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  • Touch
    Features

    How Baltasar Kormakur recreated multiple time periods in Japan, Iceland, and London for ‘Touch’ 2h5110

    2024-09-02T14:47:00Z 51f24

    ‘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.

  • Touch
    Reviews

    ‘Touch’: Review 2j42

    2024-07-11T13:00:00Z

    Focus Features’ pandemic-set drama by Baltasar Kormákur moves between Iceland, London, and Hiroshima

  • Julia Ducournau
    News

    NonStop buys four titles including Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’ (exclusive) 1mz20

    2024-06-17T09:50:00Z

    Company also takes Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point’.

  • 'True Detective: Night Country'
    Features

    How the ‘True Detective: Night Country’ production team doubled Iceland for Alaska 2l673l

    2024-06-11T14:16:00Z

    Producer Mari Jo Winkler and production designer Dan Taylor reveal the details that went into creating a fictional Alaskan town

  • When The Light Breaks
    Reviews

    ‘When The Light Breaks’: Cannes Review bs6d

    2024-05-15T19:55:00Z

    National and personal tragedy collide over the course of a single Icelandic summer day in Runar Rúnarsson’s Un Certain Regard opener

  • Pilou Asbæk
    News

    'Borgen' star Pilou Asbæk s cast of ‘The Fires’; pre-sales heat up for Bankside (exclusive) 6i6t2r

    2024-05-14T16:20:00Z

    Sales have landed in , Eastern Europe, Former Yugoslavia, Middle East and Switzerland.

  • Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal
    Features

    Future Leaders 2024: Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal (Mexico and Iceland) 226s1f

    2024-05-14T08:38:00Z

    Bernal works for Ambulante Documentary Film Festival, Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival and Reykjavik International Film Festival.

  • Sara Nassim, Grimur Jonsson
    News

    ‘Lamb’, ‘Rams’ producers forces for Sarimar Films (exclusive) 694p70

    2024-05-07T09:09:00Z

    First t project will be the new feature from ‘Rams’ director Grimur Hákonarson.

  • T5N_Introduction_All
    News

    Nordic film institutes rebrand umbrella organisation as The Five Nordics (exclusive) 535b1a

    2024-04-29T08:30:00Z

    The Five Nordics increases the organisation’s focus on sustainability and data collection

  • The Summer With Carmen
    News

    Two world premieres among Smart7 travelling festival competition line-up 5i572w

    2024-03-12T15:30:00Z

    Seven titles will screen at seven European film festivals, competing for a €5,000 prize. 

  • The Home Game
    Reviews

    ‘The Home Game’: Glasgow Review 411m1k

    2024-03-06T09:30:00Z

    A small Icelandic town prepares to host an FA Cup match in this feel-good documentary

  • Hagenvon Tronje
    News

    Fremantle secures global rights to Constantin’s film and series fantasy saga ‘Hagen’ 443i

    2024-02-28T09:51:00Z

    The production shot at the Czech Republic’s Barrandov Studios and on location in Iceland. 

  • 'True Detective: Night Country'
    Features

    From frozen corpses to “plumper” polar bears: the VFX that shaped ‘True Detective: Night Country’ 1i5m1q

    2024-02-23T12:00:00Z

    VFX supervisor Barney Curnow breaks down the most gruesome and snowiest scenes.

  • HARPA2024-WINNER-04-FOTO-THOMAS-KOLBEIN-BJORK-OLSEN-BERLINKONTORET
    News

    Nordic Film Composers Award goes to ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ composer s4a52

    2024-02-17T20:00:00Z

    “Special, because it is melting together human voices, rhythmic, yet fleshy sounds.”

  • The Fires
    News

    Bankside boards hot Icelandic volcano thriller ‘The Fires’ (exclusive) 713q4t

    2024-02-07T16:56:00Z

    Director Ugla Hauksdóttir’s previous credits include TV series ‘The Power’. 

  • Eternal
    Reviews

    ‘Eternal’: Rotterdam Review 6z216p

    2024-01-27T22:05:00Z

    Eco-disaster sci-fi from Denmark starring pop singer Oh Land is also an off-beat love story

  • Lasse Hallström
    News

    Lasse Hallstrom to make series debut with Icelandic thriller ‘The Darkness’ for CBS Studios 2i7234

    2023-10-12T11:50:00Z

    English language series stars Lena Olin and will film in Iceland later this year.

  • solitude still
    News

    Reykjavik film festival celebrates 20th anniversary 3v51s

    2023-09-27T08:24:00Z

    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 ...

  • biohallin akranes photo by wendy mitchell
    News

    IceDocs gives top prize to ‘Against The Tide’, launches first industry programme 1i1r5u

    2023-07-26T09:44:00Z

    Iceland Documentary Film Festival ran July 19-23.

  • 'Black Sands'
    News

    ​Baldvin Z’s Icelandic hit series ‘Black Sands’ readies second season with All3Media (exclusive) 5y5b1b

    2023-07-24T13:50:00Z

    The first season sold widely around the world.