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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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Baltasar Kormákur’s The Deep (Djúpið) took home 11 Icelandic Film and Television Awards (Eddas) at an awards ceremony at Harpa concert hall on Saturday evening.
The Deep won the awards for Best Film, Cinematography (Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson), Editing (Sverrir Kristjánsson /Elísabet Rónaldsdóttir), Director (Baltasar Kormákur), Best Actor (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), Special Effects (Daði Einarsson), Costume (Helga I. Stefánsdóttir), Set (Atli Geir Grétarsson), Makeup (Ragna Fossberg), Sound (Kjartan Kjartansson /Ingvar Lundberg) and Music (Ben Frost/Daníel Bjarnason).
Black’s Game (Svartur á leik), directed by Óskar Þór Axelsson, won Best Supporting Actor (Damon Younger) and Best Supporting Actress (María Birta Bjarnadóttir), as well as the award for Best Script (Óskar Þór Axelsson).
The Deep had been nominated for 16 awards and Black’s Game 15.
The Press 3 (Pressa 3) won Best Television Series and Best Actress (Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir) while Kastljós won Best News and Interview Program.
The award for Best Documentary went to Hrafnhildur, a documentary about gender correction.
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and Minister of Education, Science and Culture Katrín Jakobsdóttir were among those to present the awards.
The Deep missed out on an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in January after having been shortlisted.
Read the full results here (in Icelandic).
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The 2013 Reykjavík International Children’s Film Festival opens at the cinema Bíó Paradís on Hverfisgata in downtown Reykjavík on May 29.
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The exchange of power in Iceland took place yesterday when the government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally took over from that of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and ministers exchange keys.
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Mountaineer Leifur Örn Svavarsson became the first Icelander to reach the peak of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, by the North Face from Tibet just before sunrise yesterday morning.
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Iceland’s new government formally took power today following a state council meeting at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
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