Popolari Minn Iceland

Authors Ólafur Gunnarsson and Einar Kárason drove through America in a 1960 model Cadillac. Alongside them were Jóhann Páll Valdimarsson, publisher and the Cadillac expert Steini í Svissinum. The trip gave them the inspiration to write a book about the trip which came out in the fall of 2006. Alot happened on this trip and the publisher Jóhann Páll wanted to write a book with the title: How to survive a mad trip with four insane guys. The book could be used for teaching in psychiatric studies.

About Icelandic composer Jon Leifs (1899-1968) who spent much of his life in Germany before WWII. The film begins in the 1930s after he has married the daughter of an industrialist, Annie, who is also a concert pianist. This era was frustrating for Leifs because his works were seldom performed. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1995

Day of fulfilled wishes. Dream of young actress Elísabet may become true, completely out of the blue. Something so sweet to think about, and yet - why all this shivering? --- Careful now, darkness falls.

An elderly couple leave their retirement home to make one last journey back to their home in the Western Fjords.

After the death of his father, a private investigator in Iceland leads his own search to discover what really happened.

In occupied Iceland, up and coming singer Bjork performs at the forbidden underground club Camp Tripoli run by the US Military. When she heads into the night afterwards she falls prey to pure-bread Icelandic bigotry.

A Eurovision singer, Iceland's strongest woman, a male model, a plumber who wants to direct movies. They all work in the shopping mall that this documentary focuses on ... most of them want to get out, even just to the bigger mall down the road.

The story takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate.

An action driven love story about a young couple who become drug dealers in Reykjavik, but want nothing more than to get away and start a new life. When they decide to make a go for it with stolen narcotics from an infamous drug lord, their hopes and dreams begin to crumble.

little grub ugly - lands in a variety of adventures in her garden. A leisurely bell bumps into her, she meets a friendly worm, bullied in a bully of bees and an old grumpy spider tries to pluck her. As this is not enough, she is caught by a thief who is going to give her her breakfast for breakfast.

A Thai mail-order bride comes to Iceland in search for a better life. When her new partner locks her in the house and takes her clothes from her she realises something is terribly wrong. Locked in the flat she finds things belonging to an earlier Thai bride and with her help, she manages to turn the tables on her captor.

Not expecting his son back today, Emil is brought to face his past, his family, his community, after he finds himself stuck upon the small mountain. This will be a day to remember.

An Icelandic documentary chronicling the life and career of the musician GDRN (Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð). The film utilizes an interview-style narrative to convey the story of the famed musician, as well as treating the audience to scenes of her recent concert which celebrated her self named and award-winning album "GDRN".

This Icelandic tale, loosely based on the real-life experiences of director Fridrik Fridriksson tells the saga of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s.

An old woman, Frída, awaits her death in a country hospital. Every morning, a nurse moves her to a window at the end of a long corridor. One day, her mind drifts back to a day from her youth when she had to cross a large river on horseback.

When a new neighbour arrives at Rannveig´s doorstep, her frustrated everyday life suddenly changes. The cloud of hopelessness that surrounds her marriage and her relationship with her almost adult daughter lifts temporarily but soon the family is forced to confront new and unknown challenges in their relationship.

Anna Hallgrimsdottir, a poetess, dish washer and marijuana dealer in her late thirties, lives in Reykjavik with her two sons, Krummi and Ulfur. Anna is tired of her lifestyle and the coldness of Iceland and wishes to show her sons more of the world. Finally she decides to do something about it, move on, and somewhat change her lifestyle. The first step in her revival is to sell her business which consists of her mobile telephone which includes her big list of clients. The sale is an unusual one and the potential buyer promises her the asking price within 48 hours. During those 48 hours Anna gets into all kinds of “Icelandic familial adventures” as her kitchen fills up with customers/friends, partying, while waiting for her to come Back Soon.

It’s a spring morning in Reykjavík. A man and a woman wake up in their bed and know that their relationship has ended. They take a drive out of the city, towards the end of love, perhaps toward the end of the world. A story of love, loss, and the mysterious power of nature herself.

Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan...

A young boy wakes up to almost a dreamlike reality. He cannot find his parents. Then suddenly everything seems very wrong.