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  • Moments Of Magic At Skjaldborg

    Moments Of Magic At Skjaldborg

    The documentary film festival brings new stories and well-loved traditions to Patreksfjörður It’s hard to explain the charm of Skjaldborg Documentary Film Festival for someone who’s never taken that winding road to Patreksfjörður on the Whitsun weekend. Sure, it focuses on documentary…

  • Inside Small-Town Icelandic Life In ‘690 Vopnafjörður’

    Inside Small-Town Icelandic Life In ‘690 Vopnafjörður’

    No frills and bare bones, ‘690 Vopnafjörður’ documents everyday life in a small fishing village in Iceland. Director Karna Sigurðardóttir and cinematographer Sebastian Ziegler have beautifully demonstrated the highs and lows of living in a community of fewer than 700 people. 600 kilometers away from Reykjavík, Vopnafjörður thrives…

  • The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2015

    The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2015

    For our fifth annual Design Awards, we gathered a small panel of experts to help us determine what was on the cutting edge of Icelandic design in 2014. Here are the results: the winners and runners-up in each of the four categories,…

  • ‘Austurland: Design From Nowhere’ Wins 1st Annual Design Award!

    ‘Austurland: Design From Nowhere’ Wins 1st Annual Design Award!

    A comprehensive project titled  ‘Austurland: Design From Nowhere’ won Iceland’s first annual design awards, accepting the prize at a ceremony on Thursday. The project was initiated by Pete Collard and Karna Sigurðardóttir, and features designers Þórunn Árnadóttir, Gero Grundmann, Max Lamb and Julia Lohmann.  Two…