The tiny republic of Iceland was a de facto U.S. protectorate during the Cold War until 2006, when the U.S. Navy’s last remaining fighter jets took off for more urgent affairs. In 2008, financiers lost faith in the country’s disproportionate banking-boom-economy, bringing about ‘the perfect economic storm’. Facing a crisis no less existential than financial, thousands of people, occupied this vacated mid-Atlantic landing strip’s [...]
Ge9n Jákvæð árangurssaga Produced by SeND 2011 Co-produced by Argout film Director and Editor: Haukur Már Helgason Producers: Bogi Reynisson and Haukur Már Helgason Principal Shooting Director of Photography: Miriam Fassbender On Location Photography: Haukur Már Helgason 2nd and 3rd Camera: Ingólfur Júlíusson og Helgi J. Hauksson Key Assistant: Viggó K. Jóhansson Sound Production: Bogi Reynisson Post-Production: Androom Appearances: ‘The Reykjavík 9′ Andri Leó [...]
As noted by one of the audience, overall the film has a light, even comedic touch, which is certainly unusual in relation to the deeply [...]
The wonderful French-German Arte TV briefly covered Ge9n the other day:
Writer Hermann Stefánsson saw Ge9n and calls it a ‘necessary film’: “The people who were charged for attacking Parliament, on behalf of the rest of [...]
“‘Ge9n’ boldly presents a myriad of urgent, ethical considerations relevant to the larger Icelandic society … As the film opens, print layers over itself and [...]
“If you believe all activists are lazy-ass squatters towards whom the police needs to take a ‘tougher stance’, the odds are miniscule that you will [...]
Þetta vefsvæði opnaði 6. júní 2011. Allt efni sem hér birtist er á ábyrgð Sekúndu nær dauðanum // SeND film tank. Margur réttur áskilinn.
