Swiss distributor Frenetic Films has acquired the rights to the Icelandic thriller BLACK'S GAME, which started official presales in Toronto International Film Festival.…
Raven Banner has licensed German rights to Baldvin Z’s teen drama Jitters to Salzgeber, which plans to release the film in 50 cities. The film is based on the novels of Ingibjorg Reynisdottir and follows the lives of youngsters as they deal with sexuality and identity. Other territories sold include…
A new website, Icelandic Cinema Online, will be launched on May 23rd. This is the first site dedicated to giving online access to Icelandic films and will offer features, documentaries, short films, TV shows and other audiovisuals from and about Iceland.…
TLA Releasing has acquired UK and US rights (theatrical, TV, Home Video (incl. DVD), EST, DTO, PPV, VOD, DTR, streaming, all other internet, new media, ancillary) for Baldvin Z’s critically-acclaimed teen drama Jitters (Órói). Based on novels written by Ingibjörg Reynisdóttir, the Icelandic feature has already enthralled audiences at film…
Distribution company Outplay has picked up rights for France, Benelux, Switzerland, Luxembourg and The Netherlands from The Icelandic Film Company to Baldvin Z’s feature debut Jitters, recently premiered internationally at Toronto’s Sprockets Film Festival. Michael Martin of Outplay negotiated the deal with Michael Paszt of Raven Banner Entertainment on behalf…
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.…
Iceland's most popular film in recent years, Ragnar Bragason's Mr. Bjarnfredarson, is out on DVD today (with english and german subtitles). The film got wide attention when it outperformed Avatar (see ICN comment here) during its first weeks of cinema run around last Christmas, and has…
Dagur Kári's The Good Heart received the audience award at the recent Off Plus Camera Film Festival in Krakow Poland, and additionally a $10.000 award towards distribution (by Gutek Film) in Poland. The film is now out in the United States and the American critics' take can…
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.…
Production company Reveille (the makers of The Office and Ugly Betty are planning a US remake of The Night Shift TV series, aired by Iceland's Channel 2 in 2007. The company has signed a deal with Sony Pictures to distribute the series…
