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395 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 14/01/2026.

Iceland's The Deep surfaces in the race for an Oscar

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur's depiction of "an iconic moment in the country's history, which everyone over 35 remembers" goes for a nomination as Best Foreign Language Feature  

27/09/2012 | Oscars 2013 | Iceland

Little Big and Spellbound feel more At Home in Iceland and save €700,000

Swedish director Maximilian Hult follows Oblivion and Noah on locations in Iceland, where state incentives, longer shooting days and less travel have cut the budget by almost a third  

04/09/2012 | Production | Sweden/Iceland

Best year ever for shooting American films – in Iceland

One major US production replaces the other in the little country with a 319,575 population, which reimburses 20% of the costs and has other benefits to offer  

22/08/2012 | Production | Iceland

Still go-go in Fridriksson, now preparing Staying Alive

Icelandic Oscar-nominated director Fridrik Thór Fridriksson will shoot comedy-drama about a lesbian spinster who is obsessed with funerals  

22/05/2012 | Production | Iceland

Six decades of Icelandic cinema on show at NY’s Lincoln Center

Hafsteinn Sigurdsson’s Either Way will open the so far largest Icelandic showcase abroad, comprising 19 features produced between 1949-2011  

26/03/2012 | Events | Iceland/USA

They are not many but are still world’s number-one cinema-goers

Last year’s admissions were 3% down on 2010, but the 4.75 per-capita attendance is still second to none, according to the Icelandic Film Centre  

24/02/2012 | Admissions | Iceland

Strong on home lava, Volcano takes five Eddas

Already on the way to becoming Iceland’s most awarded film, Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut, Volcano (2011), added five Eddas – Iceland’s national film prize – to the...  

21/02/2012 | Awards | Iceland

Runarsson’s Volcano still burning - nominated for 14 Icelandic Eddas

Launched in Directors’ Fortnight at last year’s Cannes International Film Festival and since then on an award-winning ride worldwide, Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut, Volcano,...  

08/02/2012 | Awards | Iceland

Icelandic Tiger Black’s Game roars in Rotterdam

The debut feature of Icelandic director Óskar Thór Axelsson, the Reykjavik underworld saga Black's Game is one of 15 films that are part of the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival...  

02/02/2012 | IFFR 2012 | Iceland

While Kormákur tops US charts, Axelsson takes Black’s Game to Rotterdam

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur became the first film-maker from the volcano island to top the US charts, after his action drama Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale and...  

18/01/2012 | People | Iceland

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