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383 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 05/08/2025.

Long live the “Fresh Flesh” at the Marché du Film

Long live the “Fresh Flesh” at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2020: Forget Nordic noir – for the rising genre filmmakers from the North, it’s all about folklore these days  

26/06/2020 | Cannes 2020 | Marché du Film

Scandinavian Films’ first webinar explores new shooting strategies in the time of COVID-19

Scandinavian Films’ first webinar explores new shooting strategies in the time of COVID-19

CANNES 2020: The Marché du Film webinar, entitled “Pandemic Production: Lessons Learned in the Nordics”, saw the participation of four filmmakers from the region  

26/06/2020 | Cannes 2020 | Marché du Film

Stefanía Thors  • Director of The School of Housewives

Interview: Stefanía Thors • Director of The School of Housewives

“We don’t give ourselves time to just do things any more”

We talked to Reykjavik-born director Stefanía Thors about The School of Housewives, the titular old educational institution and how it aroused her curiosity  

26/05/2020 | Hot Docs 2020

Series review: Cold Courage

Series review: Cold Courage

It takes a while to warm up to Agneta Fagerström-Olsson and Kadir Balci’s new series, and not just because of its Nordic roots  

20/05/2020 | Series | Reviews | Finland/Belgium/Ireland/Iceland

Iceland’s Black Port starts filming

Iceland’s Black Port starts filming

The Vesturport-created drama series centres on a turbulent recent period for Iceland’s fishing industry through a group of friends who build their own small empire  

20/05/2020 | Production | Funding | Iceland/UK/France

Nordisk Film & TV Fond publishes its 2019 annual report

Nordisk Film & TV Fond publishes its 2019 annual report

The Oslo-based film agency has made figures available revealing the current state of the region’s audiovisual industry  

05/04/2020 | Production | Funding | Norway/Denmark/Sweden/Finland/Iceland

It’s a wrap for the 6th edition of Iceland’s Stockfish Film Festival

It’s a wrap for the 6th edition of Iceland’s Stockfish Film Festival

Ninna Pálmadóttir’s Paperboy has won the 6th edition of Shortfish, Stockfish’s short-film competition  

23/03/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Iceland

Pernilla August to direct TV series Blackwater

Pernilla August to direct TV series Blackwater

The six-episode crime-drama will start principal photography later this spring  

05/03/2020 | Production | Funding | Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Finland/Iceland/Germany

Review: Last and First Men

Review: Last and First Men

BERLINALE 2020: Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson's first and last directorial effort is a docu-fiction essay of sorts, based on a 1930 sci-fi novel and Yugoslav monuments from the communist era  

26/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Berlinale Special

Hrönn Marinósdóttir  • Director of Reykjavik International Film Festival

Interview: Hrönn Marinósdóttir • Director of Reykjavik International Film Festival

In Iceland we have this special regulation which allows the cinema owners to also be distributors

Hrönn Marinósdóttir tells us how she founded the Reykjavik International Film Festival in 2004  

23/02/2020 | Euro Film Fest

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