Searching for Rajeev is a documentary film about an Icelandic girl who decides to go to India in the hope of finding an Indian freind of her´s who used to live in Iceland. Ten years have passed since he left Iceland and Birta has very little information about where he lives.
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.
Gravity is a comically tragic short film that playfully deals with the concept of reality tunnels. On the surface it is about friendship, love, space aliens, cocaine and handicap. Not necessarily in that order.
Kristin and Steve are living a quiet life in Iceland until an emergency call and a mysterious murder lead them on the trail of diamonds hidden during World War II. Intrigued by the mystery of the Wolf's Tears diamonds, they are joined by their fearless friend, sheep farmer Einar.. In pursuit of the treasure, the trio ends up in Finland via Germany, followed by hired killer Thomas, whose true motives are shrouded in mystery. In the archipelago of Turku, they come face to face with the ruthless industrialist Maxine, who is prepared to do anything to get her hands on the diamonds.
A young girl in 1990s Iceland is caught between the life that took her brother and her own inability to strike out on her own. In her grief, she finds solace in metal and dreams of making her own music.
Various events of importance to the nation and to individual persons during the cold war and from about 1960 emerge as fragments of the memory of a little boy learning about life, about divorce, military occupation, the Beatles, little girls and death.
The beautiful Diana Klein seeks the help of private eyes Harry and Heimir, to locate her father, a weather researcher staying in the Icelandic highlands, who seems to have disappeared. Harry and Heimir take on the job and are successful in thwarting a devious conspiracy of Danish amateur skiers who are trying to steal the Icelandic highlands for export out of the country.
When the light breaks on a long summer's day in Iceland. From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.
Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist uncle: finding a new husband is high on her agenda, and she's mistrusted by Agga, a pre-teen who's our eyes and ears. The social order and Freyja are more complicated than they seem at first, and so may be her prospects. Class divisions, families ties, pride, the onset of puberty, and the power of Eros sliver the ice.
At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.
The most haunted house in Iceland is a small stone cottage by a raging glacial river in northeastern Iceland. Despite being built in a wasteland that was never inhabited before the refuge house is haunted by a spectral creature that doesn't seem to have ever been human.
During the Cold War, Iceland was part of the West. They became a member of NATO and the United States operated a military base there. Centerright coalitions ran the national government and municipalities all across the country, with one exception: In Neskaupstadur, a town of 1,500 people in the east of the country, socialists ran the show. They came to power in 1946 and maintained control for 52 years.
Tells the story of the social worker Marta and her complicated relationships with the people around her.
A young father is haunted by an evil force that threatens to tear his life apart after he finds a mysterious box inside his rental apartment where the previous guest killed himself.
A girls' basketball team in Iceland push against societies expectations under the guidance of an unconventional coach, Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson. The team are ready to change the world, but is the world ready for them?
The comedy Our Own Oslo is an everyday love story. We follow the strained courtship of the wildly differing Harald, forty year old engineer and Vilborg, an unemployed single mother. They are both tangled up in their own pasts and their attempts at love end in disaster.
In the mid to late '90s, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of pushers that took control of Iceland's underworld.
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.
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.
Sara has it all: a well-paid job, wonderful friends and a stylish apartment that she shares with her long-term girlfriend. Somehow she still feels there is something missing and not even the plans to start a family keep her mind from wandering to secret poetry writing and a not-so-secret affair.
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.
Gunnar Karl Gíslason, Michelin chef, travels around Iceland, meeting interesting people and learning about culture, art, food and innovation in the utilization of resources.
"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.
Punkturinn is an Icelandic sketch show that focuses on satire and social commentary.
Relaunch of the Icelandic version of the pop idol reality series.
The eighteen-year-old Kolbeinn lives with his grandmother and grandfather and dreams of becoming the best in football, but that dream goes further away when he does not make it into the main team. He sets a goal to join the team next year, but many obstacles in his personal life stand in his way.
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.
A story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.
This is the Icelandic equivalent of The Office, with a much more interesting twist: the protagonist is a woman.
Gettu betur is an Icelandic team quiz show, broadcast on public television channel RÚV. Each team consists of three students from each of Iceland's gymnasiums. Two teams play against each other in each episode. Two preliminary rounds are broadcast on radio station Rás 2, followed by televised quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds on RÚV. Thirty schools participated in the 2011 season. The current host is Edda Hermannsdóttir. Gettu betur was first held in 1986. Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík has won the contest seventeen times overall, first in 1988, and then eleven times in a row, from 1993 to 2003, from 2007 to 2010 and in 2012. The only other school to win more than once is Akureyri Junior College, with three wins.
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.
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.
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.
A great quiz show hosted by the stand-up comedian and TV personality Björn Bragi Arnarsson, where well-known Icelanders compete on behalf of the sports clubs they support. Although the teams are divided according to sports clubs, it is not a sports event, but questions from all directions. Competitors are not athletes, it is enough that they grew up in the district of the sports club or practiced sports with the club in their younger years. The teams that win their matches will continue to play until one team stands out as the winner and will be crowned Icelandic Champion in the Kviss quiz.
