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383 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 05/08/2025.

Sarvnik Kaur’s Against the Tide is crowned Best Feature at IceDocs

Sarvnik Kaur’s Against the Tide is crowned Best Feature at IceDocs

A Special Mention has been bestowed upon Maciek Hamela’s In the Rearview, while the gong for Best Short went to Monika Proba’s Light Years  

24/07/2023 | IceDocs 2023 | Awards

EXCLUSIVE: IceDocs announces the line-up of its 5th edition

EXCLUSIVE: IceDocs announces the line-up of its 5th edition

The Akranes-based gathering, which will open with Bogna Kowalczyk’s Boylesque, will unspool from 19-23 July this year  

10/07/2023 | IceDocs 2023

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson's Northern Comfort

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson's Northern Comfort

After having world-premiered at SXSW, the first English-language film by the Icelandic director is set to be released across Europe during the summer  

22/06/2023 | Promotion | Iceland/UK/Germany

Thordur Palsson’s psychological horror The Damned now in post-production

Thordur Palsson’s psychological horror The Damned now in post-production

The 19th century-set picture stars Odessa Young as a widow who is tasked with making an impossible choice when a ship sinks off the coast of her fishing post  

03/05/2023 | Production | Funding | UK/Ireland/USA/Iceland/Belgium

Tinna Hrafnsdóttir's family drama series Descendants to premiere on Icelandic streaming platform Síminn

Tinna Hrafnsdóttir's family drama series Descendants to premiere on Icelandic streaming platform Síminn

The new show, boarded by Red Arrow Studios International outside of the Nordics and Benelux, is set against the backdrop of Iceland's tourism industry  

06/04/2023 | Production | Funding | Iceland/Belgium

Benedikt Erlingsson  • Director and founder of Icelandic Film Forest

Interview: Benedikt Erlingsson • Director and founder of Icelandic Film Forest

“I’ve always had this ‘weakness’ for activism”

The acclaimed Icelandic director unpacks his new initiative that aims to help lessen the environmental impact of the film industry  

04/04/2023 | Stockfish 2023

REPORT: Work in Progress @ Stockfish 2023

REPORT: Work in Progress @ Stockfish 2023

Camp Tripoli – Not a Love Story, Solitude and the TV show Descendants were among the works in progress presented in Reykjavík  

03/04/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Mike Downey  • Producer and chairman of the European Film Academy

Interview: Mike Downey • Producer and chairman of the European Film Academy

“If cinema is our most powerful art form, feature and documentary films are both its beating heart and its conscience”

After receiving an honorary award at Stockfish, the “old friend of Iceland” broke down his career and the role of the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk  

31/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas  • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film Festival

Interview: Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film Festival

“There is something new happening, so come and take part in it”

The Icelandic festival’s new duo of directors want to attract both audiences and industry professionals to the Reykjavík-based gathering  

29/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Icelandic miniseries Blackport scoops nine statuettes at the Eddas

Icelandic miniseries Blackport scoops nine statuettes at the Eddas

Other big victors at this year’s edition were Ása Hjörleifsdóttir’s A Letter from Helga, Gudmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s Beautiful Beings and Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland  

22/03/2023 | Festivals | Awards | Iceland

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