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
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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
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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
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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).
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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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Official Selection In Dresden

Smafuglar (2Birds) is in The Official Selection of The 21st Filmfest Dresden. 70 films are due to compete from 14. to 19. April for these much coveted short film trophies. In the seven international competitions 43 films are in contention for the Golden Horsemen, while 27 shorts are fighting it out in the national competitions. Entries from a total of 20 countries are in the running for the festival's prizes. Most of the short films come from Great Britain (9) and France (8), followed by Spain (3). With 2,134 submissions from 75 countries, the Filmfest has been able to achieve yet another record number of entries.
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Nomination For The 30st DV Award

Smafuglar(2 Birds) is nominated for the 30th annual DV Cultural Award 2008.(Menningar Verðlaun DV 2008). The award ceremony will take place The 4th of Mars In The Iðnó Theater in Reykjavik
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Best In Mons

The Winners of the 25th Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons where annunced the 20th of February.
The harvest for Icelandic filmmakers and The Icelandic production company Zik Zak was more then satisfying.
Best European Film: Back Soon (Iceland / France) By Solveig Anspach
Best International Short Film: Smafuglar (Iceland) 
By Runar Runarsson
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Official Selection In Mamers

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) is in The Official Selection at The 19th European films festival in Pays de la Loire “Mamers en Mars”
that is organised by the association Artémis and will take place from Friday, 20th to Sunday 22nd of March 2009.
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Official Selection In Wood Green

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) has been selected for The 7th Wood Green International Short Film Festival that takes place 16 - 22 March
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Official Selection In Belgium

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) are one of eight Films that is in the Official Selection at International Competition of Short Films at the25th edition of Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons that takes place in Belgium from 13 to 20 February.
Created in 1984 at the initiative of Mr. Elio Di Rupo, the Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons, aims to bring together the findings of said intellectual cinema and film more popular.
It is now not only the oldest festival francophone longevity uninterrupted, but also one of the first in terms of innovation, attractiveness and international reputation.
For a quarter of a century, FIFA has built a unique cultural identity by emphasizing rare works, and challenges involved.
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Official Selection In Barcelona

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds) is in the official selection at MECAL 11TH International Short Film Festival of Barcelona that takes place between the 27th of March and 5th of April
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Official Selection In Bermuda

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds ) has been selected for Bermuda International Film Festival that takes place between 20 -28 of March.
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Official Selection In Nijmegen

Go Short is a brand new, refreshing film festival for short films that takes place in Nijmegen from the 18Th until the 22ND of March 2009. It is a unique event in The Netherlands at which the audience is treated to short films, most of them made by young, talented filmmakers from all over Europe.
Smafuglar (2 Birds) is in the Competition of the Festival and Síðasti Bærinn (The Last farm) is Icelandic Shorts Program.
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Official Selection In Aubagne

Smafuglar (2 Birds) has been selected to compete in the Official Short Film Competition, Category Fiction, of the Aubagne International Film Festival (March 16th-21th 2009).
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Official Selection In Quebec

REGARD SUR LE COURT METRAGE AU SAGUENAY short film festival in Chicoutimi, Quebec (Canada) is celebrating its 13th edition from march 11 to 15th. 2 BIRDS (Smafuglar) is in competition during this week of celebration.
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2 Birds in Malmö

The 26th Edition of BUFF Filmfestival in Malmö Sweden has selected the film 2 Birds( Smafuglar). The film will 2 Birds will be screened in a section called Novellfilm/short feature films.
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Official Selection In Lille

The European Film Festival of Lille has announced that Smafuglar (Two Birds) will be part of the official selection of the 25th Annual Film Festival that will take place in Lille, from the 6st to the 13th March 2009.
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Official Selection In Trondheim

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) has been selected for the Competition of The 21st Minimalen, that is an annual, independent short film event based in Trondheim , Norway and takes place between 06th-10th of March.
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Official Selection In Tampere

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) directed by Runar Runarsson has been selected to the International Competition of Tampere International Short Film Festival 2009. The festival dates are March 4th-8th 2009.
All the films in the International Competition programme will be screened twice.
The screening dates and times of the film are the following:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 9
1. Cinema theatre Plevna 5, on Thu, March 5th, 2009 at 12:00
2. Cinema theatre Plevna 1, on Sat, March 7th, 2009 at 10:00

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Official Selection In Reus

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) has been selected to participate in XI European Short Film Festival in Reus (FEC Cambrils-Reus 09).
The Festival will be in Reus, Catalonia,between the 4th and the 7th of March 2009
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2 Birds & The Last Farm in Copenhagen

CINEMA DAYS February 2009
For the 6th time the North Atlantic House offers films from the North. During Thursdays in February you will be able to see short films, documentaries and feature films from Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland with visits and presentations from some of the film directors. These are all film experiences not to be missed.

Thursday, February 12th at 20:00

Five short films – with visits from the directors.
Five capturing films about people and their crossing pads of existence by the Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson and the Faroese Ingun Olsen.
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Glasgow Film Festival

Scotland’s independent short film programme The Magic Lantern presents you with a delectable
selection of short films and events over the opening weekend of GFF09. With a themed selection
of the best new work from the current international festival circuit coupled with guest programmes.
Come view great films, meet fellow filmmakers and celebrate the wonder of short film!

BETWEEN US
An international programme of short films that use artful economy of storytelling in their intimate explorations of relationship, friendship and family dynamics.

Megatron, Director: Marian Crisan, Romania, 15m
California Dreams, Director: David Wnendt, Germany, 18m
Partir, Director: Melodie Lamotte D’Incamps, UK/France, 12m
Haze, Director: Anthony Chen, Singapore, 14m
Smáfuglar (2 Birds), Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, 15m
Jerrycan, Director: Julius Avery, Australia, 13mCCA
Sunday 15 February
20.00
1h27m,

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The International Film Festival in Rotterdam

The 38th edition of The International Film Festival in Rotterdam will take place from January 21th through February 1, 2009.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam offers a quality selection of worldwide independent, innovative and experimental cinema and visual arts. Devoted to offering a platform to and actively supporting independent filmmaking from around the globe, The International Film Festival Rotterdam is the essential hub for discovering film talent and for catching the early buzz on many world and international premieres.

During twelve festival days, hundreds of filmmakers and other artists present their work to a large and devoted audience in 24 screening venues located within central Rotterdam. Up to 3,000 press and film industry representatives visit the festival to report on its buzz or to take part in CineMart, the largest co-production market for film projects.

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is a part of the Spectrum: Shorts 2009 at The 38th International Film Festival in Rotterdam.
"Short but sharp. Films shorter than 60 minutes from throughout the world are screened prior to long films or put together in collected programes. "

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Nordic Lights in Göteborg

Smafuglar (2 Birds) is a part of the Nordic Lights program at The Göteborg International Film Festival 2009. Its screened with two other Icelandic Films. The documentary " Kjötborg " directed by Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir & Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir, and Wrestling by Grimur Hakonarson. The screenings take place 23/24/26 of january.
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Special Mention In Pontino

Smafuglar (2 Birds) by Runar Runarsson received The Menzione Speciale CortoPress for Foreign Films at The Festival Pontino Del Cortometraggio
The jury said at The award ceremony:
Motivazione della Giuria: Per la capacità di unire denuncia e poesia in una stessa atmosfera facendo emergere lo squallore della realtà e la Potenza dell’amore puro.
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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.

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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. ,
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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.