Reykjavik 2006

The British debut by Andrea Arnold, Red Road, received our prize at the third edition of this festival held in the Icelandic capital. Red Road follows Jackie, a surveilance camera opeartor who gets involved in the lives of the people she watches.

Details of the prize
3rd Reykjavik Film Festival, September 28 - October 8, 2006
The festival's website

Reports:
Big Sister Is Watching You. Matthieu Chéreau goes down Andrea Arnold's Red Road and discovers a bleak universe where, "the fewer the words, the more the film speaks" to him. Read the review
Appearances and Disappearances. Matthieu Chéreau concludes that the space, darkness and light of Iceland make it the ideal home for films. Read the report
Looking for Love. Christian Monggaard is uplifted by the sexual honesty of John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus in which explicit sex scenes are "a natural part of the story." Read the review

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