Júlíus Kemp's surreal horror film Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre, has been picked up in most major territories, including UK, Japan, Germany and France with US sales pending, making it one of the must successful sellers of any Icelandic film.…
Got Water? (Áttu vatn?) by Haraldur Sigurjónsson won 1st prize at the Reykjavik Short Film Days, concluded last night. Sugarcube (Sykurmoli) by Sara Gunnarsdóttir came second and Gravity (Thyngdarafl) by Logi Hilmarsson got third place. The audience prize went to Supercute (Ofurkruttid) by Jónatan Arnar Örlygsson and Grímur…
22 new short films will participate at the annual Reykjavik Short Film Days on Wednesday June 9th. The festival, which started in 1991, has established itself as a showcase for up and coming talent, with many of the younger generation of Icelandic film directors having launched their first…
British actors Jonathan Pryce and Philip Jackson are currently in Reykjavik, filming scenes in Olaf de Fleur's City State. Shooting on the low-budget crime thriller wraps at the weekend. The film, set in the Icelandic underworld, deals with three people who's lives intersect when…
At least seven features and four feature documentaries are heading for the silver screen throughout the year, with three features and one doc already screened, making 2010 probably the biggest year ever for the Icelandic cinema in terms of films screened. Ironically this happens at the same time as the…
