Rakel
Andrésdóttir 

Rakel Andrésdóttir (b. 1997) is a multidisciplinary artist and animator working across video, installation, and performance. Her work explores political and personal themes through storytelling, fantasy, and theatrical staging inspired by amateur performance traditions. She primarily works with handmade animation and stop motion. Her films have screened internationally and received awards at the Stockfish Film Festival, Skjaldborg Film Festival, and the Edda Awards, presented by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy, for the films Smoke Break and Cherry Tomatoes. Rakel received her BFA from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2020 and completed animation studies at FAMU in the Czech Republic in 2023.