See Five Icelandic Film Shorts at the Austin Nordic Film Fest February 27
The Icelandic film shorts featured in the festival on Saturday February 27th are:
Misty Mountain – Iceland: 31 min, Drama
While based in a remote NATO radar station in Iceland in the late 1960s, Warren occasionally time traveled into the future, to the year 2006. Now, as his former destination in time becomes his present, he returns to prevent the death of the woman he fell in love with during his travels.
Wrestling (Iceland)
A love story of two men told through Iceland's national sport of “glima” (folk wrestling), where a code of honor called “Drengskapur” demands that the wrestlers always exhibit fairness, respect, and caring towards one another. Training partners Elnar and Denni take the code of honor one step further when they fall in love. 20 min.
The Last Farm (Síðasti bærinn) – Iceland: 15 min, Drama
In a remote corner of Iceland, winter is coming. An aging farmer named Hrafn is doing has final chores before leaving with his wife Gróa for a retirement home in the city. Their daughter Lilja will be coming after the weekend to pick them up. She calls her parents, interrupting her dad's lunch. Her mother is napping. The stoic Hrafn wants to make sure she won't come before Monday. What are these last chores?
The Magician (Iceland)
Daniel (11) thinks he is a Magician. But some things remain beyond his control.
Family Reunion (Iceland)
Katrin is returning to her native Iceland for her grandmother's 70th birthday. Her family in Reykjavik unwittingly engages her in discussions about marriage, children and her future.
The Nordic Film Fest in Austin is to be held on Saturday, February 27th at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's Spirit of Texas Theater. The films will show from 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm. For a full schedule of the film festival: http://nordicfilmfest.com/austin/
