Fridrik Thór Fridriksson's Mamma Gógó (2010) recently won two prizes at international festivals, leading actress Kristbjörg Kjeld won Best Actress at the Polar Lights Festival in Murmansk Russia and the film received the audience prize at Festroia Film Festival in Setúbal Portugal.…
Rúnar Rúnarsson won the Best Directing Award for his first feature film, Volcano, at the Transilvania International Film Festival. Rúnarsson shared the award with Constantin Popescu who directed the fim Principles of Life.…
Teenage drama Jitters , Baldvin Z's debut feature, received the Don Quijote prize at the Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (May 3-7). The film, which recently received a warm welcome at Toronto's Sprockets Festival, is heading for several upcoming festivals, including a market screening in Cannes.…
Fridrik Thór Fridriksson's Mamma Gógó is among the 65 entries still in the running for nominations to the Academy Awards. The director is interviewed by The New York Times' Carpetbagger section today and admits that he, like so many others in Iceland "lost everything, including my house.” Nine…
Director Fridrik Thór Fridriksson received a lifetime achievement award from the Association of Czech Film Clubs for his contribution to world cinema at the 36th Summer Film School Festival (July 22-31) in the Czech Republic. The festival did a major retrospective of Fridriksson's oeuvre and also included a…
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…
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…
Baltasar Kormákur's White Night Wedding (Brúðguminn), received the Young European Jury Award at The Nordic Film Festival at Rouen, France (10-21 March). The 2008 Edda-Award winning film participated in the competition of ten Nordic films previously unreleased in France. Other Icelandic films at the festival included…
Ísold Uggadóttir's recent Edda Award winning short, Committed (Njálsgata) just won an award at The European Independent Film Festival for Óskar Thór Axelsson's cinematography. Axelsson is due to film his debut feature Black's Turn (Svartur á leik) this summer. The film is produced…
DP Karl Óskarsson was awarded a Czech Lion for the cinematography of 3 Seasons in Hell, as The Lions (The Czech Film Awards) were handed out at a ceremony in Prague on Saturday night. The film, which received a total of three Lion out of 11…
