Grimur Hakonarson’s film Rams remade with Australian backdrop
UK’s WestEnd Films have secured the English rights to feature film Rams by Icelandic filmmaker Grimur Hakonarson according to Variety, RUV reports. Wr...
KINGDOM – Flora, Fauna, Fable. Exhibition at Reykjavik Art Museum and film program
There an on going exhibition in the Reykjavik Art Museum worth seeing if one has interest in Icelandic contemporary art and its concerns.
Icelandic film ‘Rams’ awarded at Cannes Film Festival
Icelandic movie Rams picked up the Un Certain Regard award at the Cannes Film Festival, with former documentary maker Grimur Hakonarson collecting the...
Movie Volcano cleans up at Icelandic Edda Awards
The film Eldfjall (Volcano) was the big winner at this Saturday night’s Edda Awards ceremony in Reykjavík.
Icelandic-directed film Contraband enjoys excellent opening weekend
Contraband, the new Hollywood movie by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, was this weekend’s highest grossing film in the USA, if initial fig...
Teenager loses file sharing appeal
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 ...
Finnish films impress at international awards
A Finnish film about illegal immigration has scooped the audience award at the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF). Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre...
Laughing Swede to be evicted from apartment
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.