Reykjavík Grapevine - 25.09.2009, Page 23

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Smoked puffin with blueberry
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Lobster tails baked in garlic
Pan-fried monkfish with lobster sauce
Grilled Icelandic lamb Samfaina
Minke Whale with cranberry-sauce
Chocolate cake with berry compoté
and whipped cream
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230 Reykjanesbær
421-2225
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Expand Yr Mind At Nordisk Panorama
ScandTastic shorts and docs, right in 101
So far, this September has proven
a buffet for movie... buffs. And it’s
not letting up. With RIFF still going
strong, yet another fine film fest will
commence today. It’s called Nordisk
Panorama, and you need to check it
out. Seriously.
Nordisk Panorama is an annual
film festival that travels the Nordic
countries and focuses on shorts and
documentaries. And now, it has hit
Iceland. For the next six days (starting
today, so run to the theatre), they will
screen the cream of Scandinavia's
shorts and doc crop, at the veritable
101 institution Regnboginn on
Hverfisgata.
The Scandinavian film scene is
all but conventional, with directors
like Lars von Trier and Lukas
Moodysson—both veterans of Nordisk
Panorama—running amok, challenging
conventions. Nordisk Panorama
embraces this tradition and celebrates
it. At the fest, you’ll find documentaries
about serious issues like human rights
violations in Burma and North Korea,
as well as lighter, less conventional
themes such as bored civil servants
and events that take place in normal
Finnish living rooms.
The shorts deal with classical
Scandinavian themes like loneliness,
depression and nudity, but anything
can happen and they are far from
banal. Be careful not to miss out on
the Icelandic films, which include the
stunning documentary "Dreamland."
It’s worth mentioning that a pass to
see all 72 films is only 2.000 ISK—
individual screenings (usually about 2
hours of film) go for 500 ISK. BEB
For further information, a full schedule,
etc., visit: www.nordiskpanorama.com
Flick Picks From Nordisk Panorama
Documentaries
The red Chapel
“A journalist, a spastic and a comedian
travel to North Korea with a mission to
challenge the conditions of the smile
in one of the world's most notorious
regimes.” Their pretext is being a small
theatre troupe on a cultural exchange.
This is surely one of the more
interesting glimpses of life in North
Korea you’ll get in a while.
Saturday, September 26 –14:00
Tuesday, September 29 –14:00
The Living room of the Nation
This doc provides a poetic, portrait-
like view into six Finnish living rooms.
A collage of everyday events, the
film is a story of change, loneliness,
responsibilities and the unavoidable
passing of time.
Sunday, September 27 – 22:00
Monday, September 28 –14:00
Shorts
anna
Anna is a 12-year-old girl that lives in
a small fishing village. In her life, she
is facing crossroads. Her surroundings
are changing—and so is she. Anna is
a film about how sometimes it seems
impossible to share all the emotions
that we struggle with, and how difficult
it is to put trust in others.
Sunday, September 27 – 14:00
Monday, September 28 – 14:00
mirror
The title of this film stems from
the quotation from one of the
bodybuilders featured in it: "To be a
great bodybuilder you have to be very
narcissistic. A 100 metre sprinter has
the time to fight against, a weightlifter
the weights. The bodybuilder only has
the mirror."
Saturday, September 26 – 10:00
Monday, September 28 – 12:00
1100.- kr