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380 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 26/06/2025.

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

Mattias J Skoglund  • Director of The Home

Interview: Mattias J Skoglund • Director of The Home

“I wanted to create a tone that would be very raw, intimate and slightly uncanny”

The Swedish director breaks down his indie horror flick set in a retirement home, which is based on a novel by Mats Strandberg  

10/03 | SXSW 2025

Baltasar Kormákur kicks off production on Netflix thriller Apex

Baltasar Kormákur kicks off production on Netflix thriller Apex

The film, toplined by Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton and Eric Bana, follows a grieving woman who retreats into the wilderness, only to find herself locked in a perilous game of cat and mouse  

07/03 | Production | Funding | USA/UK/Iceland

Paris is ready to welcome Visions Nordiques – French Nordic Film Days

Paris is ready to welcome Visions Nordiques – French Nordic Film Days

The event will unfold from 5 to 9 March with screenings of films from northern Europe and industry days including a very attractive co-production workshop  

27/02 | Industry | Market | France/Denmark/Finland/Iceland/Norway/Sweden

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Jon Einarsson Gustafsson's indie road movie Anorgasmia

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Jon Einarsson Gustafsson's indie road movie Anorgasmia

The Icelandic-Czech-Canadian picture takes a closer look at a generation trapped by the over-abundance of choice and the invasion of technology  

24/02 | Production | Funding | Iceland/Czech Republic/Canada

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