Beautiful Beings screening and Q&A

Experience the powerful storytelling of Icelandic director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's captivating coming-of-age drama, Beautiful Beings, at Rio Filmpalast.

The film is in Icelandic with German subtitles. The Q&A session with director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson will be after the screening.

Synopsis

Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys explore aggression and violence while learning about loyalty and love. As the group's behavior escalates towards life-threatening situations, Addi begins to experience a series of dreamlike visions. Can his newfound intuition guide him and his friends back to a safer path, or will they dive irrevocably into further violence? Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson follows his acclaimed film Heartstone with an intimate and bold vision: "Shakes you up before it melts your heart" (Eye For Film).

Director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson graduated from the Icelandic Arts Academy in Fine art. After graduation, he studied screenwriting in Denmark. His short films and feature debut have been selected for over 200 festivals and won over 70 international awards, including accolades from the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, European Film Awards, and a Nordic Council Film Prize nomination. He developed and wrote his feature film Heartstone during a Cannes Cinéfondation Residency.

Unclaimed tickets will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis, on location 15 minutes before each event.