Usa, The New York Times: ‘The Shape of Water’ Takes Top Venice Film Festival 2017 Prize
Guillermo Del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” was awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 74th Venice International Film Festival by the…
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Usa, The Hollywood Reporter: Venice Film Festival, Female Filmmakers Honored in Early Awards
‘Hunting Season’ and ‘Team Hurricane’ take top honors in Venice Critics’ Week. The first awards of the Venice Film Festival were announced Friday, with…
Usa, CNN: Venice Film Festival 2017, When fashion designers turn to film
The fashion industry has often proven fertile ground for dramatic and comedic movies, from “Funny Face” and “Blow-Up” to “Zoolander” and “The Devil Wears…
Usa, Variety: ‘Heartstone’, ‘Sami Blood’ Among 2017 Nordic Council Film Prize Contenders
Haugesund, Norway — Icelandic director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson first feature “Heartstone” (“Hjartasteinn,” pictured) and Swedish director Amanda Kernell’s “Sámi Blood” (“Sameblod”) are among the…
Australia, SBS: Heartstone, queer teen love in a lonely place
This achingly beautiful Scandinavian Film Festival highlight explores the boundaries of friendship and the harm wrought by homophobia Our teenage years are troublesome for…
Usa, IndieWire: ‘The Untamed’, Amat Escalante’s Erotic Horror Film Gets a Wild New Trailer
Untamed” is an appropriate description of Amat Escalante’s latest film, which uses a relatively benign plotline — an unhappy couple have secrets to spare,…
France, Ecrannoir: Ce qu’il faut savoir sur le Festival du film de Cabourg (french)
Le 31e Festival du film de Cabourg, dédié au cinéma romantique, s’ouvre ce mercredi 14 juin et se clôturera le dimanche 18 juin. Qui…
Usa, IndieWire: Baby Bump, 2015 Queer Lion Special Mention, to be distributed in U.S.
“Baby Bump,” directed by Kuba Czekaj and winner of a Special Queer Lion prize in Venice and the Artistic Achievement Award at Outfest LA….
Usa, Miami New Times: Four Must-See Movies at the 2017 MiFo LGBT Film Festival
The latest edition of the MiFo LGBT Film Festival will screen a variety of queer films April 21 through 30. For ten days, you…
Uk, Screen Daily: Breaking Glass acquires Icelandic drama ‘Heartsone’
EXCLUSIVE: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson directed Venice 2016 Queer Lion winner. Separately, FilmRise has acquired Sundance documentary It’s Not Yet Dark. The LGBT coming-of-age tale…
Belgium, Cineuropa: Heartstone melts the heart of the Icelandic Edda jury
Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s first feature won ten national film prizes when they were presented last night by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy Having…
Belgium, Le Vif: Petite histoire de l’homosexualité au cinéma (french)
Si le Teddy Award est décerné à la Berlinale depuis 1987, il aura fallu attendre 2007 pour que le Queer Lion fasse son apparition…
Usa, The Desert Sun: Review, ‘Heartstone’ is about youth and sexual discovery
Hearstone won: Queer Lion, Venice; Gold Q Award, Chicago; Audience Award, CPH Pix Copenhagen Synopsis: The movie takes place in a remote Icelandic fishing…
Iceland, Iceland Review: Heartstone Actors Awarded in Morocco
The main actors in Icelandic coming-of-age film Heartstone (Hjartasteinn) by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, Baldur Einarsson and Blær Hinriksson, were both named Best Actor at…
Usa, Variety: Iceland’s Next Generation of Filmmakers Gains New Entrant
For years, the coming-of-age film has found sometimes large success, but it is ripe for new interpretation for a new generation of filmmakers and…
Uk, Screen Daily: Hearstone and Kills On Wheels take top prizes at Greek festival
Hungarian action-comedy Kills On Wheels and Icelandic-Danish coming of age story Heartstone take top prizes at Greek festival Hungarian director Attila Till’s Kills On…
Belgium, Cineuropa: Reykjavik, Icelandic Film Centre Works in Process 2016
“The current temperature of Icelandic cinema is warm, and we really like it when it is warm up here in the North,” Laufey Guðjónsdóttir,…
Usa, NBC News: 11 International Films to Watch at the NewFest LGBT Film Festival
Baby Bump, Polish film, received a special mention from the Queer Lion jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2015 More than 100 features…