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Baldvin Z’s drama scoops 12 Edda awards.

Life in a Fishbowl (Vonarstræti), Baldvin Zophoníasson’s multiple-narrative drama, swept Iceland’s Academy Awards on Saturday night with a haul of 12 prizes.

The annual Edda awards, hosted by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy in Reykjavík’s Harpan, saw Life In A Fishbowl’s leading actor and actress Thorsteinn Bachmann and Hera Hilmars scoop top prizes.

The feature, Iceland’s submission for this year’s Best Foreign-Language Oscar, was also named Best Film and picked up prizes including Best Director, Screenplay, Editing and Cinematography.

The multiple-narrative drama tells three distinct stories of people living in pre-crisis Iceland; a struggling single mother, an ex-footballer fast-tracking in the accelerating banking world and a troubled writer who has turned full time drunk.

Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson’s Paris Of The North won awards for supporting actor Helgi Björnsson and supporting actress Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir.

After seeing his debut feature Either Way remade into Us film Prince Avalanche, director and writer Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson talks to Laurence Boyce about his second feature, which receives its world premiere in Karlovy Vary.

Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson’s debut feature Either Way was an affecting and quirky exploration of the relationship between two road painters who live an isolated existence as they discuss life and women in the vastness of the Icelandic countryside.

Proving popular on the festival circuit, the film would go on to be remade by David Gordon Green as Prince Avalanche with Paul Rudd and Emilie Hirsch in the leads.

Now Sigurðsson’s second feature, Paris of the North, is set to have its world premiere in the Karlovy Vary International Competition. Filled with deadpan humour and a brilliant soundtrack, Sigurðsson once again tells a story of two people forced together in isolated surroundings.

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Stars: Helgi Björnsson, Einar Dagbjartsson, Valur Freyr Einarsson, Björn Thors, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir, Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir, Hallur Ingólfsson | Written by Jón Atli Jónasson | Directed by Reynir Lyngdal

If I tell you that Frost was released on DVD back on February 10th and only now am I getting round to putting fingers to keyboard, you may have some idea of where this review is headed. Oh, and did I mention this is another found-footage flick? You have been warned.

At a remote glacier drilling station on the outskirts of the arctic circle, two young researchers wake up to discover that their station base camp has been mysteriously abandoned with no sign of their team anywhere. As the arctic weather worsens and darkness descends the base is shaken by ear-splitting screams and flashing lights. Believing these to be signs of their missing colleagues the pair head out into the darkness frantically following...

Serbian film No One’s Child, about a boy raised by wolves, has been named top project at the Les Arcs European Film Festival’s Work-in-Progress screenings.

No One’s Child (Nicije dete) is the first feature of Belgrade writer and director Vuk Rsumovic and is produced by Art & Popcorn’s Miroslav Mogorovic.

It beat nine other projects to the inaugural Digimage Classics Awards, which comprises services valued up to $8,300 (€6,000).

The jury included Films Boutique head of acquisitions Gabor Greiner, Fortissimo Films acquisitions consultant Ellis Driessen and Karel Och, artistic director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

The jury praised the film for “a sincere and convincing presentation” and “for strong screen presence”.

No One’s Child, made on a budget of $1m (€750,000), is currently in post-production with an expected delivery date of April 2014.

Kinorama (Hungary) is co-producing. The project is currently looking for a sales agent.

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The Icelandic film Frost is set to release in the United Kingdom, February 10th, 2014. This feature takes place in the Arctic Circle. Here, several scientists are making a documentary on the work done there. Something sinister is caught on their camera. This title stars Helgi Björnsson (Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre), Einar Dagbjartsson and Valur Freyr Einarsson. As well, the UK artwork for Frost is hosted here. To expand on the story, Gunnar (Bjorn Thors) sets out for a remote camp. Here, he finds that his co-workers have gone missing. Darkness brings something out of the mist. Soon, Gunnar must face a creature made of nightmares. Frost will release in the United Kingdom, on DVD, shortly. Horror fans can preview the trailer for this horrifying feature below. Release Date: February 10th, 2014 (UK, DVD). Director: Reynir Lyngdal. Writer: Jón Atli Jónasson. Cast: Helgi Björnsson, Einar Dagbjartsson and Valur Freyr Einarsson. The trailer...