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Eight Icelandic films will be screened in Copenhagen and Århus during the festival ‘Islandsk film/ad nye veje’ to be opened by Icelandic ambassador to Denmark Sturla Sigurjónsson at Cinemateket in central Copenhagen tomorrow.
The festival, which is dedicated to Icelandic films, opens with the comedy Either Way (Á annan veg) by director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, who will attend a Q&A session after the screening, Morgunblaðið reports.
The following day, director Marteinn Þórsson will present his drama Stormland (Rokland). Other films screened during the festival include City State (Borgríki), a thriller by Ólafur Jóhannesson, and comedy Our Own Oslo (Okkar eigin Osló) by director Reynir Lyngdal.
The festival runs through March 29.
In other film news, 370 short films and documentaries from 61 different countries—a new record—have been sent in to this year’s Reykjavík Shorts & Docs Festival, which will be running at the capital’s Bíó Paradís May 9-16.
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Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós are set to appear on Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show on NBC on Friday next week.
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Chairman of the Progressive Party Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson will become Iceland’s next prime minister and leader of the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, will take up the position of Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, as reported in the Icelandic media yesterday.
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The festival Reykjavík Music Mess kicks off at KEX Hostel in the center of the capital with an opening party on May 23 at 8 pm. An art exhibition themed around the participating bands will open at the occasion and Boogie Trouble will play a few songs. Entry is free.
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Coalition talks between the Independence and Progressive Party are in the final stages, set to be completed today or tomorrow, and a decision on a new government for Iceland is expected to be announced tomorrow or on Tuesday.
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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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Fida Abu Libdeh moved to Iceland from East Jerusalem at 16, made her way through the Icelandic education system and now runs a promising startup company.
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The 27th Reykjavík Arts Festival starts this week.
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