The epic and darkly comic tale of Iceland’s most popular TV series ever, The Night Shift, The Day Shift and The Prison Shift (see ICN story here), will reach its culmination in the movie Mr. Bjarnfredarson, opening in Iceland on December 26th.
Veteran Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, director of the upcoming Mamma Gógó, spoke recently to students at The Icelandic Film School about Icelandic films and its future.
Valdís Óskarsdóttir, editor turned director, is now editing her recently wrapped second feature, King’s Road 7, and has recently finished cutting Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson’s Undercurrent and Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino. Both will be released early 2010. In an interview at Nordic Film & TV Fund’s website she talks about these projects…
Mamma Gógó, the new film from veteran Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, will open on January 1st 2010. The film has autobiographical elements, as it deals with a struggling director who’s just released an unsuccessful movie (Children of Nature) and at the same time has to deal with his mother’s alzheimer’s condition. Mamma Gógó stars Hilmir Snær [...]
Music by Sigur Rós provides the bulk of the score of the new family drama, The Boys Are Back, from Shine director Scott Hicks, starring Clive Owen. The soundtrack features seven Sigur Rós songs, primarily from their 2008 album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, as well as Indian…
Ireland-based Icelandic screenwriter Marteinn Thórisson co-writes the script for Niko – The Way to the Stars, an animation feature now playing widely to great success throughout Europe and already heading for the 2m admissions mark. The film is nominated for the 2009 European Film Awards in the Animated Feature Film section. This is a family [...]
Short Mommy Knows Best by Bardi Gudmundsson was recently selected Best Short at The Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film festival – Querbild. A few days later the film received the Audience Prize at The Madrid Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The film stars comedienne Helga Braga Jónsdóttir as the mother and newcomer Vidir Gudmundsson [...]
Jim Sheridan’s Brothers, an American remake of Susanne Bier’s 2004 film Brödre, opens Stateside on December 4th. Starring Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire, the film is produced by veteran Icelandic producer Sigurjón Sighvatsson, along with Ryan Kavanaugh and Michael De Luca. The film, already being mentioned as a…
Director István Szabó, president of FERA (Federation of European Film Directors), has written a letter to the Icelandic government, urging it to reconsider plans to drastically slash its film funding. “Icelandic filmmakers”, Szabó writes, “stand apart with their fresh and innovative films”. He adds that “We sincerely urge the Icelandic…
Iceland Cinema Now’s editor Ásgrímur Sverrisson will write regular reports on the Icelandic film scene – local and international – for ION Cinema, one of USA’s finest websites on the independent scene and world cinema. The monthly feature is a part of ION Cinema’s World Report series. Check out ICN’s…
