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  2. List of Icelandic films - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable films produced in Iceland by Icelanders. Star marked films are films in coproduction with Iceland. Star marked films are films in coproduction with Iceland. Although Arne Mattsson is Swedish, his film is included because it is based on a book by the Icelandic Nobel Prize -winning author Halldór Laxness .

  3. Cinema of Iceland - Wikipedia

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    Iceland has a notable cinema film industry, with many Icelandic actors and directors having gone on to receive international attention. [6] [7] The most famous film, and the only one to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature, is Börn náttúrunnar (Children of Nature), a 1991 film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.

  4. Category:Icelandic documentary films - Wikipedia

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  5. Investigation into the Invisible World - Wikipedia

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    Bruno Icher of Libération wrote that the film exhibits the director's appreciation for "the paganistic charm of Iceland" and creates an impression of moving between fiction and investigation; the critic called it a "throbbing and delirious lullaby where discerning the true from the false does not have the slightest importance". [3]

  6. Dreamland (2009 film) - Wikipedia

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    The documentary Dreamland addresses the question of whether Iceland should preserve its unspoiled, unique nature or whether the nation should build enormous dams to produce hydro-electric energy. The film shows how implementing "green energy" to provide aluminum industries with cheap energy threatens the natural wonders of Iceland.

  7. List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best ...

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    Friðrik Þór Friðriksson directed Iceland's first and only film nominated for the award so far, Children of Nature. Iceland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 1981. The first film to be sent to AMPAS by Iceland was Land and Sons which was released in Iceland in 1980. Since then, Iceland ...

  8. History of Iceland - Wikipedia

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    Mid-Atlantic Ridge and adjacent plates. Volcanoes indicated in red.. In geological terms, Iceland is a young island. It started to form in the Miocene era about 20 million years ago from a series of volcanic eruptions on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where it lies between the North American Plate and Eurasian Plate.

  9. Timeline of Icelandic history - Wikipedia

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    Southern Iceland is hit by two earthquakes, the first 6.6 M L and the second 6.5 M L. There were no fatalities but a few people were injured and there was some considerable damage to infrastructure. 2004: 2 June: The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, refuses to sign a bill from the parliament for the first time in the nation's ...