Olaf de Fleur plans two features

Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, the prolific director of Africa United and the upcoming Act Normal (premiering at the current Reykjavik International Film Festival) is finishing his drama docu Queen Raquela, set to be released next summer. He is also preparing two feature projects to be filmed next year. The former, The Higher Force, from a novel [...]

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Reykjavik International Film Festival opens tonight by gazing at the stars

The third edition of The Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) opens tonight with the Iceland premiere of The Queen by Stephen Frears. By far the largest festival ever to be held in Iceland, it will screen over 90 films in eleven days. Festival highlights include Cannes Jury Prize winner Red Road, Golden Bear winner The [...]

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Iceland submits Children to the Oscars

Children (Börn) by Ragnar Bragason has been selected as Iceland’s official submission for the best foreign language film Oscar at the 79th annual Academy Awards. The low-budget ensemble film, set in modern day Reykjavik, premiered in Iceland on September 9th to ecstatic reviews, and will debut internationally at the upcoming San Sebastian Film Festival. A [...]

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Iceland International Film Festival to open on August 30th

Iceland International Film Festival will screen over 30 titles during August 30th-September 21st. The opening film is Factotum by Bent Hamer and produced by Jim Stark. The film stars Matt Dillon and Marisa Tomei. All four will be present at the premiere in Reykjavik on August 30th. The festival includes two Icelandic bows, Beowulf and [...]

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Connelly and Bettany take the leads in Ullman’s The Journey Home

Academy-award winner Jennifer Connelly (The Beautiful Mind) and Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code) will take the lead roles in Liv Ullman's The Journey Home, which is based on Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson's novel of the same name. Principal photography is set to commence in Iceland and the UK in late summer. The film is produced by [...]

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Gosling and Waits on board for Dagur Kari’s The Good Heart

Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, The Notebook) and Tom Waits (Short Cuts, Down By Law) have signed on to star in The Good Heart, the next film from Icelandic director Dagur Kari, whose highly acclaimed films include festival favorites Nói albínói and Voksne mennesker (English title: Dark Horse). Katapult Film Sales are handling worldwide sales rights [...]

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First Icelandic crime series a resounding hit locally

Anna Th. Rognvaldsdottir’s three part drama Every Colour of the Sea is Cold recently finished its run on RUV TV, Iceland’s public broadcaster. Being the first of its kind in Iceland, the crime series was eagerly awaited and turned out to be a major hit with audiences. According to a Gallup poll 49,6% of the [...]

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Africa United opens in Norway

The Edda award-winning documentary Africa United by Olafur Johannesson will open in Oslo on May 12th. The director will be present at the premiere and can be seen on the photograph fulfilling his promotional duties. The doc is produced by Johannesson's Poppoli Pictures and Zik Zak Filmworks. Oslo's Fidalgo distributes the film in Norway.

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Ingvar Thordarson a Producer on the Move

Producer Ingvar Thordarson (Kisi Production) has been selected as one of the Producers on the Move at the Cannes Film Festival. Thordarson and his producing partner Julius Kemp, recently finished Robert Douglas' Eleven Men Out, which has been sold to various territories in Europe and America. They're also co-producing The Bothersome Man, a Norwegian comedy [...]

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Short Saviour heads for Cannes

The Eastman Kodak company has selected Erla B. Skuladottir's multiple award-winning short, Saviour, to be one of its five representatives at the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival. The company runs a special programme at the fest called Talent Showcase. All the directors will be present at the screenings.
Saviour has been screened at more than 50 festivals throughout the [...]

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