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

Reykjavik in full swing

Launched last Thursday with the premiere of the documentary Sigur Rós-Heima, on the world famous icelandic post-rock band, the fourth Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) is set to become...  

03/10/2007 | Festivals | Iceland

Jar City shoots for the Oscars

Baltasar Kormákur’s critical and commercial success Jar City is Iceland’s contender for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The Icelandic thriller came back...  

02/10/2007 | Oscars 2008 | Iceland

Jar City sold to IFC in the US

Baltasar Kormákur’s Jar City, winner of a Grand Prix Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary last July, has been sold by Trust Film Sales to IFC for North American distribution during the Toronto Film...  

12/09/2007 | Market | Iceland

Quiet Storm readies for break out

In four days, Icelandics will be introduced to Gudny Halldorsdottir’s Quiet Storm (Veðramót), one of the filmmaker’s most personal films to be released by on September 7 with four prints. Gudny is...  

03/09/2007 | Release | Iceland

“Leatherface” Hansen cast in Icelandic whale massacre

Icelandic born US actor Gunnar Hansen, famous for playing Leatherface in the 1974 slasher film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, has accepted to star in Júlíus Kemp’s upcoming horror film RWWM...  

22/08/2007 | Production | Iceland

Eleven Men Out partners all in for two new films

Julíus Kemp, co-founder of the Icelandic Film Company (IFC), is supervising post-production of comedy feature Dorks & Damsels by first-time director Gunnar B. Gudmundsson and getting ready to...  

12/04/2007 | Production | Iceland

Anspach prepares Back Soon

Final preparations are underway on Icelandic/French co-production Back Soon (Skrapp ut) by Sólveig Anspach, with the director’s third feature set to begin lensing on April 16 in Reykjavík....  

16/03/2007 | Production | Iceland/France

Interview: Jørgen Storm Rosenberg • Producer

"I make films that intrigue me"

Jens Lien chose Jørgen Storm Rosenberg as his producer because of the way he reacted on the script  

15/03/2007

Interview: Jens Lien • Director

The dark side of "the Ikea life"

Aspiring rock star Jens Lien rocks the image of Scandinavian social democracy and model of well-being, using fantasy as a genre to freely explore his visual and narrative style  

14/03/2007

The Bothersome Man

Jens Lien's surreal black comedy, which shakes up the all-too-perfect Scandinavian way of life, has been collecting awards at international festivals since its launch in the Cannes Critics' Week 2006  

14/03/2007 | Films | Reviews

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