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Production / Iceland

51 articles available in total starting from 22/11/2002. Last article published on 31/08/2018.

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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

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

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

Film tax credit increased to 20%

The Icelandic government approved early April the increase of the existing 14% filming tax credit to 20%, to make Iceland more competitive with other international shooting locations. Producers of...  

21/04/2009 | Production | Iceland

Caoz making CGI versions of two Icelandic sagas

Caoz, the only digital and animation studio in Iceland, has two major projects in the making, both inspired by ancient Icelandic sagas. The most ambitious, Thor: The Edda Chronicles, is...  

13/03/2009 | Production | Iceland

Kormákur readies epic Viking project

Iceland’s star filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur is in advance preparation on his biggest project ever, the $50-$70m English-language Vikingr, most of which will be shot in Iceland. Speaking to...  

20/02/2009 | Production | Iceland

Fridriksson returns with Mamma Gogo

The Icelandic filmmaker Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, nominated for an Oscar for Children of Nature and who has not made a feature film since 2004, is preparing his new project, Mamma Gogo, to be...  

30/10/2008 | Production | Iceland

Creative boom explodes on world screens (2)

“The domestic release of so many Icelandic films in a short period of time is partly a coincidence, partly due to the fact that we’re in a real creative boom,” says Laufey Guðjónsdóttir, head of...  

08/09/2008 | Production/distribution | Iceland

Creative boom explodes on world screens (1)

For a country whose film industry produces no more than a handful of films each year, having two to three films on domestic and foreign screens at the same time is an amazing hit rate. Pure...  

08/09/2008 | Production/Distribution | Iceland

Kormákur shooting in New Mexico

Iceland’s star actor/director Baltasar Kormákur is currently filming in New Mexico his second English-language film with a star studded cast that includes Diane Kruger, Dermot Mulroney, Sam...  

22/07/2008 | Production | Iceland

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