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

Deepa Mehta, Darren Aronofsky and Chloë Sevigny heading for Reykjavik

Deepa Mehta, Darren Aronofsky and Chloë Sevigny heading for Reykjavik

Iceland’s international film festival will open tonight (29 September) with directors Mehta and Aronofsky and actress Sevigny among the honorary guests  

29/09/2016 | Festivals | Iceland

Sparrows flies to the US to fight for an Oscar

Sparrows flies to the US to fight for an Oscar

Rúnar Rúnarsson’s second feature, which has already garnered 16 international festival awards, will be the Icelandic candidate for the Oscar nomination for Best Foreign-language Film  

26/09/2016 | Oscars 2017 | Iceland

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson • Director

Interview: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson • Director

Interview

VENICE 2016: Iceland makes its debut appearance at Venice, in the 13th edition of the Venice Days, with Heartstone by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson  

01/09/2016

Iceland competing for the first time at the Venice Film Festival

Iceland competing for the first time at the Venice Film Festival

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s debut feature, Heartstone, and Danish documentary The War Show will screen in the Venice Days  

29/07/2016 | Venice 2016 | Iceland/Denmark

Baltasar Kormákur’s The Oath to be world-premiered at Toronto

Baltasar Kormákur’s The Oath to be world-premiered at Toronto

The director’s third entry in the festival is purely Icelandic, after his 2015 international co-production, Everest  

28/07/2016 | Toronto 2016 | Iceland/Denmark

Reykjavik ready for its fourth Nordic Film Festival

Reykjavik ready for its fourth Nordic Film Festival

The Icelandic capital launches its annual showcase featuring films from the Scandinavian countries on 13 April  

05/04/2016 | Festivals | Iceland

Rams collects 11 Edda Awards

Rams collects 11 Edda Awards

Having already garnered 17 international prizes, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson has now cleaned the table at the Icelandic Film & TV Academy ceremony  

29/02/2016 | Awards | Iceland

From a fishbowl to the football pitch: Baldvin Z's new adventure

From a fishbowl to the football pitch: Baldvin Z's new adventure

Award-winning Icelandic directors Baldvin Z and Óskar Þór Axelsson are preparing new features  

25/02/2016 | Production | Iceland

Atli Óskar Fjalarsson  • Iceland

Interview: Atli Óskar Fjalarsson • Iceland

Shooting Stars 2016

Atli Óskar Fjalarsson reunited with Rúnar Rúnarsson to portray the angsty teen Ari in the director's multi-awarded second feature Sparrows  

17/02/2016

Icelandic films won 102 awards at international festivals last year

Icelandic films won 102 awards at international festivals last year

The small country – with a population of 331,000 and an annual production of up to ten features – more than tripled its haul from 2014  

26/01/2016 | Awards | Iceland

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