Author: Ásgeir H Ingólfsson
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Paying Their Dues: Bullshit Jobs & Bullshit In General
by Ásgeir H Ingólfsson and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Years ago I met a fascinating American named Bill. I mainly remember two things about Bill. The first: He joked…
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Five Takes On The Reykjavík International Film Festival, RIFF
by Ásgeir H Ingólfsson and Mark Asch
Two of our film guys watched some notable titles at the ongoing Reykjavík International Film Festival, RIFF, for your sake!…
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From Cannes To The Westfjords, And Back: We Chat With Grímur Hákonarson, the director of ‘Rams’
I first met Grímur Hákonarson in 2012 at Skjaldborg, a documentary festival in the Westfjords. I was reporting on the…
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Ágætis Byrjun: Cloud of Ash, Raining Tourists
The merits of eating whale meat, Israeli-Palestine policies and whether the Vikings ate mushrooms. These are just a few of…
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Selfie Nation
Inspired by Foreign Journalists, Part II“The untamed, distant and cool Iceland” “A few reasons why Iceland is the best place…
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Two Shorts About Love You Don’t Want To Miss
After checking out the 20 short films that will be featured at RIFF this year, I can testify that there…
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Shouting For Poetry
If you’ve passed through downtown Reykjavík some time in the last decade there is a good chance that you’ve heard…
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Teacher And Student
A visit to Mary Ellen Mark’s photo workshop“My father was a photographer,” Alaskan photographer Patrice Helmar tells me while we…
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Six Minds, 59 Countries
Head Of A Woman is a theatre group that features four female heads and two male heads from six different…
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Learning To Photograph Iceland
The fabled Mary Ellen Mark keeps returning“People think Iceland is just landscape; they don’t think it’s exotic. But it’s very…
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The Feast After The Famine
Best place on a rainy dayTwo years ago Reykjavík filmgoers were famished. ‘Inception’ was just about the only half-decent Hollywood…
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The Political Becomes Personal
Grapevine attends Patreksfjörður’s Skjaldborg Documentary Film FestivalAn unspoken rule of the Skjaldborg Documentary Film Festival in Patreksfjörður is: What happens…
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Icelandic Outlaws Get The Bollywood Treatment
A story set in eighteenth century Iceland, based on a classic play about a romance between outlaw Fjalla-Eyvindur (“Eyvindur of…
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Capturing The World
Hreinn Friðfinnsson’s House Project returns homeSome works of art take longer to finish than others. And some are perhaps never…
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Skjaldborg VI
“My favourite moment at Skjaldborg was at an after party,” Gunnar Þorri Pétursson shares on the film festival’s website. “It…
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From Kosovo To Cannes (Via Reykjavík)
Jasmin Rexhepi tells us about his ‘Forgotten Monique’In a small country like Iceland even the successful artists are often struggling…
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Mudbricks In The Desert
Artist Elín Hansdóttir went to the Marrakech Biennale“I worked with eight local men, who understandably were all a little sceptical…
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Davíð Oddsson Told A Joke
Writer E.B. White—well known for his children’s books and co-authoring one of the most famous English language style guides, ‘The…
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Icelandic Shorts: A Very Short Introduction
The big winner at this year’s Edda Awards (the Icelandic equivalent to the Oscars) was Rúnar Rúnarsson’s film, ‘Volcano.’ But…
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Work Is Humiliation
Santiago Sierra comes to Iceland and brings a giant NO with himSpanish artist Santiago Sierra brings with him a giant…
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The Clay Of The World
Amnesty International has been fighting for human rights for half a century now, and part of the organisation’s birthday celebration…
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An Overcrowded Festival
A couple of weeks ago both Icelandic daily newspapers published a very similar headline about the Reykjavik International Film Festival:…
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From Venice to Reykjavik
We speak to RIFF programming director Giorgio Gosetti and check out some coming attractions…“Social disease and a new energy coming…
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Famous Authors And Absent Authors
Grapevine warms up for the Reykjavík International Literary FestivalThe year 2011 is a big one for Icelandic literature. In October,…
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Famous Authors And Absent Authors
The year 2011 is a big one for Icelandic literature. In October, the country will be the guest of honour…