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384 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 12/09/2025.

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

Elín Hall  • Actress

Interview: Elín Hall • Actress

"The most challenging part was staying in this very fragile emotional state for weeks"

BERLINALE 2025: The Icelandic rising star discusses straddling the line between music, with two albums already to her name, and film, having worked with Rúnar Rúnarsson among others  

20/02 | European Shooting Stars 2025

Review: Storm Alerts

Review: Storm Alerts

Bergur Bernburg presents a collage-like Icelandic docufiction, a formally fascinating but occasionally overly free-flying examination of defying biomedical diagnoses  

10/02 | IFFR 2025 | Harbour

Iceland’s first terror attack explored in Manifesto, created by Urður Egilsdóttir

Iceland’s first terror attack explored in Manifesto, created by Urður Egilsdóttir

Blending personal stakes with urgent societal issues, the Icelandic crime-thriller series reveals the human toll of extremism, guilt and betrayal in a once-peaceful nation  

27/01 | Production | Funding | Iceland

The 2024 Nordic box office sees mixed results

The 2024 Nordic box office sees mixed results

The region suffered declines in admissions, but local films thrived, with Denmark remaining the most stable market and Finland experiencing the steepest drop  

27/01 | Box Office | Norway/Denmark/Sweden/Finland/Iceland

Review: Touch

Review: Touch

In this cross-continental romantic drama, Baltasar Kormákur shows a gentler touch than he’s typically known for  

16/12/2024 | Les Arcs 2024

EXCLUSIVE: New sales outfit Open Kitchen Films launches, boards Eliza Petkova’s IDFA-bound doc Silent Observers

EXCLUSIVE: New sales outfit Open Kitchen Films launches, boards Eliza Petkova’s IDFA-bound doc Silent Observers

The new industry player was founded by director Petra Seliškar, Cinéphage Production’s Victor Ede, Icedocs’ Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir and former Autlook exec Martina Droandi  

15/11/2024 | Industry | Market | France/Iceland/Slovenia

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