Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson's Undercurrent (Brim) was selected Film of the Year at last night's Edda Film and TV Awards. The film, which received a total of twelve nominations, won six. Dagur Kári's The Good Heart (ten noms) won five, including director and screenplay. Ólafur Darri Ólafsson was selected Actor of…
Undercurrent (Brim) by Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson leads the nominations to the Edda Film & TV Awards announced today. The film gets a total of 12 noms, Jitters (Órói) by Baldvin Z. and The Good Heart by Dagur Kári get 10 each. The award ceremony will be broadcast live by Channel…
Mr. Bjarnfredarson is film of the year and The Prison Shift dominates the TV categories at last night's Edda Awards. The two close relatives received six Eddas each. Strong criticism of the recent cutbacks in film funding and at pubcaster RUV dominated the evening, culminating in The Academy…
On the eve of the Edda Awards ceremony Iceland Cinema Now interviewed Pálmi Gudmundsson, Channel 2‘s (Stöð 2) Vice-President of Programming, about the station‘s success with original fiction series in the last few years and the road ahead.…
Icelandic cinematographer Karl Óskarsson is nominated both for the Icelandic Edda Awards and the Czech Lion Awards for his work on the Czech film 3 Seasons in Hell. The film, which co-leads the Lion nominations with a total of 11, depicts a young hedonistic…
Channel 2 receives a whopping 25 nominations in total to the upcoming Edda Awards, while RUV gets a total of 23 noms and Screen One 4 noms. This is the first time Channel 2 nominations exceed RUV's, a clear indication of the privately owned…
The 11th Edda, The Icelandic Film and TV Awards, will be handed out Saturday February 27th at Háskólabíó cinema. The ceremony will be broadcast live (and un-scrambled) on Channel 2, which has not carried it since its inauguration in 1999. Pubcaster RUV declined to…
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…
