All Iceland articles – Page 7
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News
'Olli Maki' co-producers board 'Under The Tree'
EXCLUSIVE: One Two Films duo have joined the Icelandic-Polish-Danish co-pro from director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson.
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Features
Set report: Baltasar Kormakur's 'The Oath'
Director Baltasar Kormakur returns to his Icelandic roots for thriller The Oath, which also sees him back in front of the camera. Wendy Mitchell reports from the Reykjavik set.
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Features
'Rams' director Hákonarson talks festivals and 'The County'
Grimur Hákonarson, who serves on Jerusalem’s international jury, talks about the lessons he learned during a year of promoting his festival and box-office hit Rams.
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News
Arbouet to direct big screen Benjamin Dove
The Fair Market Value filmmaker will steer Fulton Street Entertainment’s adaptation of the coming-of-age novel.
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Iceland’s film tax incentive grows to 25%
Iceland’s parliament has approved a boost to the country’s film production tax incentive, increasing it from 20% to 25%.
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Truenorth lines up English-language projects
The company has added Oskar Jonasson’s The Malaga Prisoner and Michael G Kehoe’s Keflavik to its production slate.
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Jodorowsky, Aronofsky head to Reykjavik
Iceland’s Reykjavik film festival will host both directors at its 13th edition.
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Baltasar Kormakur takes 'The Oath' to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Kormakur is also starring in the crime drama shot in Iceland.
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'Sparrows' scoops Prague Grand Prix
Prague International Film Festival’s primary award went to Iceland for the second year running.
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Berlin-winner 'Hedi' secures Nordic deal
Edge Entertainment will release Mohamed Ben Attia’s Silver Bear-winning drama in early 2017.
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Comment
'Sicario' composer: get music into the DNA of a film
Oscar nominee Johann Johannsson spoke about collaborating with Denis Villeneueve on a panel at Stockfish Film Festival .
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News
Truenorth, Mystery pact for eight-strong slate
EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic companies plan joint slate of Icelandic and English-language films including Óskar Jónasson’s Habeus Corpus.
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Denmark's Profile Pictures readies 'Darkland' shoot
Denmark’s Profile Pictures, which launches its debut feature Shelley [pictured] at Berlin, will next month begin shooting Darkland - a masked avenger story set in a gang environment in Copenhagen.
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WestEnd boards Baltasar Kormakur-produced 'Mules'
EXCLUSIVE: Nordic co-production readies spring shoot.
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'Rams' director plots next film
EXCLUSIVE: As Rams heats up on the festival and awards circuit, Iceland’s Grimur Hákonarson tells Screen about his next feature, The County.
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Denmark, Iceland dominate Lübeck Nordic competition
The German festival will screen Grimur Hákonarson’s Rams, Tobias Lindholm’s A War and Klaus Harö’s The Fencer in its 2015 programme.
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Iceland's Pegasus reveals project slate
Snorri Thórisson, CEO of Reykjavík-based production outfit Pegasus Pictures (Icelandic line producer of Game Of Thrones), has revealed details of the company’s latest feature projects.
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Reykjavik festival director reflects on growing event
When RIFF (Reykjavik International Film Festival) was founded in 2004, expectations for the new event were far from high.