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From Free Music Video for FM Belfast to Winning Seven Oscars
From making a free music video for FM Belfast to making a film that has garnered high praise and recognition at the highest levels of the film industry, the story of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert serves as a reminder that sometimes…
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Molly Sandén Performs Húsavík At Oscars Pre Show
When a song named after a little village is nominated for an Oscar, it only makes sense that the audience should be able to see the place the song is about. Last night at the Oscars, Molly Sandén blew everyone away with…
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Húsavík, My Boomtown: Eurovision Lifts The North
Húsavík is currently hibernating. Even though yesterday was the official start of the Icelandic summer and the weather is gradually improving, cold COVID winds are still keeping the commercial climate chilly in the Icelandic north. Depleted visitor numbers mean that the town’s…
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Húsavík Nominated For An Oscar
The song ‘Húsavík’ from the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is nominated for the award in the category of Best Original Song. Residents of Húsavík are excited for their little town to gain global attention again after it…
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“Husavik” Shortlisted For The Best Original Song At 93rd Oscars
“Husavik”, from the film ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’, has the possibility of being nominated for the best original song at this years Oscars. The shortlists for nine categories were announced yesterday. Other categories, such as best documentary feature,…
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What Have We Won?: An Oscar (Nomination)
Have you ever confused ‘The Green Mile’ with ‘8 Mile’? ‘10 Years A Slave’ with ‘10,000 BC’? Yes, pretending to be a film intellectual is hard, especially in Iceland, where there’s only one movie theatre dedicated to the more chichi side of…
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Monday News Edit: What Are Icelanders Talking About?
Despite the blinding sun and the freezing cold, what has been on Icelanders’ minds as of late? Here’s a round-up of fresh debates, hot topics and crazy madness from these past few days. Nobody is more serious than Icelanders when it comes…
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Icelander In The Crew Of Oscar Nominated ‘The Breadwinner’
Academy Awards night is almost upon us, and as the evening draws near hints about the nominees, both artists and movies, begin to pop up on the Internet. No Icelandic movie has been nominated this year—go figure! However, Icelanders are notoriously good…
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“Rams” Iceland’s Entry For Best Foreign Language Oscar
Grímur Hákonarson’s highly-praised film is going to be Iceland’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Academy Awards. In a statement to the press from the Icelandic Film And TV Academy, the organisation announced that the film has been…