Icelandic Films at Cinecenta, 2023

A special introduction by Professor Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir accompanied each of the screenings. Sponsored by the UVic Deptartment of Germanic & Slavic Studies in conjunction with the Beck Lecture Series.

• Woman at War (2018)
  Director: Benedikt Erlingsson
  October 18, 2023
• A White, White Day (2019)
  Director: Hlynur Pálmason
  October 25, 2023
• Rams (2015)
  Director: Grímur Hákonarson
  November 1, 2023

The Icelandic Institute Film Festival, 1990

• The Icelandic Institute brought three guest lecturers to the university. Their charge—through a group of courses, a series of public lectures, and a festival of films—was to introduce us to modern Icelandic culture.

The 1992 and 1993 Victoria International Film Festival

• The Margaret and Richard Beck Fund helped to sponsor three films for the 1992 Victoria International Film Festival, as well as purchasing videos of the movies for the University of Victoria library.
• The Margaret and Richard Beck Fund helped to sponsor the international debut of As in Heaven for the 1993 Victoria International Film Festival, as well as purchasing the video for the University of Victoria library.