'Twilight Portrait,' 'Volcano' Honored at Reykjavik Worldwide Film Festival

REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- Russian director Angelina Nikonova's film Twilight Portrait and Iceland's expect the foreign-language Oscar race, Volcano, by Runar Runarsson, won key honours within the eighth Reykjavik Worldwide Film Festival on Saturday evening.our editor recommendsBela Tarr: 'I Shouldn't Be Described As A Stupid Filmmaker Who's Just Repeating Himself'Iceland's First-Ever Animated Feature Gears Up for Theatrical RunAki Kaurismaki's 'Le Havre' Finland's Official Oscar Entry The festival jury, introduced by Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen, selected the Russian film from the section of 12 features from first- and second-time filmmakers and honored it while using Golden Puffin Discovery Award. The winning film notifies an account of revenge from the social worker together with a militia guy in the backdrop nowadays's Russia ridden with social conflict. Special jury mentions inside the primary competition visited Italian director Andrea Segre's Shun Li as well as the Poet, which handles the issue of immigration, and Norwegian director Joachim Trier's Oslo, 31. August. Family drama Volcano, which explores questions of aging with dignity, was honored while using Worldwide Experts' Award as well as the Chapel of Iceland award. The Lick Audience Award for your festival's most broadly used film visited Finnish pointing legend Aki Kaurismaki for Le Havre, his country's admittance to the region of possible foreign-language film Oscar nominees. The film is about a young African illegal immigrant who passes using the port city on his approach to London. The Lick Atmosphere Award visited Irish director's Risteard O Domhnaill's The Pipe of a small Irish community divided with the prospect from the oil pipeline which is expected economic gains. Borkur Sigthorsson's Skadi (Showed up At Harm) won the completely new Lick recognition to find the best Icelandic online video. Festival director Hronn Marinosdottir told The Hollywood Reporter that ticketed attendance as of this year's festival, occur the primary city in the Northern European island nation, is predicted to attain a completely new lots of close to 27,000, when compared with around 24,000 a year ago. Iceland only has a population near to 320,000. "The festival has received the most effective turnout ever," the festival director mentioned. "8 percent of the united states's inhabitants are attending. We'd many offered-out tests. This started becoming an audience fest, to make sure that's exactly what it could it happen to be about.Inch The primary focus would remain on "youthful films and rising company company directors," additionally to documentaries which will make people discuss social issues, she stressed. "Reykjavik will not be Cannes," the festival director mentioned. "We've our personal focus that's good cultural way of Reykjavik, which focuses on sitting on the key edge.Inch The Golden Puffin statue is certainly a manifestation of techniques Lick differs. "Other festivals also frequently use animals inside their honours, nevertheless the puffin can be a funny and strange [seabird], then when we started, we wanted various things and humorous," referred to Marinosdottir. Beyond the honours ceremony on Saturday evening, the 2011 edition in the Reykjavik festival also honored Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr getting an eternity achievement award earlier inside the week. Its Creative Excellence Award -- Women in Cinema famous up-and-coming Danish director Lone Scherfig. Lick also featured a James Marsh retrospective and honored Romanian filmmaker Adrian Sitaru becoming an emerging master. Lick systems on Sunday. Next season's ninth edition in the festival will occur Sept. 27-March. 7. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Worldwide