Ragnar, straight out of hospital, orders a taxi-driver around Reykjavik in order to find a three layered chocolate box. He wants to repay a nurse for her good service at the hospital. After each unsuccessful stop at various grocery stores, his daughter, Hrönn, gets increasingly agitated in the back seat of the cab. Tension between father and daughter build to a peak, and it becomes crucial for Hrönn to confront her father for the first time in her life.
A Mother's Courage (aka The Sunshine Boy) is a moving, compassionate portrayal of a mother's desperate quest to understand the perplexing condition that controls her son. A journey through different countries, where every stop-over opens a new path into the depths of autism - and places her son in a strikingly different perspective as it reaches the end.
An Oscar nominated Icelandic short film about an old man who might leave his farm but keeps a secret.
Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.
When Gunnar's son returns from vacation with a new girlfriend, Gunnar is forced into a dilemma that threatens to expose a dark family secret.
A man seeking death and a woman escaping life attempt to reconcile a decades-long cycle of vengeance with more violence, contrary to the cosmic plan.
As the Icelandic economy collapses, Gudfinna (58) struggles to retain her dignity.
Young Joel doesn’t quite fit in anywhere so he desperately tries to make friends with a local motorcross gang. On a bright summer night Joel gets the chance to get accepted into the gang, but without knowing what kind of sinister process lies ahead.
The imagination of children leads us into a fantasy narrative of play, where adults are nowhere to be found and the harsh reality of nature and imagination takes over. Soon enough, however, we are brought back to earth when playtime comes to an end, in this case with the devastating closure of a unique Icelandic kindergarten.
The film tells the story of a young farmgirl moving to Reykjavík after the second world war, and her attempts to adapt to the city life.
The actress is to produce a play with the local amateur group and old romantic flames are rekindled. At the same time an American army unit is making experiments with a new and powerful energy source in the vicinity, promising the community a prosperous future.
An elderly man goes about his daily routine until his grandson shows up and is eager to play football with him. Their mismatch on the football pitch is quickly apparent, with the youngster running rings around his senior. The old man with a bruised ego and full of reminiscence of his youth begins to prepare for their next encounter.
A band's and their crew's miscommunication leading them to being on the opposite sides of the country leads to comic consequences.
A film about a woman named Sesselja
Sigga, an Icelandic artist, is performing abroad at a high end party. Afterwards she goes to the hotel bar and runs into an Icelandic flight crew there on a stopover. Sigga decides to party with them with unforeseen consequences.
Icelandic personal trainer and body builder Egill Einarsson or "Gillz" teaches us how to live life his way, the right way.
Saga gets hit by a fierce epileptic attack walking in a public park with her six-year-old son resulting in a total memory loss. Afraid of being considered unable to take care of her son, Saga attempts to hide her state from others and occupies herself digging for the answers she needs from within. As she struggles to gather bits and pieces from her forgotten life, repressed memories that Saga unconsciously blocked as a child suddenly start to come back, revealing a painful truth about herself and her past.
Tells the story of the last day in the life of a dictator who knows that this time he won't be victorious.
If the world has an edge, then it is almost certainly visible from Iceland. On the outermost cape, beyond which there is only the inhospitable Arctic Ocean, lies a farm belonging to Úlfar and his wife. This autumn will be the last time their grandchildren come from the city to drive the sheep back down from the hills. An almost tangible cinematic fabric that weaves a tale of an abandoned place where the mist clings to the steel-blue surface of the sea and where the occasional human visitor is sometimes welcome.
Felix and Gunni have to search for Völundur the smith, as he is the one who makes the Christmas presents. The search is like an adventure, as the friends enter one labyrinth after another and meet all sorts of villains. But they carry on undaunted, overcoming fear and other obstacles.
Gunnar Karl Gíslason, Michelin chef, travels around Iceland, meeting interesting people and learning about culture, art, food and innovation in the utilization of resources.
A one-night stand goes awry when the participants realize the morning after that their bodies have switched.
Relaunch of the Icelandic version of the pop idol reality series.
Gott kvöld is a comedic talk series hosted by Benni and Sveppi, along with his co-host Fannar, featuring discussions with popular Icelandic celebrities from various fields. The show follows the main interview where Benni and the guest chat about their lives and careers. The format then transitions to Fannar, who takes the guest out for a unique, humorous activity, creating a distinctive and fun end to the segment.
Sigtið is an Icelandic comedy show. It's a television show in a mockumentary style that shows the self-centered television show host Frímann Gunnarsson failing completely at running the show, despite him thinking he's making the greatest television shows ever made in Iceland. His idols are the world renowned Joseph Blunden and Margaret Thatcher. Gunnar Hansson plays the leading role of Frímann Gunnarsson, and plays several smaller parts as well. Friðrik Friðriksson and Halldór Gylfason play almost all other parts in the show. The shows two seasons were aired in 2006 at the Icelandic television station Skjár einn. ⁕An Icelandic article about Sigtið. ⁕Frímann Gunnarsson on Myspace.
Sindri Sindrason is now talking about domestic violence and we look into the world of victims who seem to have in common that they dare not tell for the longest time, are ashamed and want no one to know. Then we try to look into the minds of the perpetrators and try to understand what it is about their behavior that makes victims submit to their will.
A police chief and two doctors in Iceland are asked to lead the battle against the deadly COVID pandemic and steer their nation through the storm.
An Icelandic drama miniseries created by Þráinn Bertelsson. The series takes place in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, and follows the lives of an influential family in the fishing industry.
Anxiety and melancholy enters the relationship of two friends who dream of releasing music together. When Klara, their school sister, enters the picture, the friendship becomes even more complicated.
Hrólfur, a weekend dad from a wealthy entrepreneurial family, is let go from the family business and must learn to stand on his own. Nearing forty, he decides to start a band and become a social media influencer.
An Icelandic drama series about German Karl Krautz, who has the important job of traveling the world and producing television content for the German state. He is forced to spend the summer in Iceland with his assistant, Heinrich, producing cultural programs about the small village of Seltjarnarnes.
A story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.
The series follows the life of an elementary school principal with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is turned upside down when an unruly music teacher shows up at work. The series is a romantic comedy and deals with the loves and fates of teachers.
"Missir" won the Edda Award for Best Human Interest Program of the Year in 2021. A powerful and well-crafted Icelandic series. Grief is a response to loss, and if we intend to love, we must also grieve. In the series, we meet people who have experienced grief and loss, learned to live with their sorrow, worked through their trauma, and built a good and happy life.
In this travel series, we follow childhood friends and comedians from Mosfellsbær, Steindi Jr and Dóri DNA, on their journey around the world as they explore all the most lackluster, cheesy, and bizarre things it has to offer.
