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380 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 26/06/2025.

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Admissions up 7% in 2009

Eager to be entertained during one of the country’s worst-ever economic crises, Icelanders flocked to cinemas in 2009. General admissions were up 7% last year, to 1.6 million, and average...  

08/03/2010 | Box Office | Iceland

Mr Bjarnfredarson tops EDDAs

Ragnar Bragason’s successful TV series The Prison Shift and its feature film spin-off Mr Bjarnfredarson scored at the Icelandic EDDA Film and Television Awards ceremony last Saturday by winning...  

02/03/2010 | Awards | Iceland

Filmmakers protest against public cuts

Over 250 Icelandic filmmakers and producers protested earlier this week against a recent decision from public broadcaster RUV to withdraw its investment in independent productions, a new blow to...  

28/01/2010 | Industry | Iceland

Kari’s Good Heart woos US buyer

Dagur Kári’s English-language debut The Good Heart has been acquired for US distribution by Magnolia Pictures. The specialised US distributor said they would launch the film first on VoD and later...  

13/11/2009 | Market | Iceland

Industry fears 34% film budget cut

The Icelandic Film Producers Association is fighting off the government’s proposal to cut the 2010 film budget by 34%, a measure that would destroy a third of the filmmaking force in Iceland. When...  

21/10/2009 | Funding | Iceland

Kormákur directs US remake for Working Title

Icelandic star producer/filmmaker/actor Baltasar Kormákur will direct for London-based Working Title the US remake of Reykjavik-Rotterdam, to star Mark Wahlberg. The original Icelandic film, by...  

13/10/2009 | Production | Iceland

Reykjavik-Rotterdam shooting for Hollywood

Iceland’s entry for this year’s Academy Awards nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category is Óskar Jónasson’s Reykjavik-Rotterdam, starring Baltasar Kormákur and Ingvar E. Sigurdsson....  

29/09/2009 | Oscars 2010 | Iceland

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

Icelandic Massacre sells to the UK

Julius Kemp’s genre film Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (RWWM) that opened in Iceland last weekend, has been picked up for UK distribution by E1. The deal was brokered by UK co-producers Sam...  

10/09/2009 | Market | Iceland

Kate Winslet lends voice to Fridrik Thór Fridriksson

The UK star actress Kate Winslet has agreed to lend her voice for the narration of the documentary film about autism The Sunshine Boy, directed by veteran Icelandic filmmaker Fridrik Thór...  

08/09/2009 | Production | Iceland

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