Áramótaskaup 2021 2021
Annual TV movie that makes fun of the past year.
Annual TV movie that makes fun of the past year.
Based on an interview with Ingmar Bergman and footage taken during the director's visit to the Reykjavík Art Festival in 1986, this film focuses on Mr. Bergman's methods and philosophy on film direction.
A woman arrives to Iceland and decides to travel into the country with her daughter to take one last look into her past.
The film shows a strong bond between two brothers that live in a remote fjord with their parents. We look into their world through the eyes of the younger brother and follow him on a journey that marks a turning point in the lives of the brothers.
Six people. Living in one building but following different paths. Each gets through the day in their own way – and with their own voice.
Three siblings craft a knight-like figure, only to unleash a barrage of arrows upon it. Through the seasons, we observe their lives as they both construct and demolish their lifelike creation.
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A young couple, physiologist Agla and filmmaker Gunnar, wake up at a glacier drilling camp only to find the camp mysteriously abandoned and their co-workers gone. When searching for the lost team they realize they’re up against an unknown deadly force.
Rokk í Reykjavík (Rock in Reykjavik) gives a thorough overview of the powerful and expanding rock scene in Iceland. Most of the film consists of performances by a wide variety of rock-groups in various clubs in Reykjavik in 1981-82. There are also interviews with members of the groups representing different views on such features of the rock scene as sex, drugs and politics. 19 groups appear in the film.
Benjamín Eiríksson, a middle-aged man, has reached a cross-road in his life. A pioneer in engineering, who has achieved all the goals open to him in his profession. A respected father and loving husband, his heart is now silent. His children are leaving home, his wife is estranged from him. The vast power-stations, once the proud symbols of his ingenuity and creativity, now appear merely stark monuments to vanity and futility. Craving love, friendship, understanding, he tries to make a fresh start, in search of a life of adventure, a life with meaning.
A young man in the Viking Age faces his past and desires only to avenge his brother
Two young sisters take on the dangerous task of feeding their mother's sacred ashes to the Fire Serpent before it brings death to their desolate land.
The Ice Climber is a documentary about Gudmundur Hafsteinn, a 10 year old Icelandic boy, who is a climber by nature. He practices climbing at an in-door climbing house. As his ability in climbing develops, his family takes him on a journey where he gets to try climbing a real cliff. This has been the boys dream and the purpose of his climbing practice. The journey finally brings him to a wall of ice where the young boy meets his ultimate challenge. Can he do it?
A documentary about the Icelandic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson
Munda is a 70 year old priest who has to find herself again once she's suddenly made to renounce her priesthood.
Rolling stone and absentee father Benóný, is in for a surprise when his path unexpectedly crosses with his teenage daughter, blissfully unaware of him, on vacation in his isolated seaside village.
From Oakland to Iceland: A Hip-Hop Homecoming is a documentary about Iceland native DJ Platurn, raised in California and his homecoming tour playing in Iceland where he has lived since the age of 7. The film explores his 3 week tour DJing for his native Icelanders, where he exhibits his talents as a scratch/trick DJ, among other things. DJ Platurn resides in Oakland, California.
At a downtown café, three business colleagues are discussing a future investment opportunity when a seagull hits the cafe’s window right in front of them. Anna, one of the colleagues, tries to ignore the event but is unable to shake off the incidents.