Two stories dominate the period; the amazing box office success of Ragnar Bragason‘s film Mr. Bjarnfredarson and the 23% cut in public funding for films. It‘s still unclear how the cuts will affect projects, but it looks likely that film production will slow substantially down this year, resulting in fewer…
BUSINESS: As the year comes to an end, the local scene has been quiet on the surface, but behind the curtains the filmmaking community has been lobbying the authorities to reduce the drastic proposed 34% cut for film funding in the 2010 budget, a measure set to turn…
This is the first monthly report ICN runs. It covers the period from September to mid-November. The ICN Monthly Report will from now on appear in the third week of every month and is intended to give overview of the main news of the past four weeks or so. Iceland…
