Oddi
Room 101
The Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Iceland invites you to a screening of two short animated films by Canadian director, G. Scott MacLeod. They are inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic accounts of women who travelled long distances in the North Atlantic during the Viking era.
The films will be projected Wednesday September 9th at 6 pm in room 101, Oddi on the University of Iceland campus.
The titles of the films are The Indigo Iona Saga and the Settlement of Iceland (30 min.) and Expedition Greenland - Solveig’s Strength and Auðr’s Prosperity (30 min.). They are part of a 3 act animated-live action film series told from a woman’s perspective & explores Norse women via the sagas, history, archaeology & migration patterns of the Vikings,
The Ambassador of Canada to Iceland, Jenny Hill, will say a few words before the screening as will the writer/director G. Scott MacLeod.
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Buses 14, 1, 6, 3 and 12 stop at the University of Iceland in Vatnsmýri. Buses 11 and 15 also stop nearby. Let's travel in an ecological way!