DP Karl Óskarsson Awarded a Czech Lion For 3 Seasons in Hell

DP Karl Óskarsson was awarded a Czech Lion for the cinematography of 3 Seasons in Hell, as The Lions (The Czech Film Awards) were handed out at a ceremony in Prague on Saturday night. The film, which received a total of three Lion out of 11 nominations, depicts a young hedonistic man living in Prague in the aftermath of World War II, as the Communist regime tightens its grip. Check out the trailer below.

The ICN TV Interview: Dagur Kári on The Good Heart

Dagur Kári’s third film, The Good Heart, opens today in Iceland. The writer/director spoke to Iceland Cinema Now about his film, his love of sitcoms and confined spaces, Bunuel’s words of wisdom, the pretentiousness of trilogies and his next steps. The interview was conducted in downtown Reykjavík in early February.

Documentary Burkina Faso 8600 km Premieres Online

The new documentary Burkina Faso 8600 km by Vera Sölvadóttir and Thorsteinn J. premiered last Thursday on the latter’s website and will be available there until next Sunday. Film depicts the journey of an Icelandic couple who buy two used SUV’s in Iceland and head to the African country Burkina Faso with the aim of selling one of the SUV’s and use the money to fund an educational program run by the ABC Children’s Aid. ICN spoke briefly with the directors.

The Circle Remake

Filmmaker Eysteinn Gudni Gudnason has remade The Circle (Hringurinn), Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s conceptual film from 1985. Fridriksson’s film was a stop-motion movie where a a camera placed on a car’s roof recorded a frame every twelve meters, as the car drove clockwise around Iceland’s Highway One (The Circle Road). Gudnason’s film repeats this but goes in the opposite direction and uses two cameras, one pointing forward and the other one backwards.

Mr. Bjarnfredarson is Film of the Year at the Eddas

Mr. Bjarnfredarson is film of the year and The Prison Shift dominates the TV categories at last night’s Edda Awards. The two close relatives received six Eddas each. Strong criticism of the recent cutbacks in film funding and at pubcaster RUV dominated the evening, culminating in The Academy Honorary Prize handed out to the Icelandic people for its strong support of Icelandic films through the years.