BOREAL SCREENDANCE FESTIVAL 2026

BOREAL SCREENDANCE FESTIVAL 2026
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23/10/2026
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10/11/2026

BOREAL SCREENDANCE FESTIVAL 2026

English below!

Vídeódanshátíðin Boreal fer fram í sjöunda sinn 23. október – 15. nóvember 2026!

Sýningarstaðir eru Listasafnið á Akureyri, Mjólkurbúðin og Deiglan.

Boreal hefur verið haldin árlega síðan 2020 í Listagilinu á Akureyri. Hátíðin miðar að eflingu danslista, alþjóðasamstarfs og margmiðlunar á Norðurlandi með nýstárlegri nálgun á sýningar myndbandsverka frá öllum heimshornum!

Dagskrá Boreal Screendance Festival 2026

Föstudagur 23. október – Listasafnið á Akureyri

Setningarathöfn – 20:00 – 22:00
Spunadansverk eftir Jonathan Reimann – 20:20
Upphafspartí – 22:00 – 00:00 Kaktus

Listasafnið á Akureyri – Innsetningar

pLEasurEs 650 / Joseph Campbell & Oscar Oldershaw / 06:34 mín / 2025 / UK

Nouage / Fu Le & Magalie Lanriot / 09:51 mín / 2026 / Frakkland, Portúgal

Irrlicht / Jonathan Reimann & Leon Kämner / 04:30 mín / 2026 / Þýskaland

TWO / Klāvs Liepiņš / 07:30 mín / 2026 / Ísland, Lettland

Pieles / Astrid Valencia & Julio Ramos / 10:16 mín / 2026 / Mexíkó

MC MYASNOI – XcomputerXmustXdie / MC MYASNOI, Yulia Vasileva & Hrafn Helgi Helgason / 06:23 mín / 2026 / Ísland

Pidikwe / Caroline Monnet / 10:00 mín / 2025 / Kanada

Between Flesh / Lísandra Týra Jóns / 06:22 mín (loop) / 2025 / Ísland

The Meeting of the Horse / Tania Reza / 01:00 mín / 2021 / Mexíkó

Deiglan
Laugardagur 31. október – 20:00

THERE WAS NO PLAN B / Libertad Pozo & Videoacústica Collective / 05:40 mín / 2025 / Spánn

T’s Dream / Jagoda Turlik / 09:31 mín / 2026 / Pólland

Arms of Gravity / Charlotte Griffin / 05:50 mín / 2026 / Bandaríkin

Mientras Pueda / Florencia Giardino / 03:16 mín / 2026 / Argentína

These Stairs Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us / Sunneva Kjartansdóttir & Sarah Blomgren Barth / 06:05 mín / 2026 / Danmörk

Deiglan
Laugardagur 7. nóvember – 20:00

Heima III / Anna Richardsdóttir & Arna Valsdóttir / 29:39 mín / 2019 / Ísland

Mjólkurbúðin
28. október – 10. nóvember

Íslenski dansflokkurinn – úrval verka / Íslenski dansflokkurinn & Valdimar Jóhannsson / 43:20 mín / Ísland

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BOREAL SCREENDANCE FESTIVAL 2026

The seventh edition of Boreal Screendance Festival will be held October 23rd – November 15th 2026!

Screening locations are The Akureyri Art Museum, Mjólkurbúðin Gallery and Deiglan Gallery.

Since 2020, Boreal has taken over Akureyri’s Art Street once per year. The festival strives to promote dance, international collaboration and multimedia in North Iceland with creative screenings of video art from all over the world!

Boreal Screendance Festival 2026
October 23rd – November 15th

Friday October 23rd – Akureyri Art Museum

Opening Ceremony – 20:00 – 22:00
Live Dance Performance by Jonathan Reimann – 20:20
Opening Party – 22:00 – 00:00 Kaktus

Akureyri Art Museum – Video installations

pLEasurEs 650 / Joseph Campbell & Oscar Oldershaw / 06:34 mins / 2025 / United Kingdom

Nouage / Fu Le & Magalie Lanriot / 09:51 mins / 2026 / France, Portugal

Irrlicht / Jonathan Reimann & Leon Kämner / 04:30 mins / 2026 / Germany

TWO / Klāvs Liepiņš / 07:30 mins / 2026 / Iceland, Latvia

Pieles / Astrid Valencia & Julio Ramos / 10:16 mins / 2026 / Mexico

MC MYASNOI – XcomputerXmustXdie / MC MYASNOI, Yulia Vasileva & Hrafn Helgi Helgason / 06:23 mins / 2026 / Iceland

Pidikwe / Caroline Monnet / 10:00 mins / 2025 / Canada

Between Flesh / Lísandra Týra Jóns / 06:22 mins (loop) / 2025 / Iceland

The Meeting of the Horse / Tania Reza / 01:00 mins / 2021 / Mexico

Deiglan
Saturday October 31st 20:00

THERE WAS NO PLAN B / Libertad Pozo & Videoacústica Collective / 05:40 mins / 2025 / Spain

T’s Dream / Jagoda Turlik / 09:31 mins / 2026 / Poland

Arms of Gravity / Charlotte Griffin / 05:50 mins / 2026 / United States

Mientras Pueda / Florencia Giardino / 03:16 mins / 2026 / Argentina

These Stairs Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us / Sunneva Kjartansdóttir & Sarah Blomgren Barth / 06:05 mins / 2026 / Denmark

Deiglan
Saturday November 7th – Special Screening 20:00

Heima III / Anna Richardsdóttir & Arna Valsdóttir / 29:39 / 2019 / Iceland

Mjólkurbúðin
October 28th – November 10th

Iceland Dance Company Archive / Iceland Dance Company & Valdimar Jóhannsson / 43:20 mins / Iceland