Cinema of Iceland explained

Cinema of Iceland
Screens:38 (2010)[1]
Screens Per Capita:13.4 per 100,000 (2010)
Distributors:[2]
Produced Year:2011
Produced Ref:[3]
Produced Fictional:9
Produced Animated:1
Produced Documentary:3
Admissions Year:2011
Admissions Ref:[4]
Admissions Total:1,514,000
Admissions Per Capita:5.4 (2010)[5]
Box Office Year:2011

Iceland has a notable cinema film industry, with many Icelandic actors and directors having gone on to receive international attention.[6] [7] The most famous film, and the only one to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature, is Börn náttúrunnar (Children of Nature), a 1991 film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. This brought Icelandic cinema to the international scene, which has since grown, with films such as Nói Albínói (Noi the Albino) by Dagur Kári, heralded as descendants of the Icelandic film tradition.

The annual Edda Awards are the national film awards of Iceland.

Films

See main article: List of Icelandic films.

+ List of notable Icelandic filmsscope=col Icelandicscope=col Englishscope=col Yearscope=col Directorscope=col Notes
MagnúsMagnús1989Þráinn Bertelsson
Börn náttúrunnarChildren of Nature1991Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Ungfrúin góða og húsiðThe Honour of the House1999Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Englar alheimsinsAngels of the Universe2000Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
MávahláturThe Seagull's Laughter2001Ágúst Guðmundsson
HafiðThe Sea2002Baltasar Kormákur
Nói albínóiNoi the Albino2003Dagur Kári
KaldaljósCold Light2004Hilmar Oddsson
Fullorðið fólkDark Horse2005Dagur Kári
MýrinJar City2006Baltasar Kormákur
ForeldrarParents2007Ragnar Bragason
SveitabrúðkaupCountry Wedding2008Valdís Óskarsdóttir
BjarnfreðarsonMister Bjarnfreðarson2010Ragnar Bragason
BrimUndercurrent2011Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson
EldfjallVolcano2011Rúnar Rúnarsson
DjúpiðThe Deep2012Baltasar Kormákur
Hross í ossOf Horses and Men2013Benedikt Erlingsson
VonarstrætiLife in a Fishbowl2014Baldvin Z
HrútarRams2015Grímur Hákonarson
HjartasteinnHeartstone2016Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Undir trénuUnder the Tree2017Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
Kona fer í stríðWoman at War2018Benedikt Erlingsson
Agnes Joy Agnes Joy2019Silja Hauksdóttir
GullregnThe Garden2020Ragnar Bragason
DýriðLamb2021Valdimar Jóhannsson

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 5 November 2013. 5 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105031441/http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=5542. dead.
  2. Web site: Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel). UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 5 November 2013. 24 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225508/http://data.uis.unesco.org/. dead.
  3. Web site: Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 5 November 2013. 23 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140323123538/http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=5545. dead.
  4. Web site: Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO). UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 5 November 2013. 3 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131103112139/http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=5538. dead.
  5. Web site: Cinema - Admissions per capita. Screen Australia. 9 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109233447/http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/research/statistics/acompadmitper.aspx. 9 November 2013.
  6. Web site: 7 September 2022. The Story of Icelandic Cinema. Michael. Chapman. Guide to Iceland.
  7. Web site: 7 September 2022. 10 great Icelandic films. Sarah. Lutton. British Film Institute. 4 February 2016.

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