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383 articles available in total starting from 19/09/2002. Last article published on 05/08/2025.

MOIN Film Fund launches Nordic NEST

MOIN Film Fund launches Nordic NEST

The fund is expanding its development scheme through German-Nordic collaboration thanks to a new programme involving five Nordic film institutes  

05/08 | Industry | Market | Germany/Denmark/Finland/Iceland/Norway/Sweden

RÚV and ZDF commission series Death of a Horse with ACT4 and Windlight Pictures

RÚV and ZDF commission series Death of a Horse with ACT4 and Windlight Pictures

The crime drama centres on a competitive rider whose prized stallion is discovered dead under suspicious circumstances on the morning of the national championships’ final  

01/08 | Production | Funding | Iceland/Germany

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Harris to star in Graeme Maley’s Polyorama

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Harris to star in Graeme Maley’s Polyorama

The new Icelandic feature helmed by Sagafilm and Fenrir Films has kicked off production this week  

23/07 | Production | Funding | Iceland

Amanda Kernell wraps shooting on Sámi-set drama Brace Your Heart

Amanda Kernell wraps shooting on Sámi-set drama Brace Your Heart

The Nordic-Bulgarian feature centres on a 20-year-old woman who inherits her father’s reindeer herd and strives to uphold the family tradition  

26/06 | Production | Funding | Sweden/Norway/Iceland/Bulgaria/Denmark

REPORT: Work-in-Progress @ Skjaldborg Festival 2025

REPORT: Work-in-Progress @ Skjaldborg Festival 2025

We take a closer look at the five projects that were pitched at this year’s Patreksfjörður-based gathering  

12/06 | Industry | Market | Iceland

Skjaldborg Festival crowns The Farmer and the Factory and Amateur’s Paradise as its champions

Skjaldborg Festival crowns The Farmer and the Factory and Amateur’s Paradise as its champions

The Icelandic event also honoured late critic Ásgeir Ingólfsson’s legacy and celebrated 2024 CPH:DOX winner Alessandra Celesia as its guest of honour  

11/06 | Festivals | Awards | Iceland

Liselott Forsman • CEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Interview: Liselott Forsman • CEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond

"We have to challenge the big trends all the time, we have to keep searching for the new ways and stay truthful to the real art of cinema"

CANNES 2025: The CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond reflected on the evolving landscape of Nordic cinema and the importance of resistance and challenging the system  

27/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That Remains

Interview: Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That Remains

“There’s a lot of beauty, and you really need to take care of it – it’s so easy to take things for granted”

CANNES 2025: The Icelandic director talks about his, in a way, very strange creative process  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Review: The Love That Remains

Review: The Love That Remains

CANNES 2025: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason’s new film proves he can invite you into his home and pull the rug from right under your feet  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir, Gunnar Tómas Kristófersson • Head of legal deposit and cinematek, and researcher, National Film Archive of Iceland

Interview: Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir, Gunnar Tómas Kristófersson • Head of legal deposit and cinematek, and researcher, National Film Archive of Iceland

“In Iceland, we are still writing our film history”

The duo tell us more about their work at the National Film Archive of Iceland and about discovering forgotten filmmakers – and their own country  

16/04 | Stockfish 2025

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