God Bless Iceland, the new documentary by Helgi Felixson, on the dramatic crash of the Icelandic economy last fall and its effects on the people, will premiere in Iceland on October 6th. The doc is the first of many expected in the coming months on the subject. The production company is Felixfilm, Sweden.
Óskar Jónasson’s Reykjavik Rotterdam will be Iceland’s contribution to the Academy Awards preselection in the foreign picture category. The film premiered in Iceland at the beginning of October last year. The Oscars ceremony will be held on Sunday March 7th 2010 in Los Angeles. The Edda Awards to be held…
Dagur Kári’s third feature, The Good Heart, starring Brian Cox and Paul Dano, had its international premiere at The Toronto International Film Festival last Thursday and features also in the competition at The Deauville American Film Festival in France. In October the film will play at Pusan International Film Festival.…
Nordisk Panorama, the short and documentary film festival, will open its 20th anniversary edition in Reykjavík on September 25th. Since 1989 the festival has rotated annually between the five Nordic countries; Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Around 400 guests are expected from abroad and last time the festival was…
German actor Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds, Goodbye Lenin) is confirmed as one of the leads in Valdís Óskarsdóttir’s new film Kóngavegur 7. Shooting will commence next week in Reykjavik.…
Renowned director Milos Forman will be the Guest of Honour at the forthcoming Reykjavik International Film Festival, receiving its honorary award for his contribution to world cinema. A wide selection of his films will be screened at the festival, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus and The Fireman’s…
Sales company E1 has bought UK rights to Júlíus Kemp’s horror film Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (RWWM). The Icelandic Film Company’s Ingvar Thordarson, Gísli Gíslason and Júlíus Kemp produced and Sjón Sigurdsson, a joint best music Oscar nominee for Dancer In The Dark, wrote the screenplay. UK’s Film And Music…
Júlíus Kemp’s Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre premiered in Iceland on September 3rd. It’s a gory thriller about a brutal and bloody battle between whalers hellbent on major mischief and hapless whale watchers who get in their way. Further info is here.
Baltasar Kormákur’s White Night Wedding was by far the most popular Icelandic movie screened in 2008, with over 55.000 admissions. Box office is up 14.5% from 2007 and local films also increase their market share by over 15% (to 10.5% of total market share). General data for 2008 Inhabitants 319,368…
