Iceland

  • Movie News

Lamb Started Out as an Experiment in Filmmaking

The seed for the horror film Lamb was planted when moviemaker Valdimir Jóhannsson and author-poet-screenwriter Sjón met up at a…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Foreign Contenders: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson Confronts Neighborly Conflicts with Under the Tree

Not unlike an alchemist, Icelandic Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson has mastered the improbable formula to produce amalgamations of universality with specificity.…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

Foreign Contenders: Sparrows Explores Modern Icelandic Masculinity on Beautiful 16mm

MovieMaker’s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for…

7 years ago
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: Pulling off an Icelandic Co-Production with Autumn Lights

Autumn Lights is the first independent American-Icelandic co-production in history to be both shot and completed in Iceland. Producer and…

8 years ago
  • Feast for the Eyes

Feast for the Eyes: Land Ho! Co-Director Aaron Katz Dishes on Iceland

Food is a rich cultural signifier and storytelling device, both ripe for fetishization and so familiar that we often overlook…

10 years ago