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Grapevine Events: Concerts, Concerts, Concerts!
It’s Friday! Time to clock out, take a breath, and enjoy all Reykjavík has to offer this weekend. We’ve got a slew of concerts for you down below, so if you’re looking for live music, this weekend is for you. Tonight, Bíó…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Of Monsters And Men, Hoym, Benjamín Gísli & More
It’s print day here at Grapevine HQ, with our recent cover feature exploring the wonderful intricacies of the Icelandic Ring Road. If you’re on the road yourself, why not treat yourself to a hand-crafted curation of Icelandic summer tracks — a callback…
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Eight Icelandic Films: Naked Farmers, Equine Sex, And Yes, There’s An Elf
Each summer, Bíó Paradís mounts a programme of Icelandic films with English subtitles. This year, there are eight films on offer, featuring everything from farmer nudity to eco-terrorism to a Viking spaghetti Western. Do you only have time to see one? From…
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FINALLY: Iceland’s New Ram Registry Is Out Now
The Ram Registry, an annual catalog of ram’s available for breeding, is finally out, much to the delight of Iceland’s sheep farmers. For the unfamiliar, the Ram Registry offers Iceland’s sheep farmers a chance to see the breeding rams available this season,…
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2015: The Year The Icelandic Indie Film Community Awakened Some More, Potentially,
Ísland, bezt í heimi! The biggest film of 2015—nay, the biggest film of ALL TIME (*projected)—was Icelandic, or anyway a few scenes of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ were shot here. Tour companies are no doubt designing itineraries for their Ice Planet…
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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…
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Sheep Population Of Iceland More Than Double Human Population
It’s sheep round-up time again, and census numbers from farms around Iceland show numbers that will surprise no one who’s ever driven in the countryside. Vísir reports that, according to data gathered from farms around the country, there is a grand total…
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Ongoing Now: Höfuðverk
The pentagram, a symbol often used in Satanism, is said to be inspired by the head of a ram. In ‘Höfuðverk’, twelve Icelandic artists go even deeper than Satan, presenting works made entirely out of ram skulls—pretty brütal, right? What could possibly…
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Film Review: Grímur Hákonarsson’s ‘Rams’
In the lobby at Háskólabíó at present, among posters and standees for upcoming CGI disaster epics and comedy sequels, is a cardboard carnival cut-out with two ovals, for your face and your friend’s face, atop the bodies of the two main characters…
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Massive Unexplained Sheep Death Across Iceland
Hundreds of sheep in Iceland have died off, and no one seems to know the exact cause. Research is currently underway to find the culprit. RÚV reports that the deaths have hit especially hard in Borgarfjörður in west Iceland, Eyjafjörður in the…
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From Cannes To The Westfjords, And Back: We Chat With Grímur Hákonarson, the director of ‘Rams’
I first met Grímur Hákonarson in 2012 at Skjaldborg, a documentary festival in the Westfjords. I was reporting on the festival for this very publication and he was on his way to winning the main prize for ‘The Pure Heart’, a documentary…
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Ram Breaks In, Steals Nothing
Police in South Iceland, a normally quiet swath of the country when compared to the bustling metropolis of the capital area, have had their work cut out for them lately. Sunnlenska – South Iceland’s media service – reports that police were called…
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Hrútar Makes Cannes Un Certain Regard Lineup
Icelandic film Hrútar (Rams) by Grímur Hákonarson will be included in the lineup for this year’s Un Certain Regard at Cannes film festival. #Cannes2015 HRÚTAR (RAMS) by Grímur HÁKONARSON #UnCertainRegard — Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) April 16, 2015 Hrútar tells the story…