Anders is a 34-year old who, after having been a drug addict for a long time, is finally about to complete his rehabilitation program. Before he is fully discharged, he gets a leave permit for a job interview in Oslo. During his brief stay in Oslo, he decides to meet some of his old friends […]
Reykjavík International Film Festival
In 1967, a group of young and inexperienced intellectuals decided to join forces to make a short movie. The film’s title was Paradox. The authors of the film, Níels Óskarsson and Þröstur Magnússon, never got around to completing their work and the original footage was thus forgotten for several years. Actor Sigurður Skúlason, at the […]
Búðardalur, a small municipality in north-west Iceland, has seen its golden age in the 70’s, when the local population was at its peak, business was booming and the future appeared bright and promising for all. Thirty-something years later the situation has changed greatly: population is reduced to roughly 1/3, local economy is less than lively […]
7 May 1986 is a date to remember for Romania. Like most of his comrades and fellow countrymen, the little bureaucrat named Iulica Ploscaru (Gabriel Spahiu) sheds a tear when the Steaua Bucharest defeats Barcelona, after an epic penalty shootout during the European Cup final in 1986. Helmuth Duckadam has become a national hero after […]
