The Day Iceland
Stood Still
here's the latest
Maine theaters showing movies about fearless women getting things done (and refusing)
February 26, 2026
"Collective action works is the point, the eternal theme of this cheeky, inspirational documentary about the day an entire country’s female population showed just how screwed society is without them."
HVG with Stephen Balla, Balint Kovacs, Gabor Koves, Kristina Palúr, and Stupa Melitta Buttercup
January 23, 2026
"The Day Iceland Stood Still is — about a simple yet great day in history, one that may offer an example of why it is necessary to stand up for every important cause, even in the strongest headwinds."
Arctic Today with Cary O'Reilly
October 21, 2025
A deeply moving chronicle of a 12-hour rupture that helped reset a country’s trajectory, and still echoes across the Far North today.
The animations never upstage the history; they clarify it, giving texture to moments that cameras missed and bridging the jump cuts of memory. It’s a technique that is both practical and poetic, beautifully and often humorously bridging the gaps between archival footage.
NHK Japan’s Newsroom Tokyo with Anchor Rina Yamasawa
October 24, 2025
9 minutes
“Japan recently got its first female Prime Minister, and that’s got people talking about gender equality. In terms of progress, Iceland leads the way!” ... Their movement is the focus of a recent documentary. I talked with its director and learned how lessons from this historic strike still apply now.”
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Ray D'Arcy, RTE Radio One
The Ray D'Arcy Show
October 2, 2025
14 minutes
"There’s a documentary screening in the Lighthouse in Dublin tonight called ‘The Day Iceland Stood Still’, it's not about the northern lights, volcanic explosions, or fishing wars – but about one day in 1975 when all the women in Iceland decided to strike."
Knut Elstermann, radioEins, RBB
German Radio Host Applauds "Courageous" Film
March 13, 2025
04:54
"The American Pamela Hogan and her colleague from
Iceland, who is also the film's producer, Hrafnhildur
Gunnarsdóttir, sensitively reconstruct this day that
truly changed everything with animations and
interviews. (...) Today, and this is especially wonderful,
Iceland is the model country for emancipation with the
highest level of gender equality. This lively,
courageous, and infectiously optimistic film tells that
story as well."
Mar. 17, 2024
Episode 38: Moxie by Proxy-Pamela Hogan on Iceland's Women's Day Off
"In her latest documentary, The Day Iceland Stood Still, Pamela, and her collaborator, acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, take us back to October 24, 1975, and the months leading up to that historic moment when 90 percent of Iceland’s women took the “day off,” bringing the country to a standstill and catapulting Iceland to the world’s superpower of gender equality."
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Interview with Director Pamela Hogan
German: "Die erschreckend aktuelle Doku bietet Gänsehaut-Momente, hätte an manchen Stellen aber mehr in die Tiefe gehen dürfen."
English: "The chillingly relevant documentary offers
goosebump moments."
German: "Der Film "Ein Tag ohne Frauen" inspiriert dazu, niemals aufzugeben. Überraschung war immer schon ein gutes Mittel, um vermeintlich Festgezurrtes mit Langzeitwirkung aus den Angeln zu heben."
English: "The film The Day Iceland Stood Still inspires you to never give up. Surprise has always been a powerful tool to shake up what seems set in stone with lasting impact."
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On March 8th, 2025 when the film launched on FILMIN, the biggest VOD platform in Spain, it was among the top 5 documentaries of all time in views the first weekend, sparking viewers' responses on the platform.
When the film was featured at the Seoul Women's International Film Festival, many audience members were raving about it on Twitter/X.