Iceland Movies

We journey with a magic ship into unknown worlds, meeting the people whose lives it has touched. Skaftfellingur Saga tells the tale of the small...

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 documentary film shows the development of the wool industry in Iceland, and the old ways to work the wool, used on Icelandic farms throughout...

This film shows three different methods for catching herrings which Icelanders have used in the past century. The use of the nets is illustrated with...

A stylized account of an Icelandic country dance. The film features the Icelandic pop group Hljómar (Thor's Hammer).

A poetic short film about a lone soldier set in the Icelandic interior. His luck runs out when, armed with cannon, he attempts to threaten Mother...

The film is about a little boy, living in the centre of Reykjavík during the first years of Second World War. While poverty is still a fact of...

Two artists set up a show in a local music hall. They want to include an open fire in the performance but neither the establishment nor the...

The Wedding Gift tells a tale of a mother, a son and his wife and a sewing machine. Filmed almost entirely in a car, the cramped space gives tension...

When we are going through a difficult process, we can find some comfort with each passing day on our journey. ‘Rétt að byrja’,...

This documentary tells the story of the Icelandic Red-stocking movement in the seventies.

Among visitors and interviewees are refugees from the Donetsk region, an artist and the city‘s mayor who explains the quality of the water and...

Searching for Rajeev is a documentary film about an Icelandic girl who decides to go to India in the hope of finding an Indian freind of her´s...

This film is about the painter Sveinn Björnsson (1925-1997), and his struggles to perfect his art. Following a wide-ranging exhibition at the...

Young man faces a small change in his life. The forbidden fruit is always desirable.

A young man becomes the center of attention after being punched on a night out. To continue receiving attention he must take matter into his own...

Trolls in various forms have accompanied mankind from the beginning, depending on how people understood the word each time. They can be people...