The new documentary Burkina Faso 8600 km by Vera Sölvadóttir and Thorsteinn J. premiered last Thursday on the latter’s website and will be available there until next Sunday. Film depicts the journey of an Icelandic couple who buy two used SUV’s in Iceland and head to the African country Burkina Faso with the aim of selling one of the SUV’s and use the money to fund an educational program run by the ABC Children’s Aid. ICN spoke briefly with the directors.
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.…
Two Brits, director Henry Bateman and producer Heather Millard, relocated to Iceland last year to embark on a documentary called Future of Hope, focusing on the possibilities the country faces in the aftermath of the economic crash. The film is well under way but in order to finance the post-production, the filmmakers are appealing to the public to donate funds through website Kickstarter.com. ICN spoke with the producer Heather Millard, about the film.
Culture Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir expresses doubts about RUV Director Páll Magnússon‘s decision to stop buying programming from independent producers in an ICN Interview. She says it‘s clear that his decision does not conform to the existing Service Agreement between RUV and the government and she will discuss the issue with…
Karl Óskarsson, one of Iceland’s finest DP’s and a pioneer of the Icelandic film scene back in the eighties, has enjoyed a successful career as one of Europe’s top DP’s of commercials and promos for almost twenty years. Recently he lensed Tomás Masín’s debut film 3 Seasons in Hell (3 sezony v pekle) in The Czech Republic. The film premiered in November to a box office success and will roll out at international festivals in the coming months. ICN spoke briefly with Óskarsson about the film and his plans for the future.
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…
