Iceland Movies

The film is a portrait of the Icelandic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson, with a significant overview of his life's work.

A men's choir decides to go to Sweden and Germany. Shortly before their departure the choir director, Max, dies and is mourned by the choir and...

In September 2015 there were 400 years since the slaying of 32 Basque whalers in Iceland.

A film showing icelandic farmlife with elements of icelandic folklore mixed in.

A portrait of the life and work of the visual artist Birgir Andrésson (1955–2007). Andrésson grew up under unconventional...

This film explores the option of home birth in Iceland, as seen through the lens of a female filmmaker who is forced to come to terms with her...

To start with we are led to believe the setting is a country-hotel of some sort. In the end we discover this is a State Rehabilitation Facility and...

The river Laxá in Laxárdal valley is considered to be one of the best rivers in the world for brown trout. It is definitely the best in...

A group of friends goes on their annual salmon fishing trip to relax in the countryside. The newcomers in the group really try their hand at...

Ragnar Alexsson, a.k.a. RAX, is among the most celebrated photographers in the world. His series Faces of the North are a living document of the...

A documentary about Icelandic immigrants who moved to Brazil in the 19th century. Their path is traced and a visit paid to some of their descendants.

It’s time for the world to see the unseen. This powerful and poetic documentary portrays the role autism plays in the lives of 17 Icelandic...

This film is about the traditional puffin catch in the Westman Islands and shows the fowlers in action, often performing breathtaking feats in the...

The story about Frieda Darvel, a young South-African girl, that lives on the street like many other children in Cape Town. One day she becomes nation...

A young man discovers holes in his hands, which he soon realises are spreading.

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...

When Mikhail Gorbachev rose to power in 1985, his reform policy sparked an independence movement in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. But as cries for...

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

A middle aged worker does all he can to provide his wife and daughter with good living conditions. They are ungrateful and do not return his...