{"id":25919,"date":"2026-02-17T17:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockfishfestival.is\/?page_id=25919"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:04:17","slug":"shortfilms-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stockfishfestival.is\/en\/shortfilms-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortfish 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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ABOUT SHORTFISH<\/strong><\/h3>

Shortfish is an short film competition for Icelandic shorts held in four competition categories, where narrative films, documentaries, experimental works, and music videos are judged separately. The four categories reflect the vitality and diversity of filmmaking in Iceland today.<\/p>

The aim of the competition is to draw attention to emerging filmmakers and to encourage high-quality work through awards that can help lay the foundation for their next project. The prizes are sponsored by KUKL Equipment Rental and R\u00daV (The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service). The winning films will be broadcast on R\u00daV and made available on the R\u00daV online player.<\/p>

AWARDS<\/strong><\/h3>

One producer or director in the Sprettfiskur short film competition will receive an award of ISK 1,500,000 in memory of the accomplished producer Eva Mar\u00eda Danielsd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>

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Narrative fiction ISK 1,000,000 equipment credit at Kukl<\/p>

Documentary ISK 600,000 from R\u00daV ISK 500,000 equipment credit at Kukl<\/p>

Experimental ISK 300,000 from R\u00daV ISK 250,000 equipment credit at Kukl<\/p>

Music video ISK 250,000 equipment credit at Kukl<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fr\u00e1villingur<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

Director: Soff\u00eda Mj\u00f6ll S\u00e6mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Mads Friis Becquet<\/span><\/p>

To prove her worth, a young farm girl offers to accompany her neighbour to fetch lost sheep from the mountains but unexpected feelings change her course.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Submit<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Sam\u00fael L\u00fakas<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Krist\u00edn \u00d3sk S\u00e6varsd\u00f3ttir and Lea \u00c6varsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

A young and desperate director is given a difficult choice by the manipulative and<\/span><\/p>

elusive programmer of a film festival, which leads him down a morally complicated path.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Embla<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Katla S\u00f3lnes<\/span><\/p>

Producer: J\u00f3na Gr\u00e9ta Hilmarsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

A woman made from wood, is willed into existence by her maker and lover. Their relationship takes a turn when she mars her perfection by burning her finger.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Farewell, Row 9 Seat 1<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Jun Gunnar Lee<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Jun Gunnar Lee, Reynir Skarp and Inga Malen Andersen<\/span><\/p>

After being rejected from film school, a young cinema worker finds new hope and inspiration through a quirky projectionist and the magic of classic cinema.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Coming Home<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Salv\u00f6r Bergmann<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Salv\u00f6r Bergmann<\/span><\/p>

A young drug dealer must clean up his act when his addict mother is coming to visit him from prison on his birthday. As he attempts to tie up loose ends, his choices lead to a series of events that place those he cares about in grave danger.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Eliten<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Lov\u00edsa Dr\u00f6fn<\/span><\/p>

Executive Producer: Gabriela Uweis<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Caroline Mikkelsen Pohl and Maria Lundedal<\/span><\/p>

15-year-old elite gymnast Dagmar dreams of the national team, but a failed jump shatters her confidence. Now struggling with a mental block, she questions herself. Through her playful sister Nora (8), she rediscovers joy. As the final selection nears, Dagmar must decide\u2014chase perfection or embrace who she truly is.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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L\u00fap\u00edna<\/strong><\/h3>

A short documentary about the musical artist L\u00fap\u00edna.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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R\u00edfast<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Sindri Sigur\u00f0arson<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Sindri Sigur\u00f0arson<\/span><\/p>

R\u00edfast<\/span><\/i> is a documentary about the music duo Kusk and \u00d3vita. We follow them through the process of releasing an album, holding a release concert, and performing at Iceland Airwaves. Through interviews, music, and observational footage, we gain insight into their friendship, shared creative process, and their dream of making a living from music. <\/span>R\u00edfast<\/span><\/i> is an intimate film about passion, ambition, and friendship.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Family Threads<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Holly Evans<\/span><\/p>

Family Threads weaves together the untold stories of one small Icelandic family through delicate woolen stop-motion vignettes. Each scene is stitched together with yarn to bring to life moments of love, laughs, and losses.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Life Under the Mountain<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Alice Watterson<\/span><\/p>

In 1868 the prosperous farmstead at Fell in southeast Iceland was destroyed by a powerful glacial outburst flood, bringing into sudden focus the turbulent relationship between the glacier Brei\u00f0amerkurj\u00f6kull and the communities farming in its shadow.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Icelandic Hercules<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Orri Gu\u00f0mundsson<\/p>

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Smokebreak<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Rakel Andr\u00e9sd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

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In the Name of the Past, Present and Future<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Halld\u00f3ra L\u00edney Finnsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Halld\u00f3ra L\u00edney Finnsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

An exploration of the values of Western culture through time. The film was shot in January, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Do You Believe Me?<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Anna Lov\u00edsa<\/span><\/p>

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SAGES<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: \u00de\u00f3ra Hilmarsd\u00f3ttir @thorahilmars<\/span><\/p>

Executive producer: Erlendur Sveinsson\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur The\u00f3d\u00f3ra P\u00e9tursd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

SAGES is a music film for a new collaboration between artists \u00d3lafur Arnalds and<\/span><\/p>

Loreen. Written and directed by me. The film is inspired by the story of Frau TroCea, who<\/span><\/p>

in 1518, suddenly began dancing – an event that triggered the infamous \u2018dancing<\/span><\/p>

plague.\u2019 The film was shot on Iceland\u2019s southern peninsula, near the sites of recent<\/span><\/p>

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The Question of Landscape<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Irene Gomez Gomez Emilsson<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Charles Meunier<\/span><\/p>

The Question of Landscape (2025), is an experimental short film by Irene G\u00f3mez Emilsson. It is a moving landscape shot through a car window with a bespoke sound design and voice-over featuring French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty\u2019s text Eye and Mind translated into Icelandic. The installation aims to immerse the audience in its hypnotic movement and aural qualities to ultimately materialise the philosopher’s core concepts of \u2018the flesh\u2019 and of an infinite question, the question of landscape<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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DABB<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

Director: Vigd\u00eds \u00d3sk Howser Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Kristj\u00e1n Ernir Bj\u00f6rgvinsson and Vigd\u00eds \u00d3sk Howser Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

The year is 2035. Fannar attends a dinner with his girlfriend Lilja to meet her parents<\/span><\/p>

for the first time. Their home appears ordinary on the surface, but the energy is<\/span><\/p>

somehow off. In the United States, a civil war is underway. Hunger and poverty have<\/span><\/p>

never been greater in the world, but Fannar and Lilja are on their way to a dinner.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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T\u00edmi, ekki l\u00ed\u00f0a (Official Video)<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Anna R\u00f3shildur B. B\u00f8ving and Simon Bendroth<\/span><\/p>

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GKR – St\u00e6lar<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Magnus Andersen<\/span><\/p>

GKR wakes up alone on a cruise ship, where events quickly take an unexpected turn.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Television Love<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Erlendur Sveinsson<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Helena Hafsteinsd\u00f3ttir and Krist\u00edn Larsd\u00f3ttir Dahl<\/span><\/p>

The conversation, a journey through time, landscapes & aesthetics. Television Love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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She Knows<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: T\u00f3mas N\u00f3i Emilsson<\/span><\/p>

Producer: T\u00f3mas N\u00f3i Emilsson<\/span><\/p>

Haunted by a painful past, a quiet observer steps into a high society poker game, where an incident drags him back into the life he once abandoned.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mirror<\/strong><\/h3>

Director: Gy\u00f0a Valt\u00fdsd\u00f3ttir and Hanna Hulda Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

Producer: Gy\u00f0a Valt\u00fdsd\u00f3ttir and Hanna Hulda Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>

The music video for the song Mirror by Gy\u00f0a Valt\u00fdsd\u00f3ttir takes a lyrical approach to the song\u2019s subject matter. It explores how we see ourselves reflected in others, yet often struggle most with the mirrors that stand closest to us.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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TAKING MY TIME<\/strong><\/h3>

Directed by Sn\u00e6fr\u00ed\u00f0ur S\u00f3l Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir<\/p>

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