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379 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 12/06/2025.

REPORT: Work-in-Progress @ Skjaldborg Festival 2025

REPORT: Work-in-Progress @ Skjaldborg Festival 2025

We take a closer look at the five projects that were pitched at this year’s Patreksfjörður-based gathering  

12/06 | Industry | Market | Iceland

Skjaldborg Festival crowns The Farmer and the Factory and Amateur’s Paradise as its champions

Skjaldborg Festival crowns The Farmer and the Factory and Amateur’s Paradise as its champions

The Icelandic event also honoured late critic Ásgeir Ingólfsson’s legacy and celebrated 2024 CPH:DOX winner Alessandra Celesia as its guest of honour  

11/06 | Festivals | Awards | Iceland

Liselott Forsman • CEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Interview: Liselott Forsman • CEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond

"We have to challenge the big trends all the time, we have to keep searching for the new ways and stay truthful to the real art of cinema"

CANNES 2025: The CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond reflected on the evolving landscape of Nordic cinema and the importance of resistance and challenging the system  

27/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That Remains

Interview: Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That Remains

“There’s a lot of beauty, and you really need to take care of it – it’s so easy to take things for granted”

CANNES 2025: The Icelandic director talks about his, in a way, very strange creative process  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Review: The Love That Remains

Review: The Love That Remains

CANNES 2025: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason’s new film proves he can invite you into his home and pull the rug from right under your feet  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir, Gunnar Tómas Kristófersson • Head of legal deposit and cinematek, and researcher, National Film Archive of Iceland

Interview: Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir, Gunnar Tómas Kristófersson • Head of legal deposit and cinematek, and researcher, National Film Archive of Iceland

“In Iceland, we are still writing our film history”

The duo tell us more about their work at the National Film Archive of Iceland and about discovering forgotten filmmakers – and their own country  

16/04 | Stockfish 2025

Dögg Mósesdóttir • Managing director, Stockfish Film & Industry Festival

Interview: Dögg Mósesdóttir • Managing director, Stockfish Film & Industry Festival

“Eccentricity is what makes us unique”

The managing director of the Icelandic gathering reflects on ten days of screenings, meetings with honorary guests and industry initiatives  

15/04 | Stockfish 2025

Stockfish celebrates Floria Sigismondi, Dóra Einars and the short film In Rhythm

Stockfish celebrates Floria Sigismondi, Dóra Einars and the short film In Rhythm

The Icelandic festival wrapped in Reykjavík on Sunday, after handing out a flurry of awards  

14/04 | Stockfish 2025 | Awards

Series review: Kabul

Series review: Kabul

The European geopolitical miniseries helmed by Kasia Adamik and Olga Chajdas follows the Taliban’s takeover during the final days of the USA’s withdrawal from Afghanistan  

01/04 | Series Mania 2025

Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon • Director of Epilogues

Interview: Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon • Director of Epilogues

“I wanted the character to disappear into the fog at the end because in the fog, anything can happen”

The Icelandic filmmaker reveals more about his personal connection to his second feature, the challenges of undertaking such a risky project, and his close bond with the actors  

28/03 | Vilnius 2025

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