Best Fiction in Evreux

Smafuglar (2 Birds) was awarded The Best Fiction at The 1st Festival International du Film Court Persona
Evreux, France
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Official Selection in Cologne

For the 3rd time, the Kurzfilmfreunde Köln e.V. organizes the European short film festival UNLIMITED in Cologne. From 18th to 23rd November 2009 the best European productions will be presented in a European Competition and films from Cologne and NRW will be screened in a Regional Competition. Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in the official selection
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Official Selection

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) is in the official selection at Le Festival international du film court Persona in France
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Euroshorts / Official Selection

Przemek Mlynczyk, The Artistic Director of The 18th Euroshorts Film Festival, has annancued the line up for the festival. Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in The Official Selection. The festival will start on November 13th, 2009 at Ujazdowski
Castle Centre of Contemporary Art and the screenings will continue in other film theatres, clubs and galleries
in Warsaw and in other cities.
The Schedule of events is now available at www.euroshorts.pl

Grand Off Nomination

Smafuglar(2 Birds) has received a nomination in the category: "Best Fiction" at the Grand OFF Awards 2009.
The fate of the nominations, which lies in the hands of 55 Grand OFF Jury Members coming from 24 countries, will be decided on the 21st of November, during the Grand OFF Awards Gala in Warsaw.
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Official Selection in Leeds

Smafuglar(2 Birds) is in The Official Selection at The 23rd Leeds International Film Festival
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2 Awards in Sapporo

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) has reached the milestone of 60 international awards. This weekend Atli Óskar Fjalarsson was awarded The Best Actor and Runar Runarsson awarded The Best Director at The 4th Sapporo International Short Film Festival.
http://sapporoshortfest.jp/

Official Selection at Filmini

"Two Birds" has been selected for the official "World's Best" programme of the 3.FILMINI International Short Film Festival that takes place 13 - 18 of october in Bulgaria
www.filmini.org

Official Selection in Granada

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in the official selection for the XVI Edition of Festival Internacional Jóvenes Realizadores
de Granada - España that takes place between 24 to 31 October
www.filmfest-granada.com

Official Selection at Pamplona

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in The Official Selection at The Pamplona International Film Festival that will be held next from October 5th until October 10th 2009.
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Official Selection in Eberswalde

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in The Official Selection at The 6th International film festival Eberswalde
http://www.filmfest-eberswalde.de

Award in Skopje

The film 2 BIRDS (Smafuglar) by Runar Runarsson was announced the winner in the category A Short Film Centering around Sexuality and the Problems It Entails of the Festival of Short Minimalist Films Kota 2023, which was organized in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia for the very first time.
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Official Selection in Skopje

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in the official selecton at The Film Festival “Kota 2023” that will take place in the period between 14th and 20th September at Kinoteka na Republika Makedonija in Skopje
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Best Short in Venice

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Public Choice in São Paulo

The 20th São Paulo International Short Film Festival announced the names of ten international films selected by the public, chosen after each session. Smafuglar (2 Birds) is one of those top ten.
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Official Selection in Forlì

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) is in the official selection of the 6th SEDICICORTO International Film Festival that takes place in Forlì , Italy between 5-10-2009 and 11-10-2009.
http://www.sedicicorto.it/

Official Selection in Pontenure

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) is in the official selection of the 8th edition of Concorto Film Festival, which will take place in Pontenure (Piacenza) from the 23rd to the 30th of August 2009
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2 birds wins Kinemastik Short Fest!

Runar Runarsson’s film 2 birds won the Audience Award at 5th Kinemastik Short Film Fest in Malta. Kinemastik waves congrats to Mr Runarsson from the rock!
http://www.kinemastik.org/

Best Int. Fiction at 10th Lucania Film Festival

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) was selected by the jury The Best International Fiction at The 10th Lucania Film Festival
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2 Birds at BUSTER

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) will be screened at The BUSTER Copenhagen International Film Festival for children and youth in september.

Anna which is made by the same crew has been chosen for The Official Selection of the festival.
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Official Selection in Bergamo

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) is in the official selection of the 9th Cortopotere ShortFilmFestival that takes place in
Auditorium Piazza della Libertà - Bergamo Italy between 25 - 31 of october 2009
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2 Awards in Italy

2 Birds (Smafuglar) received 2 awards at The 12th Festival Inventa un Film Lenola that toke place between July 29th- August 2th in Italy. Best Director award to Runar Runarsson and Best Actor Award to Atli Oskar Fjalarsson
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Best Film in Mas Sorrir

We are pleased to announce that the 4th International Festival of Short Films Mas 
Sorrir has shared the prize that for best short film of the festival by two works : Smáfuglar and The Ataque de los robots de nebulosa

Official Selection in Sapporo

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds ) is in The Official Selection at The 4th Sapporo International Short Film Festival that will take place from Wednesday October 14th 2009 to Sunday October 18th 2009.
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Official Selection in São Paulo

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds ) is in The Official Selection of The 20th São Paulo International Short Film Festival
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Official Selection in Venice

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds ) is in The Official Selection of The 10th Circuito Off Venice International Short Film Festival that takes place 2 - 5 September 2009 in Venice , Italy.
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LE GRAND PRIX in Paris

"TWO BIRDS" won the Grand Prix of the 7th International Festival Signes de Nuit in Paris
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Official Selection in Lenola

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds ) is in The Official Selection at The 12th Festival Inventa un Film Lenola that takes place between July 29th- August 2th .
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Official Selection 10thLFF

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) is in the official selection for the 10th Lucania Film festival that takes place 10th/13th august 2009 in Pisticci South Italy
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Smafuglar ( 2 Birds ) are screened at The 18th St.George Bank BIFF 2009
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Official Selection in Mexico

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds ) are in The Official Selection of The Expresión en Corto International Film Festival that since 1997 has been held during the final week of July in the cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato Capital, Mexico. The festival estimates an attendance of over 72,000 total audience.

The international competition is the largest in Mexico, with films competing in a variety of categories that include: Short Fiction, Short Animation, Short Experimental, Short Documentary, Long Documentary and Mexican Feature Length Opera Prima (or feature length films by first-time Mexican directors). As well as an assortment of workshops, conferences, Women in Film and Television luncheons and National Tributes to both Mexican and International A-list filmmakers who are in attendance.
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Official Selection In Barcelona´s Mas Sorrer

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) are in the official selection of the 4t FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CURTMETRATGES MAS SORRER that takes place in Barcelona 29-31 of july.
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Best Director Award in Poland

Runar Runarsson was honored with the Best Director Award for the film Smafuglar / Two Birds at The TOFIFEST International Film Festival in Poland.
This is the 50th Award that Smafuglar receives since it had a premier at last years Cannes Film Festival.
www.tofifest.pl

Best Short Film at Maremetraggio

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) received the main award at The 10th Maremetraggio Short Film Festival that took place in Trieste in Italy.

Best Short Film at Archipelago

The short film Two Birds (original title Smáfuglar) by Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson received its 48th international award at the 17th Archipelago Film Festival in Rome on Thursday when it was awarded The Best Short Film of the festival
http://www.arcipelagofilmfestival.org

Best Director in Cabourg

Runar Runarsson was was honored with the Best Director Award for Smafuglar (2 Birds) at the Festival du Film de Cabourg 2009
http://www.festival-cabourg.com

Official Selection In Trieste

The 10th edition of the Maremetraggio Festival will be held in Trieste, Italy, from June 26 to July 4,
2009.Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in the official selection
http://www.maremetraggio.com

Official Selection In Slovakia

Art Film Fest will be held in the Slovak towns of Trenčianske Teplice and Trenčín for the 17th time – this year with a new name, but the same purpose and content as the Artfilm International Film Festival. The program concept of the Art Film Fest seeks to offer a wide array of contemporary world cinema, important films from the history of cinematography, and extensive presentation of Slovak film productions.
Art Film Fest is one of the oldest film festivals in the Slovak Republic. The Festival is constantly growing and has aspirations to become the most popular cultural event in Slovakia.
At the center of the 17th year will be the International Competition of Feature Film and short films.
Smafuglar (2 Birds) is one of them.
www.artfilmfest.sk

Official Selection In Bosnia and Herzegovina

International Short Film Festival Kratkofil in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place 16 -20 june. Smafuglar (2 Birds) has been chosen for the Official Selection.
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Official Selection In Rome

Smafuglar (2 Birds) The 17th Edition of ARCIPELAGO - International Festival of Short Films and New Images that takes place in Rome, June 12-18, 2009
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Official Selection in Cabourg

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in the Official Selection at the 23th Festival du Film de Cabourg that takes place 10th-14th of june.
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Best World Film at Asterfest

Smafuglar (2 Birds) won the prize for BEST WORLD FILM in category Global Fiction at AsterFest Strumica in 2009 (27-31 may).
www.asterfest.mk

Grand Prix at The 15th La Cittadella del Corto

SMAFUGLAR by Runar Runarsson - Iceland (TWO BIRDS) just received The Grand Prix, Tralci di Trevignano at The 15th La Cittadella del Corto - International Short Fiction Film Festival in Trevignano Romano (Roma - Italy)
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Official Selection in Torun

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds ) has been chosen for the official selection of TOFIFEST International Film Festival is one of the largest and most interesting summer film events in Poland. TOFIFEST, held in Toruń, is called by the media an „inhumble festival” and „Polish Sundance”. For six years it has been successfully promoting a thinking, young at heart, angry feature cinematography from all over the world. Golden Angels are waiting for the winners of two Festival Competitions.
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Official Selection in Ebensee

Smafuglar (2 Birds) has been chosen for The 37th FESTIVAL OF NATIONS 2009 that takes place in Ebensee, Austria between the June 14th – 20th
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Official Selection in Italy

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in The Official Selection at The XV La Cittadella del Corto - International Short Fiction Film Festival that will take place in Trevignano Romano (Rome - Italy) from May 27th to 31st, 2009
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The Best Director in Naoussa

The 6th Naoussa International Film Festival honored Runar Runarsson with the Best Director Award for his work in the short film Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) .
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Grand Prix in Brussels

The 12th Brussels Short Film Festival awarded Smafuglar(2 Birds) by Runar Runarsson with the Grand Prix of the festival.
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Official Selection at Los Angeles Film Festival

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in the official selection at the Los Angeles Film Festival that takes place 18th-28th of june.
"Now in its fifteenth year, the Los Angeles Film Festival is widely recognized as a world-class event, showcasing the best in new American and international cinema and providing the movie-loving public with access to some of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers, film industry professionals, and emerging talent from around the world. Drawing on an expected attendance of 85,000, the Festival provides films with the opportunity to be embraced by the public and discovered by the industry"
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Prémio RTP2 Onda Curta

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) was honored with The Prémio RTP2 Onda Curta at The Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente de Lisboa
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Smáfuglar in Kristiansand

Welcome to six festive days packed with children’s and youth films in Kristiansand, situated on the coast of southern Norway.
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Official Selection In Naoussa

Smafuglar ( 2 Birds) has been selected for The 6th Naoussa International Film Festival. The festival will be held from 7 to 10 May in Naoussa, Macedonia region, Northern Greece.
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Awards in Nice

Smafuglar was well received at The 9th Nice Film Festival at was honored with The Audience Award , The Student Jury Award and The Special Mention of The Press Jury.
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Golden Horseman and Special Mention in Dresden

Smafuglar was honored with The Golden Horseman for The Klangmusikpreis of the European Centre for the Arts Hellerau at The 21st Filmfest Dresden. Smafuglar received as well The Youth Jury´s Special Mention

Official Selection In Trevignano

SMAFUGLAR by Runar Runarsson - Iceland (TWO BIRDS) has been chosen for The XV La Cittadella del Corto - International Short Fiction Film Festival will take place in Trevignano Romano (Roma - Italy) from May 27th to 31st, 2009. The Festival is organized by the association La Cittadella and receives financial support from the Italian Ministry of Culture, Lazio Region and other public and private partners. The Festival aims to promote quality short fiction films. Among its goals there are the discovery of new talents and showing their films, with particular regard to all those films which deal with social and youth themes. The festival has an International and a National Competition.
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Official Selection In Bruxelles

Smafuglar/2Birds has been chosen for The 14 éditions du Festival du Court Métrage that is held in Bruxelles from the 30/4 to the 10/5 2009.
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Official Selection In Nice

The 9th International Short Film Festival in nice takes place between the 14th - 19th of april, Smafuglar ( 2 Birds ) is in The Official Selection.
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Official Selection In Lisboa

Smafuglar / 2 Birds has been chosen for The 6th Indielisboa International Film Festival that takes place between the 23th - 3may 2009.
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Official Selection In Salerno

Smafuglar / 2 Birds has been chosen for The 14th edition of The Filmfestival "Linea d'Ombra-Festival Culture Giovani" that will take place in Salerno from April 14th-19th, 2009.
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“CRISTIAN NEMESCU“ BEST DIRECTING AWARD

At The 2009 NexT film Festival in Bucharest The “CRISTIAN NEMESCU“ BEST DIRECTING AWARD was given to Runar Runarsson for 2 Birds / Smafuglar (Iceland, 2008)
The Festival is run by The NexT Cultural Society was created in November 2006 in memoriam film director Cristian Nemescu and sound-designer Andrei Toncu, in order to keep their memory alive, to promote their works by all means and through all channels, and, at the same time, to support, educate, encourage and stimulate young filmmakers.
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Grand Prix in Aubagne

Sylvester Holm Sound-designer and Runar Runarsson director received The Grand Prix de la meilleure création sonore at The Aubagne International Film Festival for The Short Film Smáfuglar (2 Birds)
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Best International Short Film In Wood Green

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was awarded The Best International Film at The 7th Wood Green International Short Film Festival.
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Awards in Mamers

The 18th edition of "Mamers en Mars," European film festival in the Pays de la Loire, organized by the association Artemis, took place this weekend in Mamers, France.
Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was honored at The festival with the following awards:

The Youth Jury Prize-Caisse d'Epargne.
The Jury Award.

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The Grand Prize in Quebec

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was honored with The Grand Prize at The 13th REGARD –Saguenay International Short Film Festival
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Grand Prix in Lille

The Grand Prix of The Jury at The Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille went to Two Birds ( Smáfuglar ) by Runar Runarsson
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Best Nordic Fiction in Minimalen

2 BIRDS (SMÁFUGLAR) by Runar Runarsson - Iceland received The NIFA Best Fiction at The 21st Minimalen Film Festival in Trondheim.
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Best Short in Grundarfjörður

Smafuglar (2 Birds) was awarded The Best Short Film at The The Northern Wave International Film Festival that was celebrated from the Friday 27th of February to Sunday 1. of March, 2009 in Grundarfjörður, Iceland. The philosophy of the festival, upon which its name is based, is Nouvelle Vague, or New Wave. Like Nouvelle Vague, Northern Wave attempts to revive the recognition of filmmaking as an art form and the director as artist/author. An important goal of the festival is to develop relationships between experienced filmmakers and emerging filmmakers in Iceland and other countries. A visionary festival that celebrates artistic and ground braking films by filmmakers who dare to take risks"
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Second in Reus

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) was awarded The Second prize for The Best European Short Film at The Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges (European Short Film Festival) FEC Cambrils-Reus
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