Seen the movie? Now check out the book. On May 15th University of Washington Press will publish a book on Dagur Kári's 2003 arthouse hit Nói albínói, written by Björn Nordfjörd, assistant professor and Director of Cinema Studies at The University of Iceland. According to the…
It was the best of times and it was the worst of times... In spite of everything that plagued us, 2009 was a fine year for the Icelandic cinema, wether in terms of films screened, films produced, box office or market share. Three of the top five openings on…
It's official; ICN readers have selected the poster for Ragga M. Thórdarson's documentary From Oakland to Iceland: A Hip Hop Homecoming, the Icelandic Movie Poster of the Decade. The poster was designed by Thórdís Claessen, check her portfolio here.…
Now showing on a computer screen near you: Erlendur Sveinsson's one of a kind documentary from 1997; Give Us This Day (Íslands þúsund ár). The film describes one day in the life of Icelandic fishermen, pre-industrialisation, and shows us the methods of catching fish from the treacherous Icelandic…
