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Fortissimo ties the knot with Iceland's Country Wedding

2007-05-18T04:00:00Z

Fortissimo Films has acquired all rights outside Scandinavia to Icelandic comedy Country Wedding, currently shooting in Snaefellsness, Iceland. The brainchild of editor-turned-director Valdis Oskarsdottir, the film is a road movie about two busloads of Icelanders attending a wedding in a small church in the country. Completion is scheduled in time ...

Transilvania to honor Michael York, announces lineup

The festival that grew up with the Romanian New Wave will celebrate its 10th birthday with more films, more cash and more stars

Iceland: Hot talent - a cool dozen

2014-10-01T17:17:00Z

Despite local budget cuts, Iceland’s directors and producers are preparing a slew of exciting projects. Wendy Mitchell talks to 12 of the country’s top talents.

Marrakech Film Festival to show 15 films from 14 countries in competition

2008-11-03T17:31:00Z

The 8th annual Marrakech Film Festival will showcase 15 films in competition, with Barry Levinson presiding over the jury. The competition titles hail from 14 countries including Poland, China, Denmark and the U.S. The jury will comprise actors Sebastian Koch, Joaquim de Almeida, Caterina Murino and Natacha Regnier alongside filmmakers ...

Pasolini’s Machan wins Golden Iris in Brussels

2009-07-06T11:54:00Z

Uberto Pasolini’s directorial debut Machan won the Golden Iris Award at the 7th Brussels Film Festival, which closed on Sunday (July 5).

Production - Iceland - White hot

2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

Iceland punches above its weight in the film world, considering the number of film-makers and film-goers per capita in this small, isolated nation. The country's reputation is on the up thanks to increasingly high-profile work from the likes of Baltasar Kormakur, whose acclaimed thriller Jar City was launched in the ...

Kormakur follows Jar City with Ivanov film and theatre project

2007-10-04T13:12:00Z

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur plans to follow up his recent thriller Jar City, the country's Oscar submission and a local box-office hit, with an innovative cinema/theatre project based on Chekhov's classic Ivanov. Last summer, Kormakur shot a film based on the work (not a filmed play but a feature on ...

Toronto: The Buzz Films

2008-08-29T07:19:00Z

THE BUZZ FILMSGALA PRESENTATIONSDean Spanley (UK-NZ)Dir: Toa FraserThe story: Based on Lord Dunsany's novel My Talks With Dean Spanley, this charts the relationship between a stiff Englishman and his son.The cast: Peter O'Toole plays opposite Jeremy Northam as his son and Sam Neill as an eccentric dean.The buzz: A co-production ...

Buzz Films - Toronto 2008: the lowdown

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

GALA PRESENTATIONSDean Spanley (UK-NZ)Dir: Toa FraserThe story: Based on Lord Dunsany's novel My Talks With Dean Spanley, this charts the relationship between a stiff Englishman and his son.The cast: Peter O'Toole plays opposite Jeremy Northam as his son and Sam Neill as an eccentric dean.The buzz: A co-production between New ...