Journalist and former editor of Land & synir, Ásgeir H. Ingólfsson, reports from the fifth Skjaldborg Documentary Film Festival (June 10-12).…
Giorgio Gosetti, director of Venice Days, has been appointed the Director of the New Visions Programme at RIFF and Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen has accepted a seat on the jury. RIFF (Reykjavik International Film Festival) will take place from September 22 to October 2.…
Valdís Óskarsdóttir was selected for the program Variety's Ten Euro Directors to Watch, which was presented by the European Film Promotion at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In support of this honour, Valdís Óskarsdóttir latest feature film, King’s Road, was screened.…
Variety's Alissa Simon reviews Baldvin Z's Jitters (Órói) in favourable terms: "An intelligent, sensitive Icelandic high schooler comes to grips with his sexuality in likable teen soap opera "Jitters," from first-time feature helmer Baldvin Z. Recounting the coming-out trials of 16-year-old Gabriel (Atli Oskar Fjalarson), as well as the coming-of-age…
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.…
Fresh from shooting Contraband with Mark Wahlberg in the US for Working Title and Universal, director Baltasar Kormákur has announced that Working Title has optioned the rights to produce his viking epic, Vikingr. Interviewed by Fréttabladid daily, Kormákur says he hopes to make the film within the next two years,…
Veteran director Ágúst Gudmundsson (The Seagull's Laughter) is to direct World War II thriller War Below Zero for Copenhagen's M&M Prods. and Germany's Barefoot Films and Egoli Tossell Film. Danish star Mads Mikkelsen and his German counterpart Til Schweiger are in talks for the leading roles.…
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…
Preparations are under way for the shooting of Ridley Scott's Reykjavik, a film about the Reykjavik Summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986. The project has just been announced at Cannes but it's not clear yet when filming commences. Scott is also looking into shooting parts…
