bits and pieces from the northern island.
There are more events to be brought to everybody’s attention. First of all, submissions to the Reykjavík International Film Festival – RIFF 2011, Iceland’s most important film event and one of the most relevant events worldwide, are now open. The 2011 edition of the film festival is going to take place from September 22 to … Read the full article →
For all the Japanophiles and cinephiles of Iceland, we want to bring to your attention: from March 10 to 13, 2011, at the Bíó Paradís a retrospective by the title Grín og gaman frá Japan is going to take place every day with screenings of a selection of Japanese films. Among them, one of the … Read the full article →
It’s perhaps a little late to call this news. Thor Vilhjálmsson, one of the most widely known contemporary Icelandic writers, has passed away yesterday at the age of 85. I’m not sure why, but I expected this to be bigger news than it actually was according to its media coverage. I expected to read lengthy … Read the full article →
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival will begin this Friday with the Museum Night, in which more than thirty art galleries and museums will remain open for free to visitors till midnight. Exhibitions, concerts, lectures and more are going to be held throughout the whole capital’s area. On the next day, February 12, in occasion of the … Read the full article →
There has been quite a turmoil in recent days in Reykjavík over planned cutbacks to music education and over proposals to introduce age limitations to the musical education system. Iceland, in spite of a crisis that shattered its economy, managed to this moment not to fall into the dangerous temptation of destroying everything by butchering … Read the full article →
The sea murmuring in the distance, the ever-searching eye of Gróttuviti scanning the darkness from afar: it almost feels like being at world’s end. From the outside, the gloom of the wintry season makes the Norðurpóllinn’s semi-hidden structure look like a rundown industrial leftover with just enough of a presentable appearance. But as you get … Read the full article →
We already had occasion to express our concern and sadness for the events that led to HAVARÍ’s — temporary! — closing. It perhaps wouldn’t be appropriate to express contempt towards the people responsible of this situation and I’m not as informed about the whole matter as I should be to talk about it more extensively. … Read the full article →
The Society of Icelandic Composers presents Myrkir Músíkdagar 2011 (Dark Music Days is the event’s name in English). This is one of the many events taking place in the lively city of Reykjavík during the winter season. The festival, scheduled every two years, was born in 1980 to bring together Icelandic composers and people interested … Read the full article →