DV is a culture prize in Iceland that has a long history. Nominations in each category are selected by a jury of three professionals. The artist won the prize in 2009 for her film The Cornershop.
The winner for 2016 was Stockfish - film festival in Reykjavik. Keep Frozen was the only film from 2016 that was nominated this time. Other nominations was for example the cast of Heartstone.
'... für das beste Reisefeature 2016 im deutschsprachigen Hörfunk.'
The journalist won the prize for her Feature aired at Deutschlandsfunk, the German national radio, on the 2nd of December 2016. The feature was about the Keep Frozen work at the Reykjavik harbour and the gentrification process taking place. Narrated by Hulda Ros Gudnadottir and art and labour workers from in and around the harbour of Reykjavik.
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Berlin, December 2016.
REYKJAVIKS HAFEN IN WANDEL. GENTRIFIZIERUNG AUF ISLÄNDISCH.
An hour long radio programme by journalist Wiebke Keuneke, directed by Matthias Kapohl as a FEATURE ON FRIDAYS.
TO LISTEN Deutschlandfunk
In the beginning of November 2016 the Keep Frozen documentary took part in the 58th Nordic Film Days in Lübeck as part of the documentary competition. The director Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir was present for Q&A.
German premiere of the Keep Frozen documentary took place as part of the Official Selection at the the 59th DOK Leipzig documentary and animation film festival in the beginning of November 2016. Additionally the film was nominated for EU-OSHA award. The director Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir was present for Q&A.
Screenshot from an image of the printed version of Cinema Scandinavia May 2016
Documentary film Keep Frozen has been nominated for best documentary award 2016 by the Cinema Scandinavia print magazine. Hulda Ros Gudnadottir was interviewed by the magazine in April 2016, following the World premier at Visions du Réel. The interview was printed as a 4 page spread.
The award is driven by audience vote so if you have seen Keep Frozen and liked it and would like to support us please vote at : http://cinemascandinavia.com/cinema-scandinavia-awards-2016/
Eastern-European premiere of the Keep Frozen documentary was at the A-level Warsaw Film Festival. It was the 32nd festival held mid October 2016. The director Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir was present for Q&A.
Swedish premiere of the Keep Frozen documentary was at Nordisk Panorama in Malmö in the mid September 2016. The director Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir was present for Q&A together with the moderator Anna Ljungmark from House of Real.
Photo: Laufey Elíasdóttir
Keep Frozen enjoyed theatrical release in the art-house cinema Bíó Paradís in Reykjavik in May 2016. See review in english here: Reykjavik Grapevine
and listen to fantastic discussion about the film in Icelandic here: Popp og Kók
and in French here: Cinematiceland
and lots of pictures from the premiere and other events here: Facebook
and there is more in the print and digital version of Cinema Scandinavia. Subscribe here.
The Icelandic premier of Keep Frozen was at Skjaldborg film festival in Patreksfjörður Iceland in May 2016. The festival is the main industry film festival for documentaries in Iceland and awards only one price: the audience award called Einar. This year Keep Frozen won the Einar.
Poster design by Anna Rakel Róbertsdóttir Glad. Photo by Laufey Elíasdóttir
Still from the documentary film Keep Frozen.
Keep Frozen is a 68 minutes documentary directed by Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir and is part of her ongoing research project Keep Frozen. The film was produced by Skarkali and is being distributed by Deckert, Germany. It was premiered at Visions de Reel in Nyon, Switzerland in April 2016.
DOP: Dennis Helm
Editing: Kristján Loðmfjörð
Producer: Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir
Sound design: Huldar Breiðfjörð
Original score: Joseph Marzolla
For documentation view of this massive project that consisted of symposium, solo exhibitions and performances in Leipzig and Reykjavik, supported by Nordic Culture Fund and Nordic Culture Point please look at www.keepfrozenprojects.org.
Solo exhibition and performance in February 2016 at ASI art museum, Reykjavik.
Installation view. Photographer Dennis Helm
Keep Frozen Projects
Overview of the project and Keep Frozen research and exhibition series.
Lecture given at Reclaimed Landscape; a Keep Frozen Projects symposium at Icelandic Art Academy on the 12th of February 2016.
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Recorded material now online from the book launch of KEEP FROZEN. ART PRACTICE AS RESEARCH. ARTIST´S VIEW @ Proqm, Berlin Art week, 16. September 2015.
Screenings of the single-channel video "Material puffin" at Malmö Konsthall
& The documentary "The Cornershop"
in the retrospective program at Nordisk Panorama film festival.
Are now over.
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