Iceland Movies

A shore walk with Else, Sigurður, and Jens Jakob includes many lómar (red-throated divers), among other birds, plants, and rocks....

Personal and elaborative documentary about Iceland's first real pop star, Bjorgvin Halldorsson.

The Revenge" is a gripping thriller that thrusts a group of friends into a world of danger after one of them mysteriously disappears. As they uncover...

Young couple Anna and Gunnar live in a society where people are assigned a new spouse in a lottery every seven years. Full of heartache, the couple...

Jan Mayen is a narrow island, 50 km long, northeast of Iceland. It belongs to Norway which has a weather- and military station situated there. The...

An old man comes home with the ashes of his dead wife in an urn. As he waits for the kettle to boil, the relentless hissing of boiling water brings...

A short film about a troubled Icelandic teen and his relationship with his younger brother.

A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.

Experimental. Bypassers are asked to oblige the film-maker by jumping on the spot.

Set in present-day Reykjavík, Fiasco draws a narrative circle of interconnecting stories in which three members of the Bardal household deal...

A film from the west fjords of Iceland which tells the story of a young students returning from abroad to visit the place in which he was brought up.

Anna Hallgrimsdottir, a poetess, dish washer and marijuana dealer in her late thirties, lives in Reykjavik with her two sons, Krummi and Ulfur. Anna...

It is a world without language. A world where one is raised to respect the rules. Only one Boy questions the verity of what he has been taught, and...

Shot on board a boat from the Westman Islands, this film covers a typical fishing trip. Follows the three-man crew of this small vessel at their...

Icelandic comedian Jón Gnarr talks about sports, the dangers of airplanes, sheep and many other hilarious things in this classic 1998 stand up.

A true story of a kayaker who sails through the fjords of Iceland and stumbles upon a skerry. He decides to port there and soon realizes that perhaps...