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Films/Videos + Screenings/Exhibitions:

 

Portraits & Testimonies #1 - #6, (ongoing series) 2004-2006 (USA)

Portraits & Testimonies #1: One Minute Interview (2004)

  • Aarau One Minute Film Festival, Aarau Switzerland, August 2005
  • Amok-imation Tour: 9th MadCat Women's International Festival Tour, USA, 2006
    • College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
    • Columbia College, Chicago, IL
    • Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
    • Micro Cinema Club, Memphis, TN
    • Penn State University, University Park, PA
    • Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
    • Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
    • Stetson University, DeLand, FL
    • UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
    • University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
    • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
    • Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
  • Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens, OH, April/May 2005 (click here to visit)
  • Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL, March 2005 (click here to visit)
  • 18th Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Texas, August 2005
  • Detroit Film Center, Boxcar Series, April 2005 (click here to visit)
  • Eksperimento 5, Manila, Philippines, Sept 2005
  • Extra Short Film Festival, Novosibirsk, Russia, May 2005
  • Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND, March 2005 (click here to visit)
  • Gimli Film Festival, Gimli Manitoba, Canada, July 2005
  • Images Festival, Toronto, Canada, April 2005 (click here to visit)
  • Images Mini Festival for Children, Toronto, Canada, April, 2005 (click here to visit)
  • Iowa City International Documentary Festival, IA, April 2005 (click here to visit)
  • L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, Spain, Nov 2005
  • 9th MadCat Women's International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, Nov 2005
  • Moondance International Film Festival, Semifinalist, Boulder, Co, May 2005
  • Package Deals Tour: "Cold Hearts Revisited", 2007
    • Detroit Film Center, June 2007
    • Kendall Square Theatre, Boston MA, July 2007
    • Rotunda Cinematheque, Baltimore MD, October 2007
    • Scandinavia House, New York City, April 2007
  • Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, WA, November 2005
  • Walker Art Center: Women with Vision, Minneapolis, May 2005 (click here to visit)
  • Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI, April 2005 (click here to visit)
    • Best Animated Short, Student Shorts Competition

Portraits & Testimonies #2: David Nickel (2005)

  • Forx Film Festival, Grand Forks, ND, 2006
  • National Film Archive of Iceland (Kvikmyndasafn Íslands): permanent collection, 2006
  • Package Deals Tour: "Cold Hearts Revisited", 2007
    • Detroit Film Center, June 2007
    • Kendall Square Theatre, Boston MA, July 2007
    • Rotunda Cinematheque, Baltimore MD, October 2007
    • Scandinavia House, New York City, April 2007
  • Skaftfell Menningarmiðstöð (Skaftfell Culture House), Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, May 2006

Portraits & Testimonies #3: Cris Siqueira (2005)

  • Aarau One Minute Film Festival, Aarau Switzerland, August 2007
  • Forx Film Festival, Grand Forks, ND, 2006
  • Iowa City Experimental Film Festival, IA, October 2007
  • 11th MadCat Women's International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, September 2007
  • National Film Archive of Iceland (Kvikmyndasafn Íslands): permanent collection, 2006
  • Package Deals Tour: "Cold Hearts Revisited", 2007
    • Detoit Film Center, June 2007
    • Kendall Square Theatre, Boston, MA, July 2007
    • Rotunda Cinematheque, Baltimore, MD, October 2007
    • Scandinavia House, New York City, April 2007
  • Skaftfell Menningarmiðstöð (Skaftfell Culture House), Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, May 2006
  • Walker Art Center: Women with Vision, Minneapolis, MN, 2007

Portraits & Testimonies #4: Mark Borchardt (2005)

  • Forx Film Festival, Grand Forks, ND, 2006
  • National Film Archive of Iceland (Kvikmyndasafn Íslands): permanent collection, 2006
  • Skaftfell Menningarmiðstöð (Skaftfell Culture House), Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, May 2006

Portraits & Testimonies #5: Mike Schank (2005)

  • Forx Film Festival, Grand Forks, ND, 2006
  • National Film Archive of Iceland (Kvikmyndasafn Íslands): permanent collection, 2006
  • Skaftfell Menningarmiðstöð (Skaftfell Culture House), Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, May 2006

Portraits & Testimonies #6: Mae Meier (2006)

  • Aarau One Minute, Aarau Switzerland, August 2007
  • Black Maria Film & Video Festival, Jersey City, NJ, 2007
    • Director's Citation, Honorable Mention
  • Fargo Winter Carnival, Fargo, ND, 2007
  • Forx Film Festival, Grand Forks, ND, 2006
  • Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, June 2007
  • Images Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2007
  • Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, IA, 2007
  • National Film Archive of Iceland (Kvikmyndasafn Íslands): permanent collection, 2006
  • National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, September 2007
  • Skaftfell Menningarmiðstöð (Skaftfell Culture House), Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, May 2006

Summertime, 2006 (Iceland)

  • Sjónvarpið, RUV Icelandic National Television Broadcast, Iceland, May 2006

The Art of Effort, 2005 (Israel)

  • Delta International Film & Video Festival, Cleveland, MS, 2007
  • Detroit Docs International Film Festival, October 2007
  • Fargo Winter Carnival, Fargo, ND, 2007
  • Forx Film Festival, Grand Forks, ND, 2006
  • Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, IA, 2007
  • PA Festival of Films, Pennsylvania Film Institute, 2007
  • Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI, 2007

For the Children, 2005 (Israel)

  • Forx Film Festival, Grand Forks, ND, 2006

Landslag, 2004 (Iceland)

  • National Film Archive of Iceland (Kvikmyndasafn Íslands): permanent collection, 2006
  • 43rd Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, March 2005
    • Griot Editorial Best Editing Award
  • Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens, OH, April/May 2005 (click here to visit)
  • Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL, March 2005 (click here to visit)
    • Honorable Mention Experimental Film
  • Chlotrudis Short Film Festival, Brookline, MA, Oct 2005
  • Chlotrudis Shorts Redux, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA, Feb 2006
  • Detroit Film Center, Boxcar Series, April 2005 (click here to visit)
    • Best of Boxcar Collection, 1st Annual DVD
  • Eksperimento 5, Manila, Philippines, Sept 2005
  • European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck Germany, April 2005
  • Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND, March 2005
  • Gimli Film Festival, Gimli Manitoba, Canada, July 2005
  • Iowa City International Documentary Festival, IA, April 2005 (click here to visit)
    • Kodak Vision Award
  • L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, Spain, Nov 2005
  • 9th MadCat Women's International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2005
  • Milwaukee International Film Festival, Midwest Filmmakers Competition, 2006
  • Moondance International Film Festival, Boulder, CO, May 2005
    • Moodance Calypso Award
  • Package Deals: "Cold Hearts: Iceland" Premiere, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY, April 2006
  • Package Deals Tour: "Cold Hearts: Iceland", 2006-2007
    • AS220, Providence, RI, July 2006
    • Alamo Drafthouse, Austin, TX, January 2007
    • Allmanna Galleriet 925, Stockholm, Sweden, December 2006
    • Antimatter Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada, September 2006
    • Ashdod Film and Music Festival, Ashdod, Israel, 2007
    • Celda Contemporanea, Mexico City, March/April 2007
    • Croatian Film Association Cinema, Zagreb, Croatia, October 2006
    • Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX, August 2006
    • Detroit Film Center, Detroit, MI, September 2006
    • Duchess Presents, Chicago, IL, July 2006
    • Indie Memphis Micro Cinema Club, Memphis, TN, September 2006
    • Kendall Square Theatre, Boston, MA, July 2007
    • The Ritz at the Bourse, Philadelphia, PA, October 2006
    • Roxy Bar & Screen, London, England, August 2006
    • Short Cuts Film Club, Visby, Sweden, April 2007
    • Sound Unseen Music + Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, August 2006
    • The Varsity, Seattle, WA, November 2006
    • Zeitgeist Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, June 2006
  • Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, WA, Nov 2005
  • 32nd Student Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
    • National Finalist & Regional Winner : Alternative Film
  • Taste of Iceland Film Festival, Seattle, WA, November 2006
  • Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI, April 2005 (click here to visit)
  • Women Without Borders Festival, Union Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, March 2006

The Sleeper, 2003 (USA)

  • Promotional video for Milwaukee Public School: Garden Homes Montessori School.

Low Grade Genius, 2002 (USA)

  • Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND, 2003

Fargo Street Hawks, 2001 (USA)

  • Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND, 2003
  • Seawhores Tour, USA, 2002-2003
  • Fargo Winter Carnival, Fargo, ND, 2002

Cemanahuac, 2000 (Mexico)

  • Promotional video for Cemanahuac Language School in Cuernavaca Mexico.

The F.U.P. is Forming, 1999 (USA)

  • Fargo Winter Carnival, Fargo, ND, 2002
  • Gallery Geysir, Reykjavik Iceland, 2000
  • Trentino Film Festival, Fargo, ND, 2000

Work:

 

Assistant Professor of Film: Minnesota State University Moorhead, 2006 - Present

Independent Filmmaker & Video Artist, 1998 - Present

Instructor: Grunnskóli Hofsós, Iceland, Video Production, Spring 2006

Freelance Filmmaker: Helen Bader Foundation & UWM, 2005

Lecturer: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Film Department, 2004/2005

Teaching Assistant: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Film Department, 2003-2005

Art Department: Studios USA Television, New York, NY, 2002-2003

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Freelance, Minneapolis, MN, 2001-2002

  • Not Another Hollywood Film: No Time for Cold Feet (Documentary Feature)
  • Comedy Central Productions: Let's Bowl! (Television Series)
  • Twist Productions: television commercials

Education:

 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003-2005
MFA - Film

University of Minnesota, 1999-2002
BIS - Film Studies, Icelandic Language & Culture

Minneapolis Community Technical College, 1999-2002
AS - Filmmaking

University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands), 2000-2001
Icelandic Language

Grants/Awards:

 

Bush Artist Fellow, 2007
Faculty Grant
, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 2007
Fulbright Scholar
, 2005-2006, Iceland
Artist Residency
, Skaftfell Culture House, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, May 2006
Eastman Product Grant
: Eastman Kodak Company, 2004-2005
Chancellor's Award: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003-2005
Teaching Assistantship: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003-2005
IRSEP Scholar to Iceland: University of Minnesota, 2000-2001

Additional:

 

University Film & Video Association: Active Member, 2005 - Present
Women Studies Program Committee, MSUM, 2007-Present
Instructional Technology Advisory Committee
, MSUM, 2007-Present
Fulbright Alumni Association
: Member, 2006-Present

Fargo Film Festival: Festival Co-Chair, 2007 - Present
Fargo Film Festival
: Experimental & Animation Committee Chair, 2006 - Present
Panelist
, "Illuminating Women", Fargo Film Festival (with Judy Irola, Mary Trunk & Melody Gilbert), 2007
Workshop Leader: Expanding Your Horizons Conference for Young Women Grades 7-9, April 2007

Published Article
: University of Iceland, Office of International Education Newsletter, May 2006
Black and Gold Committee
, Peck School of the Arts, UWM: Graduate Representative, 2004/05
Milwaukee International Film Festival: Mid by Midwest Features Juror, 2004
Fillingham Art Furniture Design: Apprentice, 2003-2004
Cellist: 1990-Present (Performances, awards & film credits upon request)
Short Film Assistance: DP, AC, Sound, Gaffer, Actress (credits upon request)