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

Seven Cannes acquisitions each for Sena and Greenlight

Icelandic distribution companies Greenlight Films and Sena each acquired seven new films at the last Cannes Film Festival and Market. Greenlight Films – one of Iceland’s most avid buyers of...  

28/05/2010 | Distribution | Iceland

CAOZ heats up buyers’ taste for 3D

Icelandic animation studio CAOZ is unveiling a promo-reel of its stereoscopic 3D feature Thor: The Edda Chronicles at the Cannes Market. The co-production with Germany (Ulysses Films) and Ireland...  

15/05/2010 | Cannes 2010 | Market/Iceland

Production services surf on volcanic surge of activity

As Europe struggles to reopen air traffic affected by the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajoekull, which has stranded millions of people since April 15, local film professionals are...  

21/04/2010 | Industry | Iceland

Kormákur dives into The Deep

Within the week, Iceland’s top director-producer-actor, Baltasar Kormákur, will start production on The Deep (Djúpið), a thriller about surviving under extreme circumstances. The Deep will be...  

06/04/2010 | Production | Iceland

Óskarsdóttir’s King’s Road debuts at number two

King's Road, the second feature film directed by world renowned Icelandic editor Valdis Óskarsdóttir, opened at number two in the local box office last weekend, beating out other new titles such...  

30/03/2010 | Box Office | Iceland

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

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