Note: This will be our last Icelandic film night for the 2010/2011 season. Nordic Nights will resume in the fall of 2011. DOUBLE BILL! Olavia & Fjöla - The Johnson Twins is a documentary by Jon Gustafsson on the mother and aunt of Linda and Sonja Lundström. SPECIAL GUEST Linda Lundström! Horizons is a documentary […]
Comedian Jon Gnarr is now the Mayor of Reykjavik. As Iceland faced all-out economic collapse in 2009, popular comedic personality Jón Gnarr conceived the idea of the Best Party. What began as a satirical statement, attempting to parody both left-wing and right-wing parties, took on a life of its own in the Reykjavik mayoral campaign. […]
ICCT photographer Kara Schuster shows her work during the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival ... the subject is Djúpavík, Iceland, former herring capital. In a remote region in Iceland lies a valley untouched by modern development. It is here that Schuster photographs nature’s influence on a society that modernism left behind. Djúpavík is a small fishing […]
Miri’s debut LP ‘Okkar’ was released in Iceland in the Summer of 2010 to a great response from both Icelandic audience and media. This fresh and quirky band hits Toronto for the start of their first North American tour on Thursday May 12th at the El Mocambo (464 Spadina Avenue). With a reputation of powerful […]
ICCT is proud to present former CBC-TV Reporter Dan Bjarnason, reading from his new book, "Triumph at Kapyong", the little known story of the Canadian soldiers who fought a pivotal battle at Kapyong during the Korean War. Members $8, Non-members $10, coffee & goodies to follow. Info: gail@icct.info Watch his feature interview with Peter Mansbridge online CBC NEWS […]
Kvennahlaup, Icelandic Women's Run is a 22 year old tradition in Iceland that in recent years has been held in Icelandic communities in North America. Women of Icelandic descent, and those who have connections to them or want to support them are encouraged to come out and walk for exercise and companionship. Come and join […]