All Iceland articles
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News‘Kneecap’, ‘When The Light Breaks’ and ‘Moon’ set for 2024 Les Arcs Film Festival competition
Audrey Diwan will chair the feature jury at the festival in the French Alps.
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NewsBankside unveils first look at Icelandic volcano thriller ‘The Fires’ (exclusive)
The feature shot on location in Iceland throughout the summer.
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FeaturesHow Baltasar Kormakur recreated multiple time periods in Japan, Iceland, and London for ‘Touch’
‘Touch’ follows Icelandic widower Kristofer who travels to Japan to find the woman he met and fell in love with in London 50 years before.
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Reviews‘Touch’: Review
Focus Features’ pandemic-set drama by Baltasar Kormákur moves between Iceland, London, and Hiroshima
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NewsNonStop buys four titles including Julia Ducournau’s upcoming ‘Alpha’ (exclusive)
Company also takes Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point’.
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FeaturesHow the ‘True Detective: Night Country’ production team doubled Iceland for Alaska
Producer Mari Jo Winkler and production designer Dan Taylor reveal the details that went into creating a fictional Alaskan town
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Reviews‘When The Light Breaks’: Cannes Review
National and personal tragedy collide over the course of a single Icelandic summer day in Runar Rúnarsson’s Un Certain Regard opener
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News'Borgen' star Pilou Asbæk joins cast of ‘The Fires’; pre-sales heat up for Bankside (exclusive)
Sales have landed in Germany, Eastern Europe, Former Yugoslavia, Middle East and Switzerland.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal (Mexico and Iceland)
Bernal works for Ambulante Documentary Film Festival, Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival and Reykjavik International Film Festival.
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News‘Lamb’, ‘Rams’ producers join forces for Sarimar Films (exclusive)
First joint project will be the new feature from ‘Rams’ director Grimur Hákonarson.
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NewsNordic film institutes rebrand umbrella organisation as The Five Nordics (exclusive)
The Five Nordics increases the organisation’s focus on sustainability and data collection
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NewsTwo world premieres among Smart7 travelling festival competition line-up
Seven titles will screen at seven European film festivals, competing for a €5,000 prize.
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Reviews‘The Home Game’: Glasgow Review
A small Icelandic town prepares to host an FA Cup match in this feel-good documentary
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NewsFremantle secures global rights to Constantin’s film and series fantasy saga ‘Hagen’
The production shot at the Czech Republic’s Barrandov Studios and on location in Iceland.
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FeaturesFrom frozen corpses to “plumper” polar bears: the VFX that shaped ‘True Detective: Night Country’
VFX supervisor Barney Curnow breaks down the most gruesome and snowiest scenes.
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NewsNordic Film Composers Award goes to ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ composer
“Special, because it is melting together human voices, rhythmic, yet fleshy sounds.”
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NewsBankside boards hot Icelandic volcano thriller ‘The Fires’ (exclusive)
Director Ugla Hauksdóttir’s previous credits include TV series ‘The Power’.
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Reviews‘Eternal’: Rotterdam Review
Eco-disaster sci-fi from Denmark starring pop singer Oh Land is also an off-beat love story
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NewsLasse Hallstrom to make series debut with Icelandic thriller ‘The Darkness’ for CBS Studios
English language series stars Lena Olin and will film in Iceland later this year.
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NewsReykjavik film festival celebrates 20th anniversary
Source: RIFF ‘Solitude’ Reykjavik International Film Festival (September 28-October 8) is planning a busy 20th edition, with honorary awards going to Isabelle Huppert, Luca Guadagnino, Vicky Krieps, Nicolas Philibert, Luc Jacquet and Catherine Breillat, who will all come to the Icelandic capital. A delegation from Cannes will ...