The first official movie, made in Iceland by Icelandic people was “Milli fjalls og fjöru” wich means “Between the mountain and the shore”. It premiered January 14th 1949 and was directed by Loftur Guðmundsson. Since then over a hundred Icelandic full-length movies have been made and distributed along with numbrous tv shows, short films, documentaries and so on.
Icelandic people love to go to the movies and get excited when a new Icelandic film comes out. The most popular film in theatres in 2006 vas “Mýrin” or “The swamp” wich is based on Arnaldur Indriðason’s novel. He is known world wide for his detective stories. 81.580 people saw the film, that is about 25 % of all the people in the country.
Info about icelandic directors and actors if you are interested:
Baltasar Kormákur (director) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466349/
Dagur Kári (director) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477597/
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson (actor) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797614/
On www.cduniverse.com you can buy Icelandic movies such as 101 Reykjavik and Sea by Baltasar Kormákur, Noi by Dagur Kári and many more.
-Arna Lara
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