla Sólnes’ Latest Film Is A Love Letter To Nature
“What I love about directing is that it’s a combination of all the artistic cycles — it’s photography, it’s acting, it’s music, it’s styling, it’s interior design, it’s everything,” says writer and director Katla Sólnes. When we speak, it’s morning in New…
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Everybody In The Pool!
RIFF turns 20 with the world’s biggest* swim-in cinema Anyone familiar with the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) knows that the cinematic programming changes from one year to the next, but one happening remains constant and that’s the swim-in cinema. It’s exactly…
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Grapevine Events: Culture Night, Swim-in Cinema & So Much More
Can you believe what date it is? How are we already more than halfway through 2023? It seems like yesterday that August still felt like a holiday, the lazy hazy days just lolling away with not a care in the world. But…
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RIFF To Celebrate Its 20th Anniversary In September
Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) will return September 28 with a captivating 10-day programme. What’s more, this year marks RIFF’s 20th anniversary. RIFF is the biggest film festival in Iceland one of Europe’s most notable film festivals. The 2023 program will feature a…
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Grapevine Events: Girl Gang Screening, Mighty Bear, and Extreme Chill!
Girl Gang (screening) + Panel Discussion Friday October 7th at 17:30 – Háskólabío – 1.900 ISK Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) has been taking over the city and will be screening ‘Girl Gang’, followed by panel discussion moderated by none other than…
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Grapevine Events: Cinema Extravaganza!
RIFF Swim In Cinema – The Truman Show September 30th at 19:30 – Sundhöllin – 3,400 ISK Reykjavík International Film Festival is back, baby! This much-loved gathering of film enthusiasts is just what we needed to usher in autumn. RIFF’s ever-popular swim-in…
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Riff It Up And Start Again: Reykjavík International Film Festival Welcomes Arthouse Cinema To Iceland
Cannes, Berlin, Venice… Reykjavík? Our petite, northern city might not be the first to spring to mind when it comes to cinema, but for 19 years now the people behind the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) have been doing their darndest to…
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Return Of The RIFF: The Reykjavík International Film Festival Bounces Back
This September sees the return of Iceland’s leading celebration of cinema to its more familiar format, following a year of suspended animation enforced by the pandemic. In 2020 the Reykjavík International Film Festival rode out the viral waves by taking to the…
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RIFF & Chill: The Reykjavík International Film Festival Goes Digital – Hybrid
Make sure your connection is strong and electricity stays running because the Reykjavík International Film Festival is back and this time can be enjoyed from the comfort of your new IKEA sofa. Yes, for its 2020 iteration, the annual cinematic lollapalooza is…
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Get Your RIFF On!: The Grapevine Picks
Cinephiles assemble! RIFF, The Reykjavík International Film Festival is back and will be bringing some much needed visual content to our proud city from September 26th through October 6th. We at the Grapevine consider ourselves to be quite the intellectuals, so here…
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Moviegoers And Fanatics Unite: It’s RIFF O’clock
RIFF returns for its sixteenth year and will be held from September 26th through October 6th. The festival offers an expansive program of screenings, Q&A sessions, screening in a swimming pool, a masterclass with legendary director Claire Denis, and more. The official…
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Killing the Future: Is There A “Too Soon” On Movies About Tragedies?
The problem with many movies about real life killers is that they are shown from the murderer’s point of view, making him by extension the protagonist of the tale, rather than their victims. After all, we know the name of Anders Behring…
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Cinematic Treasures: RIFF ’18 Focuses On Baltic Cinema
The Reykjavík International Film Festival—or RIFF—offers film enthusiasts the chance to see the kind of independent films not often found in regular cinema programming. Seeking to put a spotlight on films that have not yet been in focus within Iceland, the festival…
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Guerrilla Film-Making
Legendary film-maker Werner Herzog is no stranger to Iceland. Apart from his recent documentary on the island’s geological turmoil, ‘Into The Inferno,’ he also has an abiding love for the medieval document the Codex Regius—also known as the Poetic Eddas of the…
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Of Miners and Moonshine: Debut Film From Icelandic Director In Denmark
It’s interesting to note that despite most of them studying abroad, Icelandic film directors almost universally come home to start their careers. This was true of the men of the “Icelandic Film Spring” in the 1980s, so titled as it was a…
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Jimi Tenor Comes To Iceland To Play Live Film Score
Jimi Tenor, the esteemed Finnish electronic and experimental musician who’s released with Warp, Kitty-Yo and, more recently, Sähkö Recordings, will play a one-off show in Reykjavík tomorrow night as part of the RIFF film festival. The occasion is a special screening of…