Iceland Movies

A documentary about a daring climb to the top of Þumall (the Thumb) a mountain in Skaftafellsöraefi district, in the South of Iceland. The preparation...

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Documentary programme about the Icelandic film industry with a main emphasis on foreign distribution.

A documentary about context in modern painting. A modern painter is shown at his work and an insight given into modern figurative art and its concepti...

A film about the history, culture and occupation of the natives of Capo Verde. The film tells of Iceland's development aid program on the islands and...

In this documentary, we witness the manifold presence of woman as mother, lover, worker and symbol in the works of the artist, and follow the developm...

The story of Korpúlfsstaðir, a formerly a highly productive dairy farm, now a flourishing cultural center.

Mývatn, which literally means the lake of midges, is in an active volcanic area at the edge of the interior desert of Northern Iceland. The shallow la...

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...

A film which shows the traditional rounding up of sheep.

A documentary about the purebred Icelandic horse. All the horses featured in the film come from Kirkjubaer, where some remarkable horse breeding, quit...

A documentary about the Icelandic sculptor, Helgi Gíslason. The film shows Gíslason at work as he casts his sculptures in bronze using age old techniq...

A documentary film about the painter Louisa Matthíasdóttir. In amongst the turmoil and agitation of downtown Manhattan, Lousia Matthíasdóttir focuses...

Fishing on board a modern stern trawler is the subject of this film. It is shot in the North Atlantic from 1979-1982, in all seasons and includes some...

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

A corporate documentary on the construction of the Krafla power station, which describes thoroughly all the stages of the project until the inaugurati...

A documentary about the miraculous survival of an Icelandic fisherman, after his boat sank off the shores of the Westman Islands in mid winter. All th...

A film about the island of Viðey in Kollafjörður and its manifold role in Icelandic history.

In recent years, various people working with "problem youths" have been experimenting with programmes that have come under the heading of "Survival Th...

The film shows in detail how Icelandic rivers are cultivated, with particular emphasis on maintaining fish stock. There are scenes from a salmon hatch...