Lögberg-Heimskringla - 20.04.2001, Blaðsíða 5

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 20. apríl 2001 • 5
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Svavar and Guðrún on a “farewell” tour
Left to right: Kathleen DeLong, Acting Chief Librarian, Svavar Gestsson, and
Walter Sopher. Svavar Gestsson was in Edmonton recently and presented to the
University of Alberta Libraries on behalf of Norðurljós, Edmonton’s INL Chapter,
the complete English translation of the Icelandic sagas. photo counesy ofRoben Bemum
Svavar Gestsson and Guðrún Ágústsdóttir were special guests at the Vatnabyggð,
SK Þorrablót recently. Above, Guðrún and Joan Eyolfson Cadham
smile for the camera. Photo: Svavar Gestsson
Velkominn
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In 1993 he joined the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and was Ambassador of
Iceland to the Kingdom of Norway
from 1993 to 1998. In this post, he was
also Ambassador to the Czech
Republic, the Slovak Republic, the
Republics of Poland, Korea, Cyprus,
and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia. Most recently he has been
Ambassador to South Africa, Namibia,
and Mozambique, stationed in
Reykjavík.
During his tenure as a member of
the Alþing, Eiður chaired the Budget
Committee, the Nordic Council
Cultural Committee, the Social
Democratic party group in the Alþing,
and the Nordic Council Legal
Committee. He headed the Icelandic
delegation at the United Nations
Conference on the Environment and
Development in Rio de Janeiro in June
1992.
Eiður is married to Eygló Helga
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Icelandic film at Toronto festival
Pholo courtesy of Patrick Hubley at Sprockets
Hjalti Rúnar Jónsson plays Bóas, the main character in the movie.
The Sprockets Toronto
International Film Festival for
Children will be screening the
Icelandic lilm Ikíngut.
Ikíngut is the story of an Inuit boy
who lands on Iceland’s northem shores
in the winter of 1698. He has never seen
Europeans before, and the people in the
village have never encountered an Inuit.
The town’s folk are afraid, but one boy,
Bóas, befriends Ikíngut, and helps to set
him free. The film looks at intolerance
and overcoming the fear of those who
are different. It is aimed at children ages
nine and up. Gísli Snær Erlingsson
directed this film (he also directed well-
known Icelandic children’s film
Benjamin Dove.)
One of the feature films at the festi-
val, Ikíngut screens at 12:15 pm on
Saturday, April 21, at 4:15 pm on
Sunday April 22, and at 1:00 pm on
Saturday, April 28. All screenings take
place at the Cineplex Odeon Varsity
Cinemas in the Manulife Centre, 55
Bloor St. W.
The Festival also features two
Swedish feature films, Pettson and
Findus and A Witch in the Family, and
one Danish feature entitled Rubber
Tarzan. In its Short Films offerings,
there are several Danish films screening.
Haraldsdóttir, who is a piano teacher.
They have three children.
We look forward to their arrival in
Winnipeg in August, and welcome
them heartily to Canada.
Vatnsdal nominated
for three awards
Caelum Vatnsdal has received three
nominations from the Manitoba
Writing and Publishing Awards
Committee. His book Kino delirium: the
films ofGuy Maddin has been nominated
for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book
Award and the Eileen McTavish Sykes
Award for Best First Book by a Manitoba
Author. It was also nominated for the
Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award.
Designed by Esyllt Jones, ria julien, John
K. Samson, and Todd Scarth, it was pub-
lished by Arbeiter Ring Publishing.
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