Iceland Movies

There is a long tradition of hunting seals in Iceland. This film is about one such hunting trip on the South-east coast of Iceland where farmers catch...

A film about the life and work of the Icelandic poet Matthías Jochumson.

A retrospective of the Icelandic cinema from 1980-1990.

A documentary programme about the contemporary Icelandic composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson.

A film about a concert tour of the Icelandic pop group Sykurmolarnir (The Sugarcubes) to Japan

A news documentary about the "population growth" programme of former Rumanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the horrific consequences that followed.

The film is about various kinds of winter sports in Iceland jeep excursions, mountain skiing, cross-country skiing, ice climbing and many other exciti...

This film on breeding behavior of the Arctic Charr contains exceptional underwater footage taken in their natural habitat.

A documentary about the man, Thorlákur helgi, who was worshipped as a saint in Iceland and in Europe in the middle ages.

The coastal "motorway" that links the Icelanders together is usually referred to less euphemistically by continental tourists who are used to asphalt...

The story of a herring enterprise in Árneshreppur á Ströndum which began in 1934 with the construction of the country's biggest herring plant in the v...

A documentary about the life and work of the Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson.

Among the species illustrated are Fulmar, Gannet, Cormorant, Shag, Kittiwake, Common Guillemot (or Murre),Brunnich's Guillemot, Razorbill and Puffin....

A documentary programme about jewish refugees who settled in Iceland in the 1930's.

A documentary film about the Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness, who received the Nobel Prize in 1955 for "... renewing the Icelandic tradition of saga-...

Although the Icelandic Sagas contain many descriptions of stately homes, none of them stood the test of time. However, an archeological finding at Stö...

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Singing at La Scala, the world's most famous opera house and the Mecca for opera lovers, must be every singer's ultimate dream. As the tenor Kristján...

A controversial documentary on the struggle of three small nations, Greenland, Iceland and the Faeroe Islands, for survival in the harsh natural surro...

A collection of self-portaits of Icelandic artists. A few of the artists explain their views on the self-portrait and its importance for their artisti...