Foreign film buffs and Icelandophiles alike can enjoy an exciting Icelandic film festival which takes place in New York from now until December 12. The retrospective presents a selection of the best feature-length and short films produced in Iceland over the past 30 years.
New York’s Scandinavia House (58 Park Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Icelandic Film Fund, now the Icelandic Film Centre, with a comprehensive 10 film retrospective paired with a selection of Icelandic short films. Spanning many styles and genres, these movies reflect the excellence and diversity of Icelandic films which have been presented at major film festivals around the world for years, regularly garnering high praise and winning top international prizes.
Here’s your chance to see them without even leaving the U.S. (although eventually we hope you’ll come up and see us). View the films Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 3:00 p.m., now through Dec. 12 (except October 14 to 24). The Icelandic Film Retrospective is supported in part by Iceland Naturally. (For a complete schedule see: http://www.icelandnaturally.com/events/icelandic-film-retrospective/
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