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Festivals / Iceland


33 articles available in total starting from 09/01/2003. Last article published on 23/07/2019.

Record audiences for Reykjavik

Iceland might be experiencing bleak times, but its capital is nonetheless buzzing with activity and energy, as a record number of admissions (22,000) were registered at the 6th Reykjavik...  

28/09/2009 | Festivals | Iceland

Tulpan Receives Golden Puffin at RIFF

Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Tulpan received the top award at the 5th Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF), the Golden Puffin, during Saturday’s award ceremony, which took place in the whale...  

08/10/2008 | Festivals | Iceland

14 rising filmmakers compete in Reykjavik

At the fifth edition of the Reykjavik International Film Festival, unspooling in the Icelandic capital since September 26, fourteen first and second time filmmakers are running for the Discovery...  

01/10/2008 | Festivals | Iceland

Hungarian Journey wins Golden Puffin

Last Saturday evening, at the closing night ceremony of the fourth Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF), Csaba Bollók’s Iska’s Journey (see news) was presented with out the Discovery of...  

09/10/2007 | Festivals | Iceland

Reykjavik in full swing

Launched last Thursday with the premiere of the documentary Sigur Rós-Heima, on the world famous icelandic post-rock band, the fourth Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) is set to become...  

03/10/2007 | Festivals | Iceland

Grbavica wins top award

During the closing night ceremony of the third Reykjavik International Film Festival (September 28-October 8), Jasmila Zbanic’s Golden Bear-winning film Grbavica was handed out the Discovery of...  

11/10/2006 | Festivals | Iceland

Reykjavik unveils its New Visions

For its third edition, the Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF), which wraps October 8, is keeping its promise to “strengthen and improve film and cinema culture in Iceland”, with the...  

02/10/2006 | Festivals | Iceland

Reykjavik honours Goran Paskaljevic

The Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) (September 28-October 8) is going to pay a special tribute to Serbian filmmaker Goran Paskaljevic, who just served as chairman of the jury at the...  

07/08/2006 | Festivals | Iceland

A Little Trip… to Sundance

Baltasar Kormákur’s A Little Trip To Heaven is among the 17 films selected at the prestigious Premiere Section of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival (19-29 January). The Icelandic/US film co-produced...  

09/12/2005 | Festivals | Iceland

Reykjavik film event kicks off

The second Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) starts this Thursday with a rich programme of over 50 films selected by Greek-born Dimitri Eipides -an established programmer in the...  

27/09/2005 | Festivals | Iceland

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