THE ICN INTERVIEW: Ólafur H. Torfason, the new chairman of The Film Board. Veteran film critic Ólafur H. Torfason was recently appointed the chairman of The Film Board, whose role is to give advice and make proposals to the Minister of Culture about public policy and objectives in matters of…
Laura Kern at Film Comment reports on the Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) on the magazine’s website: For six years now, Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital and cultural center, has hosted a medium-scale (in international, not local terms) film festival. Despite the crippling economic crisis that hit last September, this year’s edition…
Daniel Lindvall, Film International’s editor-in-chief runs an article on The Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) on FilmInt.’s website. Check it out here.…
The government has some explaining to do. How come it proposes a 34% cut in film funding, while only suggesting an average 4% cut in other arts funding, with none going above 6%? Yes, filmmakers are well aware of the dire financial straits we’re in. As a matter of fact,…
In his report on the recently wrapped Reykjavik International Film Festival, renowned critic Gerald Peary, writes: “In 2009, the films from about the globe were just as excellent as before. Why go to Cannes or Venice, when Reykjavik beckons?” Peary introduced his excellent film For the Love of Movies at…
Iceland on Screen’s Ben Hopkins recently interviewed producer/director Júlíus Kemp about his new film, Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre. In the interview Júlíus talks about the making of the film, the financial hurdles, the current film scene in Iceland and new projects. Click here for the whole interview.…
Recently I was interviewed by Ben Hopkins at Iceland On Screen about the nature of film criticism in Iceland and how the local film industry has developed during the last thirty years, or since regular film production began in Iceland. The interview follows (check out Ben’s excellent site here).…
