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The fifth Festival Air d’Islande will take place in Paris and Nantes from January 31 to February 8.
Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
In Paris, the festival will kick off with a series of concerts held in collaboration with the Iceland Airwaves music festival. On January 31 Epic Rain and Ghostdigital will perform, and Ólöf Arnalds the following day.
A film event will also take place with screenings of Iceland-related short films and radio documentaries as will a round-table discussion on women in both French and Icelandic society. A ‘Skyr tasting party’ is also part of the schedule of events in Paris.
In Nantes, the program includes a dinner featuring Icelandic specialties and a screening of a documentary on Iceland.
More information (in French) is available here.
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