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Kvikmyndapod
''Kvikmyndapod: An Icelandic Cinema Podcast'' is a podcast about 21st century Icelandic cinema, hosted by Rob Watts and Ellie Cawthorne. The name derives from the Icelandic word ''kvikmynd'', meaning ''film'', and the shortened form of the word podcast. List of episodes See also * Cinema of Iceland Iceland has a notable cinema film industry, with many Icelandic actors and directors having gone on to receive international attention. The most famous film, and the only one to be nominated for the Academy Award, is '' Börn náttúrunnar'' (''C ... References External links * * British podcasts Cinema of Iceland {{podcasting-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þriðji Póllinn
''The Hero's Journey to the Third Pole'' ( is, Þriðji póllinn) is an Icelandic documentary film from 2020, directed by Andri Snær Magnason and Anní Ólafsdóttir. It documents the efforts of Anna Tara Edwards and musician to put on a concert to raise awareness of bipolar disorder, and mental illness more generally, in Nepal. ''The Hero's Journey to the Third Pole'' premiered at Háskólabíó in Reykjavík on ; its international premiere was at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen on . The film was nominated in five categories at the 2021 Edda Awards, and Högni won the award for Best Music (''Tónlist ársins''). References External links The Hero's Journey to the Third Poleat the Icelandic Film Centre The Icelandic Film Centre (IFC) ( is, Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands (KMÍ)) is a public institution that was established in 2001. It provides grants from the , and helps with the promotion of Icelandic Films abroad through, for example, showing a ... * 2020 films Icelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Iceland
Iceland has a notable cinema film industry, with many Icelandic actors and directors having gone on to receive international attention. The most famous film, and the only one to be nominated for the Academy Award, is ''Börn náttúrunnar'' (''Children of Nature''), a 1991 film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. This brought Icelandic cinema to the international scene, which has since grown, with films such as '' Nói Albínói'' (''Noi the Albino'') by Dagur Kári, heralded as descendants of the Icelandic film tradition. The annual Edda Awards The Edda Award is an accolade bestowed annually by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy, and is the most prominent film and television award in Iceland, awarded annually in February. The ''Edda'' has awarded for outstanding work in various ca ... are the national film awards of Iceland. Films See also * Cinema of the world References External links Icelandic Film Centre [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergmál
''Echo'' ( is, Bergmál) is an Icelandic film from 2019, directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson. Over a series of 56 vignettes, ''Echo'' draws a portrait of Iceland during the Christmas holidays. ''Echo'' was nominated for Best Film at the Edda Awards, won Best Original Score at Les Arcs Film Festival, and Best Director at the Valladolid International Film Festival The Valladolid International Film Festival, popularly known as Seminci (short for ; ), is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain. First held in 1956 as ('Valladolid Religious Film Week'), the Seminci is one of the longest-standing fi .... References External links * 2019 films Icelandic drama films {{Iceland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ísold Uggadóttir
Ísold Uggadóttir is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. She is known for her feature film debut in '' And Breathe Normally'', for which she won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Life and career Ísold was born in Reykjavík. She earned her M.F.A. in directing and screenwriting from Columbia University School of the Arts. Her directorial debut short film, ''Family Reunion (Góðir gestir)'', was an official selection of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. She subsequently directed the short films ''Committed (Njálsgata)'', ''Clean'' and ''Revolution Reykjavík (Útrás Reykjavík)''. Ísold's debut feature film '' And Breathe Normally'', premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and later released on Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andið Eðlilega
''And Breathe Normally'' ( is, Andið eðlilega) is a 2018 Icelandic drama film directed by Ísold Uggadóttir. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award. Plot Lára is a struggling single mother. She has maxed her credit cards, lost her apartment, and is living in her automobile with her six-year-old son, Eldar. She takes a job as a border security trainee with the Reykjanesbær airport police, on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Adja, a traveler from Guinea-Bissau whose girlfriend was killed for being a lesbian, is trying to escape from her country's persecution of homosexuals by seeking asylum in Canada. After Lára flags a discrepancy in Adja's passport, she is separated from her fellow travelers (her daughter and sister) and held in a refugee center until a decision is made about her immigration status. The two women's lives intersect and they form an unlikely bond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlynur Pálmason
Hlynur Pálmason (born 30 September 1984) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.Wendy Mitchell"Hylnur Palmason on his Iceland-set Critics' Week selection 'A White, White Day'" ''Screen Daily'', 16 May 2019. A native of Hornafjörður, Iceland, he studied film at the National Film School of Denmark. His debut feature film ''Winter Brothers (Vinterbrødre)'' debuted at the Locarno Film Festival in 2017, and went on to win the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and the Robert Award for Best Danish Film, with Pálmason also winning the Robert Award for Best Director. His second feature film, ''A White, White Day (Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur)'', was selected to screen in the International Critics' Week section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and was selected as Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020. He followed up in 2022 with ''Godland (film), Godland (Vanskabte Land)'', which premiered at the 2022 Cann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur
''A White, White Day'' ( is, Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur) is a 2019 Icelandic drama film directed by Hlynur Pálmason. It premiered in the Critics' Week section at the Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2019. It won Best Film Award at the 2019 Torino Film Festival. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Police chief Ingimundur, whose wife died in a car accident, reluctantly undergoes grief counselling. He works constantly on renovating a farm building for his daughter Elín's family, and sometimes looks after her daughter Salka. After Elín gives him some of her mother's effects, he's shocked to find a video evidently recording an affair she had with a man called Olgeir Olafsson. He stakes out Olgeir's home and joins his football club. Bad weather closes the roads; while having a pixelated online therapy session, Ingimundurhe snaps and trashes the room, beating up two colleagues when they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Júlíus Kemp
Júlíus Kemp (born 2 December 1967) is an Icelandic film director and producer. Biography Júlíus Kemp studied film-making at the West Surrey College of Art & Design in the UK. His short film "Happy Birthday" (16mm/bw) was made at WSCAD/London in 1991. Julius left college to work as an editor on "Children of Nature" (1991) by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, which was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Film. He co-founded the Icelandic Film Company in 1991 and co-wrote and directed his first feature film, "Veggfóður erótísk ástarsaga" (1992), which was a box office hit, produced by Fridriksson and Kemp. From 1993 to 2000, he served as the director of The Reykjavík Intl. Short Film Festival and was a film critic in 1993 and 1994. He was also a member of the selection committee for the Reykjavík Film Festival and served as a board member of the Association of Icelandic Film Producers, SÍK, from 1993 to 2000. Kemp has been a member of the European Film Academy since 2001. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
''Reykjavík Whale Watching massacre'' or ''RWWM'' is an Icelandic 2009 horror film. Plot A tale about a group of tourists who go on whale watching expedition. During the expedition the ship breaks down and they are picked up by a nearby whaler. The Fishbillies on the vessel have just gone bust and everything goes out of control. Cast * Pihla Viitala as Annette * Nae as Endo * Terence Anderson as Leon * Miranda Hennessy as Marie-Anne * Helgi Björnsson as Tryggvi * Guðrún Gísladóttir as Mamma * Stefán Jónsson as Siggi * Aymen Hamdouchi as Jean Francois * Snorri Engilbertsson as Anton * Gunnar Hansen as Captain Pétur * Thor Kristjansson as Björn * Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir as Hannah Traschle * Carlos Takeshi as Nobuyoshi * Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (born 12 October 1968) is an Icelandic actress and musician. In the 1990s, she was also a saxophonist and vocalist of the group Reptile. Biography Halldóra graduated from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Hannes Þór Halldórsson (born 27 April 1984) is an Icelandic filmmaker and former professional footballer. He was a member of the Iceland national team where he was capped 77 times and appeared at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Club career Iceland Hannes played club football in Iceland for Leiknir, Afturelding, Stjarnan, Fram and KR. Hannes joined KR at the age of 5. He quit football at the age of 20 following a shoulder injury, before returning to the sport and joining third-tier Leiknir. Hannes started his career at Leiknir at a time when the team was in the fourth- and third tier of the Icelandic football league system. Hannes was let go from Leiknir in 2004 after making a number of serious mistakes in an important game that revolved around progressing to the second tier. During his time at Leiknir, Hannes sought to join Númi, which played in the Icelandic bottom tier, after struggling to get into the Leiknir first team, but the team rejected him. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leynilögga
''Cop Secret'' ( is, Leynilögga) is a 2021 Icelandic action comedy film directed by Hannes Þór Halldórsson from a screenplay that he co-wrote alongside Nína Pedersen and Sverrir Þór Sverrisson. The film stars Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir. The film is based on a fake movie trailer made by Auðunn, Hannes and Sverrir Þór Sverrisson for a TV show in 2011. The trailer featured Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Hjalti Árnason, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Hörður Magnússon and Hermann Gunnarsson. It premièred in the '' Concorso internazionale'' at the 74th Locarno Film Festival on 10 August 2021. Synopsis A cop (Auðunn Blöndal) in denial of his sexuality, falls in love with his new partner (Egill Einarsson), while investigating a string of bank robberies where nothing seems to have been stolen. Cast * Auðunn Blöndal as Bússi * Egill Einarsson as Hörður * Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir as Þorgerður ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdimar Jóhannsson
Valdimar Jóhannsson (born 28 April 1978) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. Valdimar was born in northern Iceland in 1978. He has worked in various filmmaking jobs, including grip, lighting, cinematographer and effects technician on projects including '' Rogue One'', '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'', '' LazyTown'', '' Amundsen'', ''Game of Thrones'', and '' Prometheus''. In 2003 he made his first short film entitled ''Pjakkur''. He presented his short film ''Dolor'' in 2008 at the Reykjavík International Film Festival. From 2013 to 2015 he participated in the PhD program at Béla Tarr's Film Factory in Sarajevo. Valdimar's first feature film was '' Lamb'' (2021), which he both directed and wrote. ''Lamb'' swept the board at the 2022 Edda Awards, winning 12 titles, including Best Film and Best Screenplay for Valdimar. ''Lamb'' also won Un Certain Regard Prize for Originality in Cannes, the Nordic Council Film Prize, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
