Vonarstræti (Life in a Fishbowl) Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and drinks himself to death over a twenty-year […]
Saturday July 18 Toronto, ON 8 pm Movie at the Library ... our ICCT library is now at President Kara´s house in Mimico and we have added movies and documentaries. Join us for the movie "Seagull's Laughter"outdoors (or indoors if it rains). Free popcorn! Browse the library, borrow books (English and Icelandic) and DVD´s. […]
Young salaryman Atsushi Hirata (International star Masatoshi Nagase) is forced to cancel his long-awaited golf and holiday in Hawaii. Instead, he must reluctantly travel far north to perform the memorial service in the remote, snowy corner of Iceland where his parents met their deaths. Atsushi still likely Braves the Icelandic winter, discover some unfamiliar cuisine, […]
NORDIC NIGHTS RETURNS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH AT 6.30 PM ´COLD FEVER´ (Á KÖLDUM KLAKA) is our first Icelandic film this season. Director is Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, previous Oscar nominee for ´Children of Nature´ This film, in English, features a Japanese businessman who reluctantly visits Iceland to perform a ceremony in honour of his parents, who […]
FILM: ‘Of Horses and Men’ ( Hross í Oss ). 2013. 81 min. DIRECTOR: Benedikt Erlingsson STARRING: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson Icelandic with English subtitles TELEGRAPH, UK, Review Of Horses and Men, the directorial debut of Icelandic actor, writer and stage director Benedikt Erlingsson, is formed of six interlocking fables of rural life. Each involves at […]
Nordic Nights Presents: Film: Grandma Lo-Fi The Basement Tapes of Sigríður Níelsdóttir When: Tuesday February 9, 2016 Doors open at 6pm, movie at 6:30pm Where: Ryerson University 122 Bond Street, Room IMA 307 Wheelchair accessible TRAILER FREE, but donations gratefully accepted. At the tender age of 70 she started recording and releasing her own music […]