Rift

Genre film can often be used to tell old stories in imaginative ways. This is something Erlingur Thoroddsen has understood with Rift. Gunnar and Einar has broken up, but they have different experiences dealing with the break-up. One night, Gunnar receives a phone call from Einar. He sounds upset and tells him that he is at his family's remote cabin «Rökkur». Gunnar worriedly hurries to the cabin to make sure everything is okay. What follows is a touching retelling of their relationship, but also an unnerving psychological thriller where Gunnar is haunted by something way scarier than bad memories. The dramatic Icelandic landscape gives depth both to the haunting eeriness Gunnar experiences and to the emotional scars after the break-up. Those who walk home alone in the dark after seeing Rift is now warned. MWV

Director Erlingur Thoroddsen will stay for a Q&A after the screenings on Friday 9th of June at 8 pm and Saturday 10th of June at 8.45 pm.

Erlingur Thoroddsen is a scriptwriter and director from Reykjavík, Iceland. He was educated at Columbia University in New York, where he made his mark with the short films Child Eater (2012) and The Banishing (2013). Child Eater was shown at SXSW and was later developed into a feature film in 2016.