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  • Culture Pick: 20th French Film Festival

    Culture Pick: 20th French Film Festival

    Francophiles of Iceland unite! Today sets off the 20th edition of the French Film Festival in Iceland, a partnership between the Alliance Française in Reykjavík, the French Embassy in Iceland, the French Institute and Bió Paradís. The Festival will take place in…

  • It Only Takes A Little Discrimination To Make A Revolutionary

    It Only Takes A Little Discrimination To Make A Revolutionary

    Everyone dreams of making a movie that will change the world, but one of the few who actually has is French-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb, a special guest at this year’s Stockfish film festival. His 2006 film Days of Glory not only made then-President of…

  • PHOTOS: Fencing at Reykjavík International Games

    PHOTOS: Fencing at Reykjavík International Games

    The Reykjavík International Games Fencing competition took place on January 24 & 25 at the Fencing Centre in Laugardal. This competition was hosted by the Icelandic Fencing Federation and the Nordic Sabre Centre. There are three types of fencing competitions: foil, sabre,…

  • La Belle Vie Á Paris

    La Belle Vie Á Paris

    Café Paris is one of those establishments that has been around in Reykjavík for as long as I can remember. As you probably deduced, it’s named after the capital of France, the capital of gastronomy, the capital of all things good. Yet,…