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The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
Director: Olaf de Fleur Year: 2008 Olaf de Fleur again blurs the boundaries of fact and fiction in his semi-documentary The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela. It commences with a snapshot into Raquela’s life as a transsexual prostitute in the P...
Small Mountain / Heiðin
Director: Einar Thor Year: 2008 Einar Thor’s Small Mountain (Heiðin) is very much about the contrasts between old and new; the dichotomy between new technology and the countryside’s more antiquated methods of communication , the older ge...
Kóngavegur 7 cast features Daniel Brühl
Daniel Brühl, star of European hits Good Bye Lenin! and The Edukators, is starring in upcoming Icelandic production Kóngavegur 7 (English title: King’s Road 7). It’s hoped that Brühl’s growing fame courtesy of his work with Taran...
Your review of Fangavaktin?
So Fangavaktin starts in Iceland tonight and guess what? Being based in the UK I’m stuck with the somewhat underwhelming selection of X Factor, Xtra Factor, Harper’s Island, repeats of Family Guy and some romantic comedy starring Patrick ...
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Director: Borkur Sigthorsson Year: 2008 This presentation from the fine folks at Future Shorts is short but not exactly sweet. Any more than that will spoil the surprise, so click that magical play button below and enjoy… ...
Icelandic films at The London Film Festival
The arrival of the hefty programme for The London Film Festival heralds two events; the end of the British summer and the chance for me to meticulously plan what I can view for free on a press pass, only for my planned timetable to backfire due to an...
