Popular From Iceland

Nonni, an 11 year old boy has to deal with the loss of his father who died in the second world war.

A documentary about Icelandic playwright, novelist and filmmaker Guðmundur Kamban.

A despondent writer stumbles upon a mysterious note in a book that she finds in a public park. She starts writing messages back, and begins developing a rapport with the unknown note-writer.

On September 30th 2015 public broadcaster RUV in Iceland invited people to submit videos about their lives on that particular day. The film is made up of those contributions from hundreds of people all over the country. The film premiered on RUV a year later, on October 2nd, as a part of the celebrations of fifty years of RUV TV (September 30th 2016).

Beautiful documentary by Osvaldur Knudsen about the eruption on Heimaey in the Vestmann Islands in 1973 (South of Iceland). The eruption destroyed some 30% of the town's houses and lasted for more than 5 months. Nice narration like in the old days and some nice sound(track) by Magnus Bl. Johannsson.

A film documenting the landscapes of northern Iceland.

A short documentary showing the formation of an island from lava and other volcanic activity.

A poetic short film, "Mamma kenndi mér að gefa," explores the consequences of giving and taking in two worlds which aren't as innocent as they seem by first sight.

This film is about the largest work of art ever produced in Iceland, the mural on the front of the Búrfell hydro-electric power station. Sigurjón Ólafsson was commisioned for the work, and the film describes the process of the work from the time that he and his assistant, Gudmundur Benediktsson, began the project at Sigurjón's studio until they finally completed it where it stands at the isolated power plant. Sigurjón devised an innovated method for producing the mural. A mould was first cut out in insulating plastic which was then fitted to the concreting construction of the building.

A film about the Icelandic sculptor Einar Jónsson.

A famous and lonely killer whale decides to escape his aquarium with weird consequences.

A film showing icelandic farmlife with elements of icelandic folklore mixed in.

An attention desperate looser keeps interrupting a very serious pitch meeting.

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