Jón Sigurðsson born 1811, Grímur Thomsen born 1820, Hulda born 1881 and Sigurður Nordal born 127 years ago
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In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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The 13th French Film Festival in Reykjavík will open on Friday, January 11. Nine films, eight French and one Belgian, will be screened during the festival, which runs through January 24, including the opening film De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone) by director Jacques Audiard, starring Marion Cotillard. The film premiered at Cannes last year and was nominated for the Palme d’Or.
The winner of the Palme d’Or, Amour, by Michael Haneke, will also be screened alongside Les Barons (The Barons; comedy), Un Poison Violent (Love Like Poison; drama), Nénette (documentary), L’Illusionniste (The Illusionist; animated comedy drama), La famille Wolberg (The Wolberg Family; drama), La clé des champs (The Field of Enchantement; by the directors of Microcosmos), and Adieu Berthe – l’enterrement de mémé (Granny’s Funeral; comedy).
All films will be screened at Háskólabíó at the University of Iceland with either English or Icelandic subtitles.
Click here and here for more information in Icelandic and here for more information in French, and here to see trailers to the films.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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REVIEWS
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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