“I have been very interested in the way we put people into these gender boxes. The story follows an 11-year-old Breki who makes a mess at his sister’s room while trying on her makeup. Anna Karín spent almost a year working on the film. Breaking gender stereotypesĪlthough the film spans just 15 minutes, creating Felt Cute was no small feat. “I didn’t get in, so now I’m just going to be here over the summer and I’ll move back to Iceland in August,” she shares. Since Anna Karín had long wanted to continue her studies at the National Film School of Denmark and her latest project, Felt Cute, was headed to Denmark for post-production, she made the move to Copenhagen. “I was mostly editing and shooting segments, but also directing.” ![]() “After graduation, I started working at RÚV, the national television station, mostly in KrakkaRÚV and UngRÚV ,” Anna explains. ![]() Her third semester project, a short film XY won Stockfish back in 2019. “I went and fell in love with directing,” she shares. It wasn’t until she looked into what a filmmaker does and applied for the Icelandic Film School that she started learning about the ins and outs of the craft. “I didn’t even know that you could make films.”Īnna Karín didn’t have cinematic role models growing up despite being obsessed with films. My mom, who is a guidance counsellor, said that I could be a good director,” she laughs. “I was lost about what I wanted to do after high school. “I don’t know if I should just start from the beginning of my career,” Anna Karín smiles when I admit I couldn’t find much information about her online. We caught up with Anna Karín virtually to talk about her most recent festival win, struggles of making a career in film and her future plans. But director Anna Karín Lárusdóttir has already achieved this feat - in 2019 with XY and just a few weeks ago with Felt Cute, both wins at Stockfish, Iceland’s film and industry festival. ![]() Doing it twice is a dream that not many will see come true. Winning a short film competition is a big deal for an aspiring filmmaker. Tweet Anna Karín Lárusdóttir’s short film Felt Cute challenges the conformity of society’s labels
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