Iceland Movies

A story of love and betrayal. One summer night, two friends, Ketill and Eyjólfur, are heading to an isolated farm in a taxi, in search for...

Ragnar has left his family farm and works as a taxi driver in Reykjavík in the early sixties. He's drawn to the beautiful but unhappy girl...

Swimming Pool Stories is a visual presentation of the swimming pools around Iceland, the culture associated with them and the guests who use the...

The death of Jon's mother forces him to take on a journey with her corpse in the backseat to fulfill her last wish. Bresnef the dog comes along and...

Kalli, a young boy living with his mother in the suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the world of movies and computer games. When he is sent to spend...

A man walks into a shop and meets a girl.

On opening night at the Reykjavík City Theatre, veteran actress Ingrid is thrown into turmoil when a foreign journalist arrives, igniting a...

A pop opera with a moralistic undertone.

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

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...

The tale of Goldilocks is sometimes viewed as a cautionary tale that imparts a lesson about the hazards of wandering off and exploring unknown...

In the late fifties Iceland was isolated and backwards. Industrialisation had really just begun and the country was taking it’s first steps...

The film shows the national festival that was held on the 100th anniversary of the Althing at Þingvellir at the end of June in 1930.

A documentary programme about the life and work of the Icelandic author, Thor Vilhjálmsson.

A story about a common man that arose to the level of a national treasure through his storytelling and other incredible endeavors. A man that did not...

Emily is a young boy that dreams about owning a dog and he starts working so he can save up to buy one. Meanwhile his family are dealing with money...

The barren, concrete landscape of contemporary Reykjavik contributes the setting for the thriller, which tells the story of Stefan, whose life is...

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...