SHORTFISH SELECTION 2024 ANNOUNCED
20 short films have been selected to participate in this year’s Shortfish. The goal of the competition is to draw attention to aspiring and versatile filmmakers and encourage future achievements with prizes that lay the foundation for the next project.
The rewards are supported by KUKL Rental and the Icelandic broadcaster RÚV, and winners will be included in RÚV VOD this year. 75 shorts were submitted, and the chosen 20 will compete in four categories divided into Fiction, Documentary, Experimental & Artistic Music Video Projects.
best narrative
Intrusion – Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter
Route 7 – Óskar Þorri Hörpuson
High Tide – Arina Vala Thordardottir
Alone – Þura Stína Kristleifsdóttir
Showers – Logi Sigursveinsson
best documentary
Hafey – Hanna Hulda Hafthorsdottir
Empath fridges – Rakel Jónsdóttir
New Life – Andri Freyr Gilbertsson
Mountain Saga – Edda Sól Jakobsdóttir
Misplaced – Michelle Pröstler
best experimental
If I Die, Will I Go Home? – Peter Thor
Soulmates – Alda Ægisdóttir
That’s Just How It Is – Björk Magnúsdóttir, Askur Benedikt Árnason Nielsen
Vagus Symphony – Hanna Björk Valsdóttir, Eirún Sigurðardóttir & Jóní Jónsdóttir
Fragments of the Attempt – Steiní Kristinsson
best creative music video
Yfir skýin – Lúpína, Hanna Hulda Hafþórsdóttir
Solarr – Talos, Máni M. Sigfusson
Problems – Flesh Machine, Snæfríður Sól Gunnarsdóttir
Spiritus Naturae Aeternus – Dustin O’Halloran, Markus Englmair
Holdgervingur Lauslætis + Imagine A Woman – Kristína Rannveig Jóhannsdóttir, Freyja Vignisdóttir
