Blacks's Game, the debut feature of Óskar Thor Axelsson, had its international premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival yesterday, where it's competing for the Tiger Award. Judging by the buzz on the film's Rotterdam fest page it seems it has gone down very well indeed. Furthermore it's currently rated a…
The Icelandic Film Company is now shooting thriller Frost on Langjökull glacier in the Icelandic highlands. Directed by Reynir Lyngdal (Our Own Oslo) from a script by Jón Atli Jónasson (Brim,…
Baltasar Kormákur's Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale and Giovanni Ribisi, opened in the US on Friday and has performed well over expectations. The film tops the box office this weekend with a $24.1m gross, making it the biggest opener ever for studio Working Title. This is the first…
The trailer for Baltasar Kormákur’s Contraband has arrived. The film, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi and Lukas Haas, will be out January 15th. This is a remake of Icelandic thriller Reykjavik Rotterdam, which had Kormákur in the starring role and also acting as producer.
Swiss distributor Frenetic Films has acquired the rights to the Icelandic thriller BLACK'S GAME, which started official presales in Toronto International Film Festival.…
Rúnar Rúnarsson's Volcano (Eldfjall) will be Iceland's entry to the Academy Awards preselection in the foreign picture category. The film premiered at Cannes this year and wil have it's Icelandic premiere on September 29th.…
Journalist and former editor of Land & synir, Ásgeir H. Ingólfsson, reports from the fifth Skjaldborg Documentary Film Festival (June 10-12).…
Giorgio Gosetti, director of Venice Days, has been appointed the Director of the New Visions Programme at RIFF and Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen has accepted a seat on the jury. RIFF (Reykjavik International Film Festival) will take place from September 22 to October 2.…
Valdís Óskarsdóttir was selected for the program Variety's Ten Euro Directors to Watch, which was presented by the European Film Promotion at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In support of this honour, Valdís Óskarsdóttir latest feature film, King’s Road, was screened.…
Variety's Alissa Simon reviews Baldvin Z's Jitters (Órói) in favourable terms: "An intelligent, sensitive Icelandic high schooler comes to grips with his sexuality in likable teen soap opera "Jitters," from first-time feature helmer Baldvin Z. Recounting the coming-out trials of 16-year-old Gabriel (Atli Oskar Fjalarson), as well as the coming-of-age…
