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…
Icelander Karl Júlíusson is the recipient of the US ADG Awards for excellence in production design for a feature film in 2009. The award, for his work in Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, was handed out at a ceremony in Los Angeles Saturday evening.…
The Good Heart by Dagur Kári received the Kodak Nordic Vision Award for Rasmus Videbæk's cinematography, at The Gothenburg International Film Festival, which wraps tomorrow. Film will open in Iceland on March 5th and in France on March 17th. Magnolia Pictures has bought US…
Rúnar Rúnarsson's Anna won the Jury Grand Prize at The 32nd Rencontres Henri Langlois International Film Schools Festival in Poitiers France, from the 4th to the 12th of December. This is multiple-award winning Rúnarsson's graduation film from The Danish Film School, and has already won six…
Short Hope by young filmmaker Pétur Már Pétursson won third prize at the REClimate film competition, held during the run up to the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen. 125 films entered the competition, open to young people between the ages of 15-19. The 6:43 min.…
Short Mommy Knows Best by Bardi Gudmundsson was recently selected Best Short at The Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film festival – Querbild. A few days later the film received the Audience Prize at The Madrid Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The film stars comedienne Helga Braga Jónsdóttir as the mother and newcomer Vidir Gudmundsson [...]
Country Wedding by Valdís Óskarsdóttir was awarded the Northern Table, or Best Film Prize, in addition to the Audience Award, at the 10th Nordic Film Days in Riga, Latvia (October 16-24). The competition section of 14 Nordic feature films included Lars von Trier’s recent Nordic Council’s Film Prize winner Antichrist…
The Reykjavik edition of Nordisk Panorama, the shorts and documentary film festival now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, selected Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Anna as best Nordic short. The project is his graduation film from The Danish Film School. The documentary award went to Det Röde Kapel (Red Chapel) from Danish…
The Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) handed out its prizes in a ceremony at Reykjavik City Hall yesterday evening. The Golden Puffin (Discovery of the Year) went to 20 year old director and this year’s Director’s Fortnight winner Xavier Dolan for his debut film, I Killed My Mother (J´ai Tué…
