IMPACT TALKS

Impact Talks are deep dives into the social and environmental issues portrayed in A Diff erent Tomorrow. Join the directors and other speakers after the screenings in an attempt to further understand the dynamics at play and the role of fi lm as a tool for social change!

A MARBLE TRAVELOGUE

4-OCT 17:00 | HÁSKÓLABÍÓ 97 min DIRECTOR: SEAN WANG

SYNOPSIS

With a light touch and wry humour, A Marble Travelogue portrays the Greek and Chinese marble production chain. We see complex connections and highlights the European aspirations of the Chinese middle class in a visually seductive style. SPEAKERS: Sean Shen Wang (Director) | Guðbjörg Ríkey Th. Hauksdóttir (China-Arctic relations expert)

A TASTE OF WHALE

ETERNAL SPRING

4-OCT 19:15 | HÁSKÓLABÍÓ 85 min DIRECTOR: VINCENT KELNER

SYNOPSIS

The fj ord’s water, surrounded by stunning green mountains, is turning blood red. It is the “Grind” season again, Faroe Islanders’ ritual slaughter of pilot whales. Two proud Faroese whalers are on one side, two young and passionate Sea Shepherd activists on the other. A Taste of Whale invites you to see past preconceived positions and question what meat-eating is truly about. SPEAKERS: Sigursteinn Másson (Journalist/IFAW spokesman) | Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson (Professor) | Helga Vala Helgadóttir (politician of the Social Democratic Alliance)

5-OCT 18:00 | HÁSKÓLABÍÓ 86 min

DIRECTOR: JASON LOFTUS

REYKJAVIK GRAPEVINE PICK

SYNOPSIS

When members of Falun Gong hack China’s state TV to expose brutal repression – lives are changed forever. Celebrated comic book artist Daxiong tells a story of the resilience of those fi ghting for religious freedom. SPEAKERS: Jason Loftus (Director) | Magrét Steinarsdóttir (Director of the Icelandic Human Rights Centre) | Benjamin Julian (Writer)

IMPACT TALKS

WE, STUDENTS

5-OCT 20:30 | HÁSKÓLABÍÓ 83 min DIRECTOR: RAFIKI FARIALA

SYNOPSIS

The fi lmmaker turns the camera on himself and his friends, capturing their everyday life as students of Bangui University. At once clear-eyed and poetic, they share their thoughts about their future in the Central African Republic. SPEAKERS: Þóra Jóhannsdóttir (President of Hugrún geðfræðslufélag) | Katrín Sverrisdóttir (Clinical psychologist) | Henri Alexander Henrysson (consultant and advisor in Ethics | online)

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INTO THE ICE

THE TERRITORY

6-OCT 17:00 | HÁSKÓLABÍÓ 85 min DIRECTOR: ALEX PRITZ

SYNOPSIS

A grand, cinematic adventure on the Greenland ice sheet with three leading scientists in search of what the ice can tell us about our climate, our past and possible future. SPEAKERS: Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir (Glaciologist) | Mads Mikkelsen (Head of Programming of CPH:DOX) Þorgerður María Þorbjarnardóttir (Former Chair of the Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association) | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (former President of Iceland and Chairman of the Arctic Circle)

6-OCT 19:30 | HÁSKÓLABÍÓ 83 min DIRECTOR: LARS OSTENFELD

SYNOPSIS

When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defence of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest. SPEAKERS: Will N. Miller (Producer | online) | Amy Shepherd (COO of Think-Film Impact Production) | Orri Páll Jóhannsson (Left-Green Party)

GIRL GANG

7-OCT 17:30 | HÁSKÓLABÍÓ 97 min DIRECTOR: SUSANA MEURES

REYKJAVIK GRAPEVINE PICK

SYNOPSIS

A contemporary fairy tale about a 14-year-old influencer from Berlin and her biggest fan. But life as a social media star has a shadow side that the adrenaline, fame and free sneakers can’t make up for. SPEAKERS: Susanne Regina Meures (Director) | Thelma Trunt (Influencer) | Ingibjörg Eva Þórisdóttir (Chief Analytics Officer at Planet Youth) | Kristin Petursdottir (Actress)

BLACK MAMBAS

7-OCT 20:15 | HÁSKÓLABÍÓ DIRECTOR: LENA KARBE 81 min REYKJAVIK FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL PICK

SYNOPSIS

“Black Mambas” are the first all-female anti-poaching unit in South Africa assigned to protect the Big Five (Elephants, Rhinos, Lions, Leopards, Buffalo) in the Greater Kruger Park. Chosen by the (mostly white male) conservation committees as a vital marketing tool, the women stand at the crossroads of progress and a colonial past. SPEAKERS: Lena Karbe (Director) | Rósa Guðrún Erlingsdóttir (Senior Policy Advisor at the Icelandic Prime Minister’s Office) | Chaiwe Sól Patiswa Drifudóttir (R.E.C Arts Reykjavík, activist)