Icelandic Film Festival
Icelandic film screenings taking place this Thursday Sept. 10th at the Landmark Varsity Theater (4329 University Way N.E., Seattle) as part of the Taste of Iceland Festival. In addition to a week of restaurant, music, DJ and other cultural events, the festival features "White Night Wedding" by Baltasar Kormakur, and the Icelandic DVD magazine Rafskinna.
White Night Wedding - Screening at 6:30
In 24 hours, forty-something professor Jon will be getting married to a student half his age. But before he can make it to the ceremony, he ll have to deal with a massive debt to his mother-in-law to-be, his extremely drunk best man, the logistics of a remote Icelandic island, an increasingly hostile reverend, and the guilt-ridden memory of his emotionally unstable first wife. Can love survive one final night under the midnight sun or is the road to happiness paved with blissful ignorance? Hilmir Snær Gudnason (101 REYKJAVÍK) stars in this internationally acclaimed comedy/drama from writer/director Baltasar Kormákur (JAR CITY) that The Calgary Herald calls a hilarious, darker version of Woody Allen or Alexander Payne. You won t see a better film this year than WHITE NIGHT WEDDING!
Rafskinna (Screening at 8:20)
is a cutting edge Icelandic DVD magazine featuring music videos, short films, artist videos and interviews with Icelandic and international artists. Rafskinna #3 features bands and artists such including Animal Collective, Antony and the Johnsons, Olaf Arnalds, Dalek, Emiliana Torrini, FM Belfast, Retro Stefson, Ragnar Kjartansson, Michael Madsen, Finboggi Petursson, Nico Muhly, Psychic TV, Curver Thoroddsen and more!
