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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…
Skjaldborg VI
“My favourite moment at Skjaldborg was at an after party,” Gunnar Þorri Pétursson shares on the film festival’s website. “It…
WILL ‘A9AINST’ ENTIRELY TRANSFORM ICELANDIC SOCIETY AND MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER FOREVER?
Philosopher, filmmaker, writer and frequent-Grapevine contributor Haukur Már Helgason premiered his documentary ‘Ge9n’ (‘A9ainst’ is its English title) at the…
Can We Capture Iceland?
Thoughts in the wake of the Skjaldborg documentary festivalReverend John, who will not leave his land and becomes the prisoner…
Skjaldborg: A Very Short Introduction
Time travelling at a documentary film festival in the WestfjordsGrapevine pays a visit to the infamous Skjaldborg documentary film festival…
The Universal Project Of Whale-Watching In Húsavík
A few years back fate brought me to Húsavík, a small town in northern Iceland. Fate? Well, friends were getting…
The Failure Of Icelandic Politics
Here is a famous quote by Harold Wilson: “A week is a long time in politics”. At the time of…
Kraumur and Backyard at Iceland Airwaves
Icelandic music documentary Backyard, will be screened at Bíó Paradís over the Airwaves festival this coming weekend. The film, which…
From Oakland to Iceland
by Stevie Ward
Ragnhildur Magnúsdóttir, is the director of From Oakland to Iceland: A Hip-Hop Homecoming, showing at this year’s Iceland Airwaves festival….
Lamenting a Dying Model
Documentary Kjötborg was previewed at the Skjaldborg film festival this spring, where it won over the hearts of the audience,…