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

Two Icelandic 'volcanoes' unite to shoot Rocket Man

After three films in three different languages, most recently the US-set The Good Heart (2009), Icelandic director Dagur Kári (pictured) will make his first Icelandic-language feature since Noi...  

11/01/2012 | Production | Iceland

Icelandic Film Centre goes digital with Europe’s Finest

The Icelandic Film Centre has signed a contract with Cologne-based digital distributor Europe's Finest for a package of Icelandic features, including six titles by Icelandic Oscar-nominated...  

07/12/2011 | Distribution | Iceland/Germany

Icelandic Nightshift finds work at Norwegian broadcaster TV2

Already aired by Iceland’s Channel 2, Finland’s YLE-FST and the UK’s BBC4, Icelandic Sagafilm’s comedy-drama series The Nightshift has been licensed to Norwegian state broadcaster TV2, which will...  

29/11/2011 | Television | Iceland

Awards eruption: Icelandic Volcano takes No. 1 in Denver

Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut, Volcano, which was launched in Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes and since has been on an award-winning festival ride, received the top...  

16/11/2011 | Awards | Iceland

Active Volcano to represent Iceland in Oscar race

Iceland has 130 volcanoes, and one of the most active for the time being (the only one) – Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut, Volcano – will represent the country in the race for...  

26/09/2011 | Oscars 2012 | Iceland

The Vikings are still coming, with Working Title attached to the €42 million epic

When two years ago Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur (photo) announced his plans to make a €42 million Viking epic (read the article), they were somehow derailed by rumours that Australian...  

03/06/2011 | Production | Iceland

Click your way to Icelandic films, otherwise unavailable

Want instant access to Icelandic cinema, be it features, documentaries, shorts, TV shows, or other audiovisuals? Launched in May, Icelandic Cinema Online is a new VOD service on the internet with...  

01/06/2011 | Distribution | Iceland

Volcano: The fire within

The second edition of new director Frederic Boyer's Directors' Fortnight again presents a host of new filmmakers to the world. One of the more buzzed-about debuts is Volcano, from Icelandic...  

15/05/2011 | Cannes | Directors' Fortnight/Iceland

Iceland erupts on the Croisette

For those who can remember as far back as the Cannes Film Festival last year, there was much concern as to whether or not many people would actually be able to make it, thanks to the Icelandic...  

12/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Iceland

Undercurrent, Good Heart dominate Eddas

Last Saturday evening, Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson’s Undercurrent was the top winner at Iceland’s annual Edda Film and Television Awards ceremony, with six statuettes, including Best Film and Best...  

21/02/2011 | Awards | Iceland

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