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

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

Sundance selects Iceland's Rams and Denmark's Land of Mine

Sundance selects Iceland's Rams and Denmark's Land of Mine

Grímur Hákonarson and Martin Zandvliet will fly the Nordic colours at the American film festival in Utah from 21-31 January  

18/12/2015 | Sundance 2016 | Iceland/Denmark

Rúnar Rúnarsson  • Director

Interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director

"Life is more complex than a single moral in 90 minutes"

At the Les Arcs European Film Festival, talented Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson broke down his second feature film, Sparrows  

16/12/2015

A swim-in cinema and Foodies at Reykjavik’s Film Festival

A swim-in cinema and Foodies at Reykjavik’s Film Festival

David Cronenberg and Margarethe von Trotta have been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 12th edition of Iceland’s international showcase  

05/10/2015 | Festivals | Iceland

Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson “wants to portray youth in a truthful way”

Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson “wants to portray youth in a truthful way”

The Icelandic director is filming his first feature, Heartstone, about two boys growing up in a small Icelandic fishing village  

17/09/2015 | Production | Iceland

Rams is Iceland’s Oscars hopeful

Rams is Iceland’s Oscars hopeful

Grímur Hákonarson’s festival winner will represent Iceland in the race for the Best Foreign-language Film nomination  

09/09/2015 | Oscars 2016 | Iceland

Rúnarsson’s Sparrows will fly to competition in San Sebastian

Rúnarsson’s Sparrows will fly to competition in San Sebastian

In his second feature, Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson sends the lead character from his first film back to an earlier stage, but “things aren’t as they used to be”  

13/08/2015 | San Sebastián 2015 | Iceland

Victorious at Cannes, Iceland’s Rams conquer the world

Victorious at Cannes, Iceland’s Rams conquer the world

CANNES 2015: Grimur Hákonarson’s new feature joins Iceland’s main exports, selling for 14 territories at Cannes, where it won in Un Certain Regard  

29/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Market/Iceland

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