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Drunk Birds Displaying Strange Behaviour In Reykjavik
Redwing thrushes have been flying low, sometimes getting in the way of pedestrians, singing loudly and brashly, and flying into windows, Fréttablaðið reports, because a great many of them are drunk. Redwings, one of the most common species of thrush in Iceland,…
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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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A Boy Becomes Less Of A Boy In Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Sparrows
Much buzz surrounded the Reykjavík International Film Festival premiere of ‘Sparrows’ (‘Þrestir’), director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s second feature film. It begins as a classic coming-of-age story, focusing on 16-year-old Ari (Atli Óskar Fjalarsson) as he struggles with being uprooted from his life in…
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Icelandic Film Wins At San Sebastián Film Festival
Rúnar Rúnarsson’s film Sparrows (Þrestir) has won the Golden Shell award for Best Film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Sparrows had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and is Rúnar’s second feature-length film. His first, Volcano (Eldfjall),…