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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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. ,
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."

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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

more info

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

more info
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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."

moro info

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.
More Info

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.

More info

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.

MORO INFO

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

Edinburgh Nomination European Film Academy Short Film 2008 - Prix UIP

The Jury at The 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival has awarded “Smáfuglar” (2 Birds) the Edinburgh Nomination European Film Academy 
Short Film 2008 - Prix UIP.
That means that 2 Birds is nominated to The 2008 European Film Academy Awards that will take place in Copenhagen the 6. Of December this year.

http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/

CANAL+ AWARD IN VALENCIA

Tonight Smáfuglar (2 Birds) was given the Canal+ award at The 23rd Cinema Jove Internacional Festival in Valencia.

http://www.cinemajovefilmfest.com/

Best Fiction in St Petersburg

The Jury at The XVIII MESSAGE TO MAN International Films Festival has given The “Centaur” to 2 birds by Rúnar Rúnarsson For Best Fiction Film.

The festival took place in St Petersburg, Russia June 15-22, 2008. The Message to Man International Film Festival is accredited in the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF, France). Festival is organized with the support of The Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation, St Petersburg City Administration, St Petersburg Culture Committee, Russian Filmmakers’ Union.

The festival was founded by the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Ministry of Culture of the USSR, Goskino of the USSR, the USSR Union of Filmmakers, Gosteleradio USSR, and the Executive Committee of the Lensoviet in December of 1988.

Festival Homepage

OFFICIAL SELECTION

‘Smáfuglar (Two Birds)’ has been selected for the official competition at the Super Shorts International Film Festival 2008.

The festival runs between 1st – 6th July in Central London. The awards ceremony will be on the afternoon of Sunday 6th July at the Covent Garden Odeon. Entry is free for all
All shortlisted films are in the running for the following awards....

· Best Film
· Best Direction
· Best Editing
· Best Comedy
· Best Drama
· Best Documentary
· Best Cinematography

www.supershorts.org.uk

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Smáfuglar ( 2 Birds ) has been selected for Official selection at the 15th Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival in Italy

http://www.capalbiocinema.com

OFFICIAL SELECTION

The short film “Smáfuglar”(2 Birds) directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson, has been selected to participate in the 23rd Cinema Jove International Film Festival Short Film Competition. The festival will take place in Valencia from June, 21st to 28th, 2008.

http://www.cinemajovefilmfest.com/

OFFICIAL SELECTION

2 Birds is in the Official Selection at Message to Man International Film Festival in Russia that takes place 15-22 of june in St Petersburg.

Message to Man was established by State Committee of Cinematography of the USSR, Filmmakers' Union of USSR, State Television and Radio Committee of USSR and the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council in December 1988.

The Film Festival is accredited in the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF, France). Festival is organized with the support of The Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation, St Petersburg City Administration, St Petersburg Culture Committee, Russian Filmmakers’ Union.

http://www.message-to-man.spb.ru

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Smáfuglar (2 Birds) has been selected for The Official Selection of the Short film competition of the 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The festival takes place between the 18th -29th of June and 2 Birds will be screened Thursday the 19th at 22:15 at FIlmhouse 2, and the Friday 20th at 15:30 at Filmhouse 2.

Rúnar Rúnarsson the director of the film is not unfamiliar with the Edinburgh festival for it was the venue for the world premier for his award winning and Oscar nominated short film The Last Farm. Now the festival will host the UK premier of 2 Birds.

Started in 1947, the EIFF is one of the true homes of innovative and exciting cinema. For over half-a-century, the Festival has presented some of cinema's most important and exciting moments and played host to the world's greatest filmmakers.
The longest continually running film festival in the world,
The last ten years have seen a strengthening of the critical fortunes of the Festival through the strong artistic direction of Mark Cousins, Lizzie Francke, Shane Danielsen and currently Hannah McGill, all of whom have exhibited not only a continuity of passion and commitment to excellent cinema from home and abroad but the very necessary evaluative perspective that skilled curation brings.

The 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival.

2 BIRDS COMPETING FOR THE PALME D’OR

Zik Zak Filmworks is proud to announce that Runar Runarsson’s Smáfuglar (2 Birds english titel) has been selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Only 9 out of approximately 5000 short films made it to the competition.

The Official selection can be seen here

The short 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. Relatively inexperienced actors cast the main roles, but their portrayals are so emotionally mature and delicately nuanced in every longing glance and nervous tick, that watching them in their fragile roles transcends the experience of watching professional actors do the same.

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, 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.

Info sheet for 2 Birds

Original Title: Smáfuglar
English title: 2 Birds
Original language: Icelandic
Sub titled version: English
Type of film : Short
Genre : Drama
Year of production: 2008
Date of theatrical release in Iceland : 3. october 2008
Int. release: Official Selection Cannes 2008

Awards & Nominations
*Nominated for PALM D´OR at The Cannes Film Festival 2008
*Nominated for Best Short Film at The European Film Academy Award 6.des. 2008
*Best Fiction Film at XVIII MESSAGE TO MAN International Films Festival
*Canal+ award at The 23rd Cinema Jove Internacional Festival
*Prix UIP at The 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival
*The Nisida Award at 15th Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival
*The Young Peoples Award at 15th Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival
*Best Creative Subject at 15th Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival
*Anthony Mingella Best Director Award
at SUPER SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008
*Sasusfaction Best Drama Award
at SUPER SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008
*Best Fiction at The Melbourne International Film Festival 2008
*The Best Short Film at DOKUFEST The 7th International Documentary and Short Film Festival In Kosova
*The Best International Film Award atThe 3rd Noci International Short Film Festival
*The Award of the Puglia Region at The 3rd Noci International Short Film Festival
*Second Prize of The 7th International Best of Short Film Festival 2008
*The Best Short Film at The 13th Milano Film Festival.
*Best Short Film at The 24th Warsaw Film Festival
*The Best International Short Film at The Cork Film Festival
*The Best International Fiction at
The 5th Curtocircuito Int. Film Festival at Santiago De Compostela
*Grand Prix du Conseil général de l’Essonne au court métrage at
10th Festival du cinéma européen en Essonne
*The Best Short Film at The Edda Awards 2008
The annual Icelandic film Academy awards.
*Prix du Jury Jeune at 23rd Brest European Short Film Festival
*Prix Européen France 2 at 23rd Brest European Short Film Festival
*Mention spéciale Prix Européen du Conseil Régional de Bretagne at 23rd Brest European Short Film Festival
*The Grand Prix for the Best Film at The 13th Siena International Short Film Festival
*The ‘Cecilio Paniagua’ award for The Best Photography at The Almería en Corto International Film Festival
*The Menzione Speciale CortoPress for Foreign Films at The Festival Pontino Del Cortometraggio
*Best International Short Film at The 25th Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons
*Nominated For Menningar Verðlaun DV 2008
*The Second prize for The Best European Short Film at The Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges FEC Cambrils-Reus
*The Best Short Film at The The Northern Wave International Film Festival
*The NIFA Best Fiction at The 21st Minimalen Film Festival
*Grand Prix of The Jury at The Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille
*The Grand Prize at The 13th REGARD –Saguenay International Short Film Festival
*The Best International Film at The 7th Wood Green International Short Film Festiva
*The Jury Award at The 18th Mamers en Mars European Film Festival
*The Youth Jury Prize-Caisse d'Epargne. at The 18th Mamers en Mars European Film Festival
*The Grand Prix de la meilleure création sonore at The Aubagne International Film Festival
*The “CRISTIAN NEMESCU“ BEST DIRECTING AWARD at The NexT Filmfestival 2009
*The Audience Award at The 9th Nice Film Festival
*The Student Jury Award at The 9th Nice Film Festival
*The Special Mention of The Press Jury at The 9th Nice Film Festival
*The Youth Jury´s Special Mention at The 21st Filmfest Dresden
*The Golden Horseman for The Klangmusikpreis at The 21st Filmfest Dresden
* The Prémio RTP2 Onda Curta at The Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente de Lisboa
*Grand Prix of The 12th Brussels Short Film Festival
*Best Director at The 6th Naoussa International Film Festival
*The Grand Prix, Tralci di Trevignano at The 15th La Cittadella del Corto
*BEST WORLD FILM at AsterFest 2009
* Best Director Award for at the Festival du Film de Cabourg 2009
Best Short Film at 17th edition of ARCIPELAGO - International Festival of Short Films and New Images
*Best Director Award at The TOFIFEST International Film Festival
*Best Short Film at The 10th Maremetraggio Short Film Festival

Director: Runar Runarsson
Script Writer: Runar Runarsson
Director of Photography: Sophia Olsson
Production Design: Haukur Karlsson
Orginal Score: Kjartan Sveinsson
Sound Design: Sylvester Holm
Editor: Jacob Schulsinger
Costumes: Hrafnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir
Producer: Thor S. Sigurjonsson, Skuli Fr. Malmquist. Hlin Johannesdottir,
Co.Producers: Grimar Jonsson , Caroline Schlüter
Production company: Zik Zak Filmworks
Tel: +354 5112019, Fax: +354 5113019
Production supported by: Icelandic Film Centre

Synopsis:
2 Birds takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate.
2 Birds are the second film of Runarsson’s Crossroad trilogy. The first one is the award winning and Oscar nominated short film The Last Farm.

Directors statement for 2 Birds

People at crossroads in their live interests me.
The questions they are confronted with , in balance with the choices they have.
I wanted to make a film about adolescents and love , a boy becoming a man.

Main Cast:
Atli Óskar Fjalarsson , Hera Hilmarsdóttir , Sigurður Jakob Helgason , Þórunn Jakobsdóttir
Theater print: 35mm
Running time: 15 minutes
Number of Reels: 1
Film Gauge: 1:1.85
Sound: Dolby SR

World Sales:
PREMIUM FILMS
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Ph: +33 1 42 770631. Fax: +33 1 44 540502.
Email: fred.joubaud@premium-films.com

Smáfuglar

Smáfuglar aka 2 Birds is a icelandic short film by the Oscar nominee Rúnar Rúnarsson that is in post production at the moment. Smáfuglar is produced by ZikZak Films.

Earlier cooperation between Rúnarsson and Zik Zak resulted in the award winning short film Síðasti bærinn aka The Last Farm.

Link to the films web page

More info will follow soon