Contraband, the new Hollywood movie by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, was this weekend’s highest grossing film in the USA, if initial figures are accurate. Read the full story
Posted on 16 January 2012.
Contraband, the new Hollywood movie by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, was this weekend’s highest grossing film in the USA, if initial figures are accurate. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 January 2012.
A teenage boy has become what is thought to be the youngest person in Sweden to be convicted of copyright violation, after his school handed him over to police for illegally downloading films when he was just 15. Read the full story
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Posted on 05 October 2011.
A Finnish film about illegal immigration has scooped the audience award at the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF). Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre, which premiered in the country on September 9, received the prestigious accolade at the award ceremony on Saturday, October 1. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 September 2011.
A Swedish man has been told that he may have to move out of his home because other residents are fed up with being disturbed by his laughter. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 September 2011.
Iceland has already decided which film it is going to put forward as its offering for the Best Foreign Film category at next year’s Oscars: Eldfjall (Volcano). Read the full story
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Posted on 21 September 2011.
This Saturday will see the world’s largest ever international one-day short films festival take over the Icelandic capital as part of the Reykjavik International Film Festival. It may be big, but it is also undeniably cosy… Read the full story
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Posted on 03 September 2011.
A 15 year-old boy has become the youngest Swede ever to be charged with violating copyright laws after uploading 24 films onto internet filesharing sites. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 July 2011.
Filming for Ridley Scott’s new movie, Promethius began today at the foot of Iceland’s Hekla volcano. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 February 2011.
The English-language film Future of Hope has been nominated in the Best Documentary category for an EDDA award (Iceland’s answer to the Oscars). Read the full story
Posted on 03 February 2011.
Reykjavik Art Museum officials will today present a brand new open-air sculpture to the public. Read the full story
Explore Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón in Iceland with Glacier Lagoon tour
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
Witnesses calling media before police
Icelandic public must bail out indebted public sector pension fund
‘Skara Cannibal’ and ‘Vampire Woman’ plan to wed
Iceland Foods bids in, US Republican candidate connected to one
Icelandic phone book company releases front cover covers for offended citizens
Wheelchair thieves make surprise getaway on foot
Iceland’s resources debate: fighting whom for what?
Mapmaker gives Greenland back its ice
