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374 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 16/04/2025.

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

When the Light Breaks crowned Film of the Year and Touch dominates with ten wins at Iceland’s Edda Awards

When the Light Breaks crowned Film of the Year and Touch dominates with ten wins at Iceland’s Edda Awards

Rúnar Rúnarsson has been named Best Director and won the Award for Short Film of the Year with O, whilst Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s Loveable scooped the gong for Foreign Film of the Year  

27/03 | Festivals | Awards | Iceland

Review: Epilogues

Review: Epilogues

Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon’s slow-paced fiction feature explores ultimate solitude and the liminal space between active life and the threshold of death  

27/03 | Vilnius 2025

Series review: The Danish Woman

Series review: The Danish Woman

The fantastic Trine Dyrholm is a neighbour from hell or an angel of justice, depending on how you feel about cats, in Benedikt Erlingsson’s series  

26/03 | Series Mania 2025

Benedikt Erlingsson, Ólafur Egill Egilsson • Writer-creator and writer of The Danish Woman

Interview: Benedikt Erlingsson, Ólafur Egill Egilsson • Writer-creator and writer of The Danish Woman

“How would it feel if Pippi Longstocking or Rambo were your neighbours?”

In their new show, the duo introduces us to a new action hero – a lovely lady with a past in the Danish Secret Service, played by Trine Dyrholm  

24/03 | Series Mania 2025

Review: The Home

Review: The Home

Mattias J Skoglund's effective, modest horror takes full advantage of one of the biggest modern fears: moving into an assisted living facility  

14/03 | SXSW 2025

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