runar – Cinema Scandinavia

23/11/2016

Icelandic films on display at the Arava Film Festival

The fifth Arava International Film Festival is about to kick off, with two major Icelandic films screening there. The festival features the finest in contemporary international..

08/09/2016

“Iceland is a young nation, and with that comes a certain hardness”: Runar Runarrson on Sparrows

A wave of Icelandic cinema has been sweeping the international festivals, with films like Of Horses and Men, Virgin Mountain and Rams winning several awards…

09/06/2016

SPARROWS wins Special Jury Prize at Transilvania International Film Festival

The Icelandic film Sparrows has won the Special Jury Award at the Transilvania Film Festival over the weekend. The film, directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson, tells the story..

29/03/2016

SPARROWS wins at Febiofest

The Icelandic/Danish drama Sparrows has picked up the award for the New Europe competition at the Prague Film Festival Febiofest. The film, directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson,..

24/02/2016

Icelandic films to be screened in Poland

27 Icelandic films are set to tour Poland this February and March as part of a cultural program titled ‘Ultima Thule: At the End of..

01/02/2016

Goteborg 2016: Sparrows

Icelandic cinema needed a teen drama – and Sparrows is the perfect fit. Following a city boy as he is forced to move to a remote..

30/11/2015

Symbolism and realism in Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Sparrows

In the embrace of the steep, secretive mountains – almost constantly wrapped in a veil of clouds – in the Westfjords region of Iceland a..

29/11/2015

Sparrows / Þrestir

The maturity of a teenage city boy is measured to the extremes in this rural coming-of-age drama set amongst the Icelandic Westfjords. Sparrows captures..

16/11/2015

Nordic films win in Thessaloniki

Icelandic film has proven to be the big winner at Greece’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival, with Grimur Hakonarson’s Rams winning the top prize. In addition to Rams, Sparrows..

09/08/2015

SPARROWS part of the Official Selection at the San Sebastian Film Festival

Rúnar Rúnarsson’s new film Sparrows has been selected to compete as part of the Official Selection at the San Sebastian Film Festival, which takes place in..

27/04/2015

Versatile Film Sales has picked up the Icelandic film Sparrows

Article via the Nordisk Film & TV Fund Paris-based Versatile Film Sales has picked up the Icelandic film Sparrows directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson (pictured). The director’s first..

01/09/2014

The Last Farm and Two Birds

The easy response to what both short films have in common is the director, but there is something else; something that they share: a tricky..

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17/07/2014

Four Icelandic films to shoot this summer

Four Icelandic films, each of which is supported by a production grant from the Icelandic Film Centre, will be in production this summer. The Icelandic/Danish..