Author: Óskar Bragi Stefánsson
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Quarashi’s Music Video Odyssey
“It’s a strange combination of both people and music, you know?” Quarashi is an Icelandic rap group founded in the…
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Horse Manoeuvre
A soulful, deadpan look at humans’ equestrian escapadesBenedikt Erlingsson’s theatrical debut is a mosaic of several stories that centre on…
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Real ‘Life In A fishbowl’
A triptych of Icelandic lives in disarray‘Life In A Fishbowl’ tells three distinct stories of people living in pre-crisis Iceland….
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A Metallic Maiden
Þorbjörg Helga Dýrfjörð wins Best Actress at the Eddas‘Málmhaus’ (“Metalhead”), written and directed by Ragnar Bragason, is both a coming…
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The Big, Bad South African Wolf
The first film banned in South Africa since the Apartheid, ‘Of Good Report’ is enjoying a limited theatrical release at…
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Tackling Gravity
Animation Director Daði Einarsson talks about the film’s technical challengesWhen it comes to animation, Iceland’s Daði Einarsson is a real…
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The Lovable Drunk
Although his acting in Iceland—with the Vesturport theatre group and in popular films and TV series such as ‘101 Reykjavík,’…
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Nowhere Men
`Prince Avalanche’ is the story of two highway road workers–Alvin (starring Paul Rudd) and Lance (Emile Hirsch)–who spend the summer…