Ísold Uggadóttir's recent Edda Award winning short, Committed (Njálsgata) just won an award at The European Independent Film Festival for Óskar Thór Axelsson's cinematography. Axelsson is due to film his debut feature Black's Turn (Svartur á leik) this summer. The film is produced…
Director Ragnar Bragason (Mr. Bjarnfredarson) was selected the chairman of The Film Directors Guild Iceland at the Guild's annual General Meeting last Friday. Director Fridrik Thór Fridriksson steps down as chairman but stays on the board. Other board members are Silja Hauksdóttir, Hilmar Oddsson and Óskar Jónasson. Mr.…
Edda-nominated short Epic Fail by Ragnar Agnarsson, was recently sold to Canal+ and will also participate in The Tribeca Film Festival (April 21st - May 2nd). Check out two shorts scenes from the film, starring Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, below.…
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…
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.
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.
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…
