Iceland Movies

Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan...

While collecting material for his thesis, a master’s student interviews two elderly sisters who have been living together in the same old house...

Loftur Guðmundsson films the Icelandic industry. Although only a few industrial companies are shown. They are, Ölgerðin Egil...

The Corner Shop is a documentary about one of the last remaining grocery stores in Iceland. Run by two eccentric brothers, it is the glue that keeps...

There is an astonishing relationship between man and the cormorant. In China the bird is used for fishing, in Peru its droppings are used as...

The arctic fox is of a circumpolar species, but in Iceland the conditions are different from most of the other habitats of the species, due to the...

A good couple on a Sunday drive has a car accident.

Ashamed for being a debt-collecting thug, David believes that he is an ugly duckling waiting to become a swan. Through an unlikely mentor he finds...

A French man from an international record company is sent to Iceland where he is supposed to find the next big hit.

The film is divided in four parts and traces the history of the Icelandic fishing industry from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The short film Godspeed is an introspective and poetic exploration of memory, love, and reconciliation. It tells the story of two men who meet in a...

Hvar er draumurinn? is set in Reykjavík in the early 1990s, where a group of friends faces the loss of their hangout, Sódóma. A...

When politics and the power structure fail to embrace equal rights in the 1980s, women take matter into their own hands and permanently change how...

This film explores the five different Icelandic national costumes, including their meaning for people in earlier times and the influence they...

The film shows a strong bond between two brothers that live in a remote fjord with their parents. We look into their world through the eyes of the...

Villi Neto investigates the potential death of singer Friðrik Dór. On his hunt for truth Villi discovers that the conspiracy is much...

The story of Iceland’s oldest boys band, Studmenn, is truly remarkable and is told here from childhood till ripe old age.