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The Home Game nets the Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival 202...

March 10, 2024 no comments

The Audience Award for the 2024 Glasgow Film Festival has been awarded to the uplifting Icelandic documentary, The Home Game. The only award given at the festival is sponsored by MUBI and chosen by t...

The Home Game – Review

March 8, 2024 1 comment

When you think of footballing cities, you think of Barcelona. Madrid. Manchester. Munich. Hell, maybe even Glasgow. But Hellissandur? Perhaps the small village at the foot of a glacier on an island f...

Cold (Kuldi) – Review

March 5, 2024 no comments

“Scandi noir” feels like it’s been around forever. Viewers and readers alike indulge in tales of bitter winters, detectives who are seen as outsiders or unorthodox, grisly murder scenes and thick, co...

Driving Mum (Á Ferð með Mömmu) – Review

March 6, 2023 no comments

Road trip movies are so very rarely about the destination. Rather, they are about the emotional journey the character(s) will undertake whilst going about their route. In the case of Hilmar Oddsson’s...