Popolare A partire dal Iceland

A portret of the Cobra artist Svavar Guðnason. His life and his art - sources - influences and how he became one of the greatest abstract painters amongst Nordic artists.

Though small, the Icelandic pony is widely renowned for its strength and endurance. However, the vast mountainous coastal region of northwest Iceland was still considered too rugged for even the sturdiest of those horses until a dozen riders and forty horses sailed north to face this deserted challenge. if successful they would be the first to travel through this gigantic landscape of cliffs and glaciers.

A documentary about the 50 year career of Ambassador Pétur Thorsteinsson in the Icelandic Foreign Service.

This film on breeding behavior of the Arctic Charr contains exceptional underwater footage taken in their natural habitat.

A documentary about the man, Thorlákur helgi, who was worshipped as a saint in Iceland and in Europe in the middle ages.

A documentary programme about jewish refugees who settled in Iceland in the 1930's.

Although the Icelandic Sagas contain many descriptions of stately homes, none of them stood the test of time. However, an archeological finding at Stöng in Thjórsárdal revealed the ruins of an ancient farm which had been preserved in ashes from the Mt. Hekla eruption in 1104. Knowledge from this finding and from literary sources were used to reconstruct in detail and Icelandic farmhouse from the 11th century. This film follows the project from the original designing stage in 1970 until the inauguration in 1977, showing the ancient techniques used to build houses from local building material such as turf, stone and wood.

A collection of self-portaits of Icelandic artists. A few of the artists explain their views on the self-portrait and its importance for their artistic development.

A documentary programme about the life and work of the Icelandic author, Thor Vilhjálmsson.

A film about the life of pater Jón Sveinsson, author of the books on Nonni and Manni.

This documentary film shows the development of the wool industry in Iceland, and the old ways to work the wool, used on Icelandic farms throughout the centuries are demonstrated. In the film, visits are made to modern wool factories and the process of the production is followed from the beginning to the finished product.

Fishing on board a modern stern trawler is the subject of this film. It is shot in the North Atlantic from 1979-1982, in all seasons and includes some sequences that are shot in extremely bad weather conditions in the winter of 1981. Different types of trawlers are shown and the landing of the catch in harbours in Iceland and Germany.

A film about the island of Viðey in Kollafjörður and its manifold role in Icelandic history.

A film about the life and work of the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and his relations with Iceland

A film about the Municipal Water Supply in Reykjavík which was founded in 1909.

A film about scientific research on the glacier Vatnajökull with excerpts from films taken on the glacier by various film makers in the past.

A documentary about a pioneer of Icelandic film making, Óskar Gíslason, with excerpts from some of his most famous work.