Ben Hopkins at Iceland On Screen runs an informative Q&A with The Shift Series' co-writer Jóhann Ævar Grímsson, were he talks about how the series came into being. He also mentions their new series, World's End, which will go into shooting this summer. Click here for the piece.…
Director Baldvin Z, currently in post-production on his debut feature Jitters (Órói), has formed the production company Zeta Film. The company produces films, television programmes and commercials. Zeta Film is preparing a TV comedy series written by newcomers Arnór Pálmi, Heidar Mar and Katrín Björgvinsdóttir in…
On the eve of the Edda Awards ceremony Iceland Cinema Now interviewed Pálmi Gudmundsson, Channel 2‘s (Stöð 2) Vice-President of Programming, about the station‘s success with original fiction series in the last few years and the road ahead.…
Iceland features prominently in the BBC Two documentary series How Earth Made Us, hosted by geologist Iain Stewart. The five-part series deal with how geology, geography and climate have influenced mankind. The second episode, Water, visits Iceland, the Middle East and India and shows how control over water has been central to human existence. The Iceland shoot took place last summer, with production services provided by Filmus Productions.
Production outfits Icelandic Cowboys and Belgium's BGoodMedia have signed a joint deal with independent TV distributor All3Media International to represent the distributor’s portfolio of around 60 TV formats in their respective markets, including the award-winning Cash Cab; quiz show The…
Thórhallur Gunnarsson, Head of Programming at public broadcaster RUV for the past three years, has resigned today citing personal reasons. His resignation, effective immediately, comes as RUV is faced with a 10% cut in accordance with the 2010 government budget, in addition to the 19% cut the pubcaster…
