Iceland Movies

A documentary about a pioneer of Icelandic film making, Óskar Gíslason, with excerpts from some of his most famous work.

A film about a revolutionary road-protection system from the Icelandic inventor Einar Einarsson. This film won the audience award at Techfilm-Czechosl...

The five thousand inhabitants of the Westman Islands were evacuated during the 1973 volcanic eruption and relocated in various towns on the mainland....

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

Social critique, made on the occasion of the 1100 year birthday of the settlement of Iceland in 1974.

Seen through thee eyes of a visitor, Fiskur undir steini describes the limited cultural life of an Icelandic fishing village.

The story of salvage operations in the wake of the 1973 Westman Island eruption. The 5.000 inhabitants were evacuated in a matter of hours as lava and...

A film about the Icelandic sculptor Einar Jónsson.

About the underwater eruption which led to the formation of the island of Surtsey (1963 & 1966). The film is partly based on an older film about the f...

Made during a period when Iceland was still extending its fisheries' zone, this film deals with the total dependence of Icelanders on the fishing indu...

An educational film about a new type of trawler which had considerable effects on the fishing industry in its time (around 1947)

This film is about one fo the eruptions of the well-known volcano, Hekla, in Southern Iceland. Usually the damage caused by Hekla is in the form of as...

A film about the Westman Islands eruption in 1973, the destruction and the restoration work which began a year later.

The film, which is based on earlier footage taken by Steindór Sigurðsson, Árni Stefánsson & Guðmundur Einarsson, describes the volcanic eruption in Mt...

A documentary short about a fishing trip on a small fishing boat.

A film about the Snæfellsnes glacier and various mysterious phenomena which are associated with this area.

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A film about the region of Landmannalaugar.

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A film about the return of the Icelandic manuscript from Denmark.