Iceland Movies

In Ófeigsfjord in North-West Iceland the old whetstone has been used to sharpen the knives for five generations. There are still some eccentrics like...

Throughout the span of this completely stop-motion short film, a mysterious figure transforms just a measly packs of sweets into a large meal.

This documentary focuses on the archaeological excavations at Skálholt in 1954 when the sarcophagus of bishop Páll Jónsson (bishop 1195-1211) was unea...

An extremely entertaining, playful and funny play about teenagers, written by Arnóri Björnsson and Óli Gunnar Gunnarsson, who also plays the lead role...

A portrait of Reykjavík in color.

A portrait of Reykjavík in color.

Why do thousands of whales commit collective suicide every year? A deep-sea diver thinks he has the answer.

Glaciers have been distinctive features of the Icelandic landscape ever since human settlement on the island 1200 years ago. But since the early 20th...

About the public interest in the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula. The eruption started on March 19, 2021, and...

A heartless man on the run with a mysterious box in search of a new beat.

Documentary about the Icelandic fisherman who lives on a boat in Ålesund, Norway. Ásgeir visits him and inquires about his life. He is the one who has...

A promotional film for the Reykjavík district heating. The film blends documentary footage with a narrative adventure following two kids who get lost...

Scenes and interviews from Leonard Cohen's visit to Iceland in 1988.

Tells the story of a young man who falls overboard and seems to be the only survivor of a shipwreck. The first icelandic stop-motion film.

The story of Jón

Based on a poem from the Icelandic sagas, this film tells of how Thrymur, the king of trolls, stole the hammer of Thor and how Thor got it back.

Clay animation. The story of an industrial worker whose inflated ego produces a monster.

3 short films in a series based on ideas from an exhibition of 100 drawings in Gallery Langbrók in Reykjavík, 1983. The Concert: A devil is playing t...