Four leading bodies in the Icelandic film industry have called on Minister of Education and Culture Lilja Alfreðsdóttir to step in to save Bíó Paradís, Fréttablaðiðreports. Faced with an estimated 300% rent rise, the cinema’s managing director Hrönn Sveinsdóttir announced that Iceland’s only art-house cinema would be forced to close its doors.