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From Sagas To The Silver Screen: Icelandic Cinema Comes Of Age
I was walking home through downtown Reykjavík one day in April when I came across a large crowd blocking the road. Asking around, I came to discover the road was closed for filming Netflix’s action-thriller ‘Heart of Stone’ starring Gal Gadot. Lots…
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Total Of Icelandic Women In Movies Hits Lowest Number Since The 1970s
From the year 2010, the number of Icelandic movies directed by women has been slowly falling. It currently stands at 6%—a substantial decrease from the 21% recorded between 1990 and 1999, RÚV reports. The data comes from Statistics Iceland, who calculated that…
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Nobody Likes A Balanced Budget
In the coalition’s first few days of government, Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson and Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson proclaimed that the deficit that they’ve inherited—25 billion ISK—is much greater than they had been led to believe it was before the elections.…