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.…
The Good Heart by Dagur Kári is now in competition at Les Arcs European Film Festival in France. The Zik Zak Filmworks film will premiere in Iceland early next year. Magnolia Pictures has bought US rights and Le Pacte will…
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 [...]
The End, an installation piece by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, presently a part of The Biennale, will be presented as a part of the 2010 edition of New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival. The programme, a collection by thirteen international artists of digital art, film screenings, multimedia performances, site-specific installations…
Wondering where to see Icelandic films around the world? Look no further. More than 20 new, recent and older features, docus and shorts are playing at nine festivals in eight countries on three continents in the coming weeks. A comprehensive list follows by festivals. Expect another posting of this kind…
Dreamland, Thorfinnur Gudnason’s and Andri Snær Magnason’s passionate and damning feature documentary about the controversial Kárahnjúkar dam and its effects on Iceland, will be in competition at the prestigious International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in late November. The film, based on Magnason’s bestseller, was a huge hit in Iceland earlier…
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…
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.…
