Best Photography In Almeria

Sophia Olsson the photograph of Smafuglar (2 Birds) received The ‘Cecilio Paniagua’ award for The Best Photography at The Almería en Corto International Film Festival in Andalusia Spain.
At the official web page of the Festival it says that the jury was especially impressed with her use of the light as a narritive element.

Official Selection For Sundance

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.
Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) has been chosen for The Official Selection at Sundance Film Festival 2009.

"The shorts program at Sundance has long been a place to discover new talent, and this year's directors are no exception," said John Cooper, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. "We are seeing very accomplished filmmaking, with some of the most entertaining and engaging films in the Festival."

"It is indicative of the quality of the work that we programmed a record 96 films this year. The program is terrific from top to bottom, with a nice balance of different genres, tones and styles," said Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer. "From clever animation and really funny performances to provocative subject matters and completely bizarre imagery and stories, this year's filmmakers are truly original storytellers. We are thrilled to be able to present thi in theatres at the Festival and a selection of thi online through iTunes for those who can't make it to Park City."

Short films screen in Festival theatres prior to a feature film or as part of one of the Festival's eight short film programs. During the Festival, a Short Film Jury awards prizes based on outstanding achievient and merit in U.S. and International Short Filmmaking. The 2009 Short Film Program Awards Ceriony will be held Tuesday, January 20th.

This year, the Sundance Film Festival will highlight an exclusive selection of 10 short films over 10 days on the iTunes Store (www.iTunes.com). All 10 films will be available as FREE downloads beginning January 15 and running through January 25, 2009. Sundance has partnered with Shorts International to provide digital distribution services and encoding services to the selection of 2009 films.

http://festival.sundance.org

Grand Prix in Siena

SMÁFUGLAR (2 BIRDS) won The Grand Prix for the Best Film at The 13th Siena International Short Film Festival.
The prize was awarded during the closing ceremony of the Festival which took place Saturday 29 at at Cinema Nuovo Pendola.

Official Selection In Pontino

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in The Official Selection at The Pontino Short Film Festival. ,
The festival is scheduled from the 7th to the 11th of January 2009 and takes place in Pontino in The Italian Lazio region. MORE INFO

The 21st European Film Awards

All The Short Films that are nominated for The 21st European Film Awards will be screened in Cinemateket in Copenhagen the 4th of Desember.
The screening is a part of The European Film Week in copenhagen that ends with The European Film Academy Award ceremony

The Nominees are:
Runar Runarsson's Smáfuglar (2 Birds) ,Hanro Smitsman's "Raak," James Lees' "The Apology Line," Cyril Paris' "Un Bisou pour le monde," Johnny Kelly's "Procrastination," Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy's "Joy," Darren Thornton's "Frankie," Luis Cook's "The Pearce Sisters," Marc Reisbig's "Time is Running Out," Laila Pakalnina's "Uguns," Sam Taylor-Wood's "Love You More," Ivan Ramadan's "Tolerantia," Koen Dejaegher's "De Onbaatzuchtigen," and Laszlo Nemes' "Tuerelem."

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Official Selection In Leuven

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) is in the Official Selection at The 14th International Short Film Festival in Leuven
The festival takes place 29 November - 6 December in Kunstencentrum STUK.
Smáfuglar (2 Birds) are the second film of Runarsson’s Crossroad trilogy. The first one is the award winning and Oscar nominated short film Síðasti Bærinn (The Last Farm) MORE INFO.
That will be screened as well in Leuven in a program Called "Focus Iceland".

Official Selection In Almeria

Smáfuglar (2 Burds) is in the official selection for The 7th International Festival of Shorts "Almeria in Short" .
The Festival takes place 5-13 of December in Almeria in Spain.

Official Selection In Siena

Between the 24th -29th of November will Smáfuglar (2 Birds) take part in The Official Competition at The 15th International Short Film Festival in Siena italy.
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Oslo International Film festival

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is screened in the last weekend of November at The Oslo International Film Festival

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Awards in Brest

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) received two awards and a special mention at 23rd Brest European Short Film Festival that finished the 15th of november.It was The : Prix du Jury Jeune ,Prix Européen France 2 ,Mention spéciale Prix Européen du Conseil Régional de Bretagne that Smáfuglar flew home with.

The Edda Award

The members of The Icelandic film Academy elected Smáfuglar (2 Birds) The Best Short at the annual Edda Award ceremony in Reykjavik. The Main Actor of The Film Atli Óskar Fjalarsson was present to receive the award.

Nomination For The Edda Awards

The Icelandic film Academy has announced that Smáfuglar (2 Birds) is Nominated for The Best Short Film at The Edda Awards 2008.

Grand Prix In Essone

25th October
Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was awarded The Grand Prix du Conseil général de l’Essonne au court métrage at 10th Festival du cinéma européen en Essonne.
The award was received by Tómas Ingi Olrich The Icelandic Ambassador in Paris,

Best Fiction in Curtocircuit

Friday the 24th of October
Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was awarded The Best International Fiction at The 5th Curtocircuito International Film Festival at Santiago De Compostela in Spain.

Best International Short Film In Cork

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) was awarded The Best International Short Film at The Cork Film Festival.
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Best Short Film In Warsaw

The award ceremony of The 24th Warsaw Film Festival took place in the Stefan Starzyński Hall of the Palace of Culture and Science.
The Jury of The Short Film Competition: Milan Babić, director (Serbia), Matthew Brown, director (South Africa), and Marcin Wrona, director (Poland), gave The Best Short Film Award to
2 BIRDS / SMÁFUGLAR, dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland
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Official Selection In Brest

The 23rd Brest European Short Film Festival announced that Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) by Runar Runarsson has been selected for the European Short Movies’ competition.
The festival takes place 8/16 NOV. 2008
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Official Selection at ALCINE

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) is in The Official Competition at The 38th Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid film festival (ALCINE). That takes place 7-15 of November .

During the 38 years of its history the Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid film festival (ALCINE) has confirmed its prestige and has turned into one of Spain's most important short film competitions. It has become an obligatory point of reference for experts and cine lovers alike. Furthermore, it constitutes one of the main cultural events in Alcalá de Henares - cultural, artistical and universitarian place of the first rank as well as Patrimony of Humanity.

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Official Selection In Recife

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) where chosen for The Official Competition at The Janela Internacional de Cinema in Recife in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil.
The Festival takes place between 13-20 of November.

In its first edition, the festival will give a special focus on short films, which remain a privileged environment for experimentation, also exploring other formats and looking for interaction with other arts.
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Official Selection In Zagreb

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) is among 15 other Short Films chosen for The Official Competition at The 6th Zagreb Film Festival.
The Festival takes place between the 19-25 of October.
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Official Selection In Bristol

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) is in the Official Selection for The 14th edition of the Encounters Short Film Festival that takes place in the wonderful city of Bristol, UK from 18 - 23 November.
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Official Selection In Essonne

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) are in the Official Selection at The 10th Festival du cinéma européen en Essonne that takes place between the 10-25 October.
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Official Selection In Uppsala

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) are in the Official Selection for The 27th Uppsala International Short Film Festival takes place 20-26 October 2008.
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Official Selection In Rio

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) is in the Official Selection for The Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema 2008 that will be held from October 30th to November 9th. This will be a South American Premier of the film.
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Official Selection In Warsaw

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) has been selected for The Warsaw Film Festival that takes place from the 10-19 of October.
The Warsaw Film Festival (WFF), organized by the Warsaw Film Foundation, is the key international film event in Poland, recognized by FIAPF. The WFF is held every year starting from 1985, always in October during the Polish 'golden autumn', a great time to visit our country.
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Official Selection in Cork

The 53rd Cork Film Festival has chosen Smáfuglar (2 Birds) for The International Short Film Competition. The festival takes place 12 - 19 October.
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European Film Award Announce Short Nominees

The 21st European Film Awards, to be held in Copenhagen on December 6, 2008, have announced the full list of nominees for their short film award.The 1,800 members of the European Film Academy will now vote for the winner.

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) by Runar Runarsson is among the nominees

The other nominees are
:Hanro Smitsman's "Raak," James Lees' "The Apology Line," Cyril Paris' "Un Bisou pour le monde," Johnny Kelly's "Procrastination," Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy's "Joy," Darren Thornton's "Frankie," Luis Cook's "The Pearce Sisters," Marc Reisbig's "Time is Running Out," Laila Pakalnina's "Uguns," Sam Taylor-Wood's "Love You More," Ivan Ramadan's "Tolerantia," Koen Dejaegher's "De Onbaatzuchtigen," and Laszlo Nemes' "Tuerelem."

MORE INFO The European Film Academy

All the nominated Shorts will be screened at The Ghent International Film Festival that celebrates its 35th anniversary edition from October 7th-18th, 2008. All directors will be present at the Festival between the 10th-12th of October.

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Best Short Film In Milano

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was awarded The Best Short Film at The 13th Milano Film Festival. The director Runar Runarsson was present to receive the Award from the Jury.
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Award in La Ciotat

Smáfuglar won the second prize of the Best of Short Film Festival 2008 in La Ciotat !
The Festival of rewarded short films from both hemispheres in 2007/2008 where in The official Selection.
64 awarded movies from all around the world had been viewed during the festival.

The review from the jury was following
"The 13 jury members where very touched by the film and particularly its silent end".

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Official Selection

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) has been chosen for the International competition of Curtocircuito The 5th International Short Film Festival in Santiago de Compostela . The Festival takes place from Oct 17th to Oct 24th.
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Official Selection

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) has been chosen for the main competition of The 14th International Short Film Festival in Drama Greece. The Festivalthat takes place between the 15 – 20 of September.
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Official Selection

From 8th till 12th of October 2008 the sixth edition of the shnit shortfilmfestival will take place in the city of Berne – the capital of Switzerland. The young and vibrant festival has established itself quickly among Europe’s most innovative platforms for short films of all kind.Smáfuglar (2 Birds) is in the international competition.
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2 Birds in Norway

The North Cape Film Festival takes place 10-14 of september. The main center for the festival is in Honningsvåg, the town next to the North Cape. The festival program has been announced and 2 Birds is a part of the Capalbio Film Festival showcase.
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2 Birds Qualifying for The Oscars Pre-selection

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has published the rules for The 81st Academy Awards.
One of the rules for the Shorts is
“The film must have participated in a competitive film festival as specified in the Academy Festival List, and must have won a best-in-category award. Proof of the award must be submitted with the entry. The Academy’s Short Films Awards Festival List may be obtained from the Academy and is available on the Academy’s Web site.”

In August 2008 did Smáfuglar (2 Birds) take part at MELBOURNE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (AUSTRALIA) and got The Award for The Best Fiction Short Film

This means that Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) is in the pre-selection for The 81st Academy Awards

FILMMAKERS OF TOMORROW

Smáfuglar ( 2 BIRDS ), has got the honor of being chosen for THE FILMMAKERS OF TOMORROW: program of the 35th Telluride Film Festival.

FILMMAKERS OF TOMORROW (FOTs) comprises four separate programs of short films: "Student Prints," "Calling Cards," Great Expectations," and "SHOWCase for Shorts."

2 birds is in Great Expectations that the festival describes
"We have especially high hopes for these gifted directors, who we believe will be making outstanding feature f ilms in the not-so-distant future."

More info at
Telluride Film Festival

Two Awards in Noci

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was honored with to awards at The 3rd Noci International Short Film Festival that took place 21-23 august , in Noci in the Puglia region of southern Italy.

The Best International Film Award &
The Award of the Puglia Region

where received by the director Rúnar Rúnarsson that attended the Festival

http://www.nocicinema.it

2 Birds in Copenhagen

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) will take part of the FUTURE SHORTS program in Copenhagen. The screenings take place at Gloria Biograf the 26. and 27. of august 2008 at 20.30.

This will be the Danish premier

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Official Selection in La Ciotat

The 7th International Best of Short Films Festival will take place 11- 14 september in La Ciotat France.
A mythical place that saw the twilight of Michel Simon, 80 years after the birth of the Lumiere's cinematograph with the “Arrival of the train at La Ciotat”,

The Festival of rewarded short films from both hemispheres in 2007/2008 are in The official Selection for The Grand Prize, The « Golden Sun » awarded by the international jury

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The Reykjavik International Film Festival

From a press release

"The Reykjavik International Film Festival is pleased to announce that Rúnar Rúnarssons short film, 2 birds (Smáfuglar), will be shown at this years festival. The film has been praised worldwide as one of the years best shorts. It was selected for the competition at the Cannes festival this year. Only 9 films out of approximately 5000 were selected. The list of prizes and nominations it has received is already truly impressive, for instance the film recently was awarded at the Dokufest festival in Kosovo.

2 birds is an unflinching look at the painful transition from childhood to the stark reality of adulthood. The story is simple in itself about a group of kids looking for some escapism, which has some terrible repercussions. Runar’s writing is filled with great observations and under his direction the teenagers turn out to be real characters, and not saturated by the nostalgic reminences of adulthood, as so often is the case. They drink, they long, they curse, have a rich and complicated inner life, yet they lack experience and the maturity to be fully independent individuals.

Although the surroundings and story are completely different, thematically it is a companion piece to Runar’s award winning and Oscar nominated short, The Last Farm (Síðasti bærinn í dalnum), where the main protagonist makes the ultimate sacrifice out of love. In that way, 2 Birds is a logical next step in the prolific collaboration between Runar and Zik Zak Filmworks and the second film in their Crossroad Trilogy.

RIFF considers it a great honour to be the first to show 2 birds in Iceland."

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Best Short Film In Kosova

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was awarded The Best Short Film at DOKUFEST The 7th International Documentary and Short Film Festival In Kosova.

The secund award this weekend makes this the 10 international award for Smáfuglar (2 Birds) which also has been nominated for The Golden Palm at Cannes and is nominated for the European Film Academy Awards that take place in December.

DOKUFEST, The International Documentary and Short Film Festival, is the largest film event in Kosova. The Festival is organized in August in the picturesque and historical town of Prizren which attracts numerous international and regional artists. In this annually organized festival films are screened twice a day in two open air cinemas as well as in two regular cinemas.

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BEST FICTION FILM AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Smáfuglar / 2 Birds has won the BEST FICTION FILM AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
at the award ceremony for the best MIFF shorts awards that took place Friday 8th of August at
the CAPITOL THEATRE in MELBOURNE.

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)one of the oldest festivals in the world and an iconic Melbourne event. MIFF hosts a feast of cinematic delicacies from over 50 countries for nineteen days each Winter, heavily garnished with a range of parties and special events that cast a celebratory mood over the city. The Festival enjoys annual admissions of more than 182,000, making it one of Melbourne's significant public events.
MIFF shorts is one of the most highly regarded short film competitions in the Asia Pacific region. This Oscar qualifying competition attracts the best short films from around the world. Brief and brilliant, local and international these shorts are a discovery of new voices, stories and talent.

Further info at
http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au

Smáfuglar In Sarajevo

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) are among The eight European film academy award - shorts -nominees 2008 that are screened in a special program at The 14th Sarajevo Film Festival that runs from the 15-23 of August.
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Official Selection in Milano

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds)is one of the 48 short films taking part in this year's Milano Film Festival international competition. Among the 2,206 shorts submitted.
The short films will be screened from September 12-21 2008 at the Teatro Strehler, at the Teatro Dal Verme, and in the Parco Sempione.
To see the list of the films selected for the 2008 Short Film Competition, please visit milanofilmfestival.it.

Official Selection in Noci

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) are in the Official Selection for the 3rd International Film Festival NociCortinfestival that takes place in Noci Italy between 21-23 of August.

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Official Selection in Malesco

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) has been selected for The 9th edition of the International shorts festivals MALESCORTO 2008. The Festival is taking place in Malesco in northern Italy from 4th to 9th of August 2008. Smáfuglar(2Birds) will be screened on tuesday the 5th of august at 21.15.

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Official Selection i Kosova

The short Film Smáfuglar (2 birds) has been chosen for Dokufest the International documentary and Short Film Festival that takes place between 4-10 of August in Prizren Kosova.
For info at:
http://dokufest.com

Official Selection at Nordisk Panorama

Smáfuglar (2 birds) has been chosen for Nordisk Panorama that is hosted by the City of Malmö in the south of Sweden between September 26th and October 1st 2008.
Nordisk Panorama celebrates its 19th year on the arena and is the largest short & documentary film festival of the Nordic countries.

More info at:
http://www.nordiskpanorama.com/

Official Selection in Melbourne

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an iconic Melbourne event. MIFF hosts a feast of cinematic delicacies from over 50 countries for nineteen days each Winter, heavily garnished with a range of parties and special events that cast a celebratory mood over the city. The Festival enjoys annual admissions of more than 182,000, making it one of Melbourne's significant public events.
MIFF shorts is one of the most highly regarded short film competitions in the Asia Pacific region. This Oscar qualifying competition attracts the best short films from around the world. Brief and brilliant, local and international these shorts are a discovery of new voices, stories and talent.

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) will be screened two times at MIFF.

First Thursday the 31st of July at 7:15 PM in Forum.
It will be screened together with the feature film MAGNUS by the director Kadri Kõusaar.
The Second screening will be in the INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 3 (100 min) program that takes place Wednesday the 6th of August at 5:15 PM in Kino.

Further info at
http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au

Awards in London

Smáfuglar (2Birds) was honored with following awards at
The 'Super Shorts International Film Festival 2008 in London

Anthony Mingella Best Director Award

Sasusfaction Best Drama Award

more info at
http://www.supershorts.org.uk/

3 Awards in Capalbio

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was honored with 3 awards at The 15th Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival in Italy.
The director Rúnar Rúnarsson was present to receive the awards

The Young Peoples Award
Awarded by the youth jury

Best Creative Subject
Awarded by the ADCI-The Art Directors Club of Italy

The Nisida Award
Prize awarded by the young people of the Juvenile Prison Nisida in Napoli