The Children's Book and Film Festival in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur will be held in
\nthe third time now in March. This year's festival will be dedicated to Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Helgad\u00f3ttir,
\nwriter and a resident of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Gu\u00f0r\u00fanu needs
\nIt would be hard to introduce to any living Icelandic person, but she has left behind characters.
\nwhom the nation has learned to love over the years, such as P\u00e1ll Vilhj\u00e1lmsson,
\nthe twin brothers J\u00f3n Oddur and J\u00f3n Bjarni, and so the list of titles goes on and on.
\nHer works include nearly thirty pieces, in addition to four plays or playlets. Thus
\nshe gained her place as one
\nthe most beloved writer of our time.<\/p>\n
The festival will be opened on Friday, 16 March. The weekend
\nOn 17-18 March, there will be events at several of the town's institutions and at the Town Cinema.
\nThe following week, the festival will continue in the town's nurseries and primary schools.
\nThe aim of Book and Film Week is to remind people of the importance of reading and books and
\ntheir connection to films.<\/p>\n
Special emphasis will also be placed on those authors who now live and
\nare active in writing for young readers, such as the actor Gunnar Helgason and
\na writer who lives in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. It so happens that a picture by
\nHis book Hell in the Westman Islands will be premiered on 23 March next.
\nHeroes are going to come out of it, play a trick and challenge the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur kids.
\nin a penalty shootout on Saturday at 13:00, ahead of a special ceremony
\nA screening of J\u00f3n Oddsson and J\u00f3n Bjarnar, which will be held at B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3 at 14:00. All events at the Book and Film Festival are free of charge.<\/p>\n
Then, children's author Bergr\u00fan \u00cdris S\u00e6varsd\u00f3ttir from
\nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is directing the opening ceremony, and her work has received much praise.
\ncritics and award nominations.<\/p>\n
Friday, 16 March<\/strong><\/p>\n 9:30 and 10:30 Opening ceremony at B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3<\/strong> Address, Saturday, 17th March<\/strong><\/p>\n 12:30 and 16:00 Concerts at V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0akirkja<\/strong> Open 13:00 Penalty shootout by the library<\/strong> Actors from 14:00 Film screening at B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3<\/strong><\/p>\n The film J\u00f3n Oddur and J\u00f3n Bjarni by Before the film, there will be a clip from the film V\u00edti \u00ed <\/p>\n All week<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A varied programme in nurseries and primary schools.<\/p>\n \u2022 Storytime at the library: For everyone who borrows children's books \u2022 Displays of books and films based on them \u2022 Poems from book covers: Visitors to the children's and young people's department <\/p>\n Sunday, 18th March<\/strong><\/p>\n 11:00 am: Guided walk from G\u00fatt\u00f3<\/strong><\/p>\n Leifur Helgason leads a walk through the setting of Gu\u00f0r\u00fan's books. 14:00-17:00 Family workshop at Hafnarborg<\/strong><\/p>\n L\u00f3a Hj\u00e1lmt\u00fdsd\u00f3ttir leads a drawing and writing workshop.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Monday 19 March<\/strong><\/p>\n 5 p.m. Book Bingo at the Library <\/strong>Book prizes on offer for lucky bingo players.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tuesday, 20th March<\/strong><\/p>\n 10:30 Book Bingo at the parents' morning <\/strong>Parents with young children and babies are very welcome.<\/p>\n Bright in the summer house <\/strong>Musical for Year 3 pupils at the Town Cinema.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thursday, 22 March<\/strong><\/p>\n 17:00-18:00 Storytelling session at the library <\/strong>A story will be told, improvised in collaboration with the audience who will help with character creation.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" B\u00f3ka- og b\u00ed\u00f3h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 barnanna \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i ver\u00f0ur haldin \u00ed \u00feri\u00f0ja skipti n\u00fana \u00ed mars. H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0in \u00ed \u00e1r ver\u00f0ur helgu\u00f0 Gu\u00f0r\u00fanu Helgad\u00f3ttur, rith\u00f6fundi og Hafnfir\u00f0ingi. Gu\u00f0r\u00fanu \u00fearf vart a\u00f0 kynna fyrir nokkrum n\u00falifandi \u00cdslendingi en eftir hana liggja pers\u00f3nur sem \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0in hefur l\u00e6rt a\u00f0 elska \u00ed gegnum \u00e1rin eins og P\u00e1ll Vilhj\u00e1lmsson, tv\u00edburabr\u00e6\u00f0urnir J\u00f3n Oddur og […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13530"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA reading, film clips and musical performances for the town's oldest nursery school children with
\nFocus on the body of work of Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Helgad\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n
\nA concert by junior and senior choirs at the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Children's Choir Festival in V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0akirkja.<\/p>\n
\nPenalty in Westman Islands.<\/p>\n
\nthe eponymous story by Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Helgad\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n
\nPremiered in the Westman Islands.<\/p>\n
\nBorrowers can take part in a lending game. Prizes for lucky readers.<\/p>\n
\nat the library.<\/p>\n
\nThe library can have a go at creating poems from book titles.<\/p>\n
\nHelgad\u00f3ttir, organised by the Folk Museum.<\/p>\n