2008 Music in 18 Minutes
Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir: Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir is managing director of the Iceland Music Export office, IMX, founded in 2006. On a shoestring budget, Hildibrandsdó
2008 Politics in 30 minutes
Egill Helgason: Egill Helgason has hosted Iceland’s main political debate show (Silfur Egils, now showing on RÚV) for many years, and is often cited as the nation’s top commen
Macbeth: Brutal and Direct
The entry hall of the Icelandic National Theatre’s Smíðaverkstæði, is filled with a Shakespearean props; armor, swords and Elizabethian furniture, are scattered all over the
Bombing the City
The graffiti film Bomb It! premiered in Iceland at the Reykjavik film festival. Los Angeles director Jon Reiss attended the first screening and took part in a Q&A afterwards. H
Getting More Serious
Rumours had been going around that the roughest Icelandic flick to date was being screened in cinemas near you, so Grapevine caught up with the man who created all the […]
The List
TOP 5 ACTIVITIES ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON Númi (top left)fiorkell Thomasson is a 29-year old half-Icelandic, half- German cook. The cool kids also know him as the drummer of the [&h
From Oakland to Iceland
Ragnhildur Magnúsdóttir, is the director of From Oakland to Iceland: A Hip-Hop Homecoming, showing at this year’s Iceland Airwaves festival. Raised in California and part of th
Not Quite Prison
There is an up and coming “refugee camp” in Reykjanesbær. You probably haven’t heard about it. September 11 2008, as morning slowly crept over Reykjanesbær, a total of 58 p
The Party Needs To Be Monitored
The Reykjavík Pub-owners’ Association is working with officials to improve the situation in 101 Reykjavík. Kormákur Geirhar›sson is a founding member. Tourism propaganda oft
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TOP 5 MONUMENTS IN ICELAND Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir studies history at the University of Iceland and works at the Þjóðarbókhlaðan, the University Library. But, first and f
The Diva of the Icelandic Tattoo Scene
For Jón Páll, the uncrowned king of the Icelandic tattoo industry, it all started about fifteen years ago when he was just as deeply entrenched in the 90s rock-scene as […
The Golden Greek
The Reykjavík International Film Festival, RIFF, begins September 25 and this year it should be bigger than ever. The Greek director and Oscar award winner Costa-Gavras will visit
It´s Electric
Chris Paine is the director of the acclaimed film Who Killed the Electric Car, a documentary about the decline of technology that seems to be making a comeback in Iceland. [&hellip
Top 5´s
Gísli Galdur Gísli Galdur (left) a.k.a. DJ Magic is a notorious DJ and a musician in Reykjavík known to fire up every venue he shows up at. It isn’t easy […]
Machiavellian Disaster / Satanic Circus
Earlier this month, the good people of Reykjavík got to witness the swearing in of their fourth Mayor in just two years. While they generally don’t agree on why exactly [&hellip
Ten Years of Iceland Airwaves
How is this event different to how it was ten years ago? I don’t think I would have expected to be in this position ten years ago. I wasn’t sure […]
“There’s no Pressure”
The hardcore punk band Gavin Portland surprised many with their debut album, Views of Distant Towns, released last year to much critical acclaim. The album scored favourably among
An Ode to Marijuana
The battle between Icelandic dir-ectors is getting more and more fierce everyday but this August the half-Icelandic Parisian Sólveig Anspach defies the patriarchy prevailing in th
Staying Focused
Concert promoter, bass player, social pedagogue and recently instated mayor of Dalabyggð Grímur Atlason is a true jack of all trades and has recently become a powerful spokesman
Marriage of Mystery
Country Wedding, a new film directed by BAFTA award-winning Icelander Valdís Óskarsdóttir, is set to be released later this summer, but the seemingly straight-forward title hide
Páll Óskar is On
Reykjavík’s LBGT community is rapidly readying the 2008 GayPride extravaganza. Pop star extraordinaire Páll Óskar took time out of his busy, busy schedule to divulge some tric