Karl Óskarsson was awarded for best cinematography at the Czech Lion awards, which were handed out in Prague on March 6^th. The prize came for his cinematography on 3 Seasons in Hell (3 sezony v pekle), which was nominated for 11 Czech Lions, of which it received three – for cinematography , acting and sound. 3 Seasons in Hell takes place in Czhecoslovakia in 1947 and a trailer from the movie can be seen here.

Icelandic musician and sound-artist Gunnlaug Thorvaldsdóttir participated in the making of the short film I-Do-Air, which recently won Best Short Film at the BAFTA awards in 2010. Gunnlaug was in charge of sound and music of the BAFTA award-winning film. The title track, I-Do-Wish, can be heard here, on Gunnlaug’s MySpace area.

The Icelandic Film & Television Academy has announced its list of nominees for the 11^th Edda Awards. The crew behind the highly popular TV-show The Prison Shift and its offspring movie, Mr. Bjarnfredarson, received a staggering 18 nominations, including Film of the Year and Director of the Year (Ragnar Bragason). Fridrik Thór Fridriksson's latest movie, Mamma Gógó, was nominated in eight categories, including Film of the Year and Director of the Year. The Award Ceremony will take place on the 27^th of February and will be broadcasted live on Channel 2.

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In the latest issue of Filmmaker Magazine the first decade of the 21st century is reviewed and the results of the online poll “Readers Choice: Best of the Decade” published. Icelandic director and internationally acclaimed film-editor, Valdís Óskarsdóttir, received yet another acknowledgement as her editing of the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind topped the poll in the category “Best editing” of the decade.

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The Icelandic Film & Television Academy (IKSA) has submitted Reykjavik-Rotterdam as the Icelandic candidate for the Academy Award nomination as Best Foreign Language Feature, 2010. Read more

The third annual Skjaldborg Documentary Film Festival was held in the town of Patreksfjordur the last weekend in May. The festival drew a large audience of around 200 this year and the town’s cinema was packed as over 30 new Icelandic documentaries screened. The festival’s guest of honour was director Thorfinnur Gudnason.

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Nordisk Forum, a co-production meeting arranged by Filmkontakt Nord, will be held in Reykjavik late in September. The meeting provides documentary filmmakers from the Nordic and Baltic countries with an opportunity to present projects in development to potential co-production partners.

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Anna, a short film by Icelandic director Runar Runarsson, will participate in the Director‘s Fortnight programme at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The film is Runarsson‘s graduation project from the Danish National Film School and will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Two Icelandic short films, Jeffrey and Beth, directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson and Waste, directed by Bragi Thor Hinriksson, have accepted an invitation to participate in a short film program at the 25th Warsaw International Film Festival, WFF, in October.

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Anna, a short film by Icelandic director Runar Runarsson, will participate in the Director‘s Fortnight program at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

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Nordisk Panorama is an annual film festival touring between the cities, Reykjavik/Iceland, Bergen/Norway, Århus/Denmark, Oulu/Finland and Malmö/Sweden. On September 25th the festival returns to Reykjavík where we will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Nordisk Panorama. The festival is a joint arrangement between the Icelandic Film Centre, City of Reykjavík and Filmkontakt Nord.

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The Northern Wave International Film Festival opens today for the second time in the town of Grundarfjordur.

Five Icelandic feature-length films, Reykjavik-Rotterdam, Small Mountain, Country Wedding, The Higher Force and The Sunshine Boy, will be screened at the European Film Market, EFM, which takes place in Berlin in conjunction with the Berlinale.

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The feature film Country Wedding, directed by Valdis Oskarsdottir, has been selected to take part in the Nordic competition at the upcoming 32nd Göteborg International Film Festival, which takes place between January 23rd and February 2nd.

The documentary film Sunshine Boy, which deals with the problem of autism and is directed by Academy Award-nominee Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, premiered in Reykjavík last Friday night and enjoyed a warm reception from viewers.

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It was a good night last night for Blue Eyes, Baltasar Kormakur´s production company, where White Night Wedding (directed by Baltasar Kormakur) received seven awards and Reykjavik-Rotterdam (produced by Baltasar´s production company and starring Baltasar Kormakur) received five awards at the the Edda awards ceremony last night.

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Berlinale Co-Production markaðurinn verður haldinn í sjötta skiptið þann 8 - 10 febrúar 2009. Umsóknarfrestur er til 30.október 2008.

PRESS RELEASE from Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Oslo, September 1st, 2008

The Nordic Council Film Prize 2008:

Announcement of nominated Nordic films

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Runar Runarsson´s 2 Birds was last weekend shown in the short film section of the Telluride Film Festival which is held every year in Colorado during Labour Day Weekend.

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Country Wedding (Sveitabrúðkaup), Valdis Oskarsdottir´s first feature as a director, had it´sworld premiere on August 28th in Iceland.

2 Birds, Runar Runarsson´s latest short film, which was nominated for the Palm d´or in Cannes last May, continues to win at festivals, the latest one being at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) where the film won best fiction film in the short film category.

Runar Runarsson´s short film 2 Birds was awarded again, when the film received awards at two festivals in Europe this weekend.

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Olaf De Fleur Johannesson´s film, The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, won the Special achivement for the contemporary film language” at the Cinema City film and new media festival, held in Serbia on June 14th – 21st.

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The film "The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela" receives the following two awards at the 20th New York "NEW FEST" wich was held last weekend.

61st Cannes Film Festival from may 14th - 25th

Zik Zak Filmworks is proud to announce that Runar Runarsson’s 2 Birds has been selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Only 12 out of approximately 5000 short films made it to the competition.

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The film No Network, directed by Ari Krisinsson won the main prize (Golden Sprockets Award) for best feature film in the age group 8 – 10 years at the Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children this weekend.

Icelandic films were successful at the 15th Titanic Film Festival, held in Budapest, Hungary from the 3rd to the 13th of April.

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The Icelandic Childrens Film "No Network" has been invited to participate in the 11th annual Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children april 12th to 18th, 2008.

MIFA is one of the most important industry events for international animation films and professionals. During 3 days some 6000 participants expand their international networking and follow up on the latest developments within the production of animation films.

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The short film Rattlesnakes recently won an award for the best script at the international film festival in Poiteers France.

Ingvar E. Sigurdsson won the Napapijri Prize at the Courmayeur Noir In Festival for his leading role in the Icelandic Film Jar City, directed by Baltasar Kormakur.