Iceland Movies

Sveinn Þórarinsson (1821-68), kept a diary from his youth until death. His diary entries that concern music are the leitmotif in the...

Waste takes place in an imaginary civil war in the hitherto peaceful and pacifist Icelandic society. The film tells the story of a soldier who...

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

WHEN WE ARE BORN is a unique live performance film that tells a touching and thoroughly human story based in part on Ólafur’s life....

Albert works in the meat section of a convenience store who falls in love with a woman who frequents the store.

A documentary about the disastrous consequences of a volcanic eruption known as "Skaftáreldar", which took place in 1784.

About three Icelanders living in London, leading very different lives. The film concentrates on the events of one day in June, culminating in an...

A documentary about the soil erosion in Iceland, the creation of the largest man made desert in Europe.

I think she’s a Musungu is a documentary about 8 years old Erna Kanema. She lives in Reykjavik with her Icelandic mother, Zambian father and...

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

Gunnar and Sonja are a married couple that had it all, money,love and a beautful daughter. But after the death of there daughter their world falls...

A priests work is never done. In Clean Heart we get to know Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson a priest in the town of Selfoss. While...

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

A documentary that introduces the main places in Öræfasveit, for examples Ingólfshöfði to name a few. The picture gives a...

An unhappy, single mother is suddenly reminded of where true happiness is to be found and given.

Maria is somewhat of a rebel and problem child. Her mother died and her father remarried some awful lady, and Maria isn't happy at all. She takes a...

Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s...

A Dark Spring portrays the last day in a young man’s life. A young man sits on a bench by the Reykjavik Lake, keeping a promise to his...

Indiana lives in a council estate and makes her living preying on the welfare system. In her small private garden she tends to her award winning...

A documentary about driftwood in Iceland and the sculptor Sæmundur Valdimarsson.