I Lost My Head

I Lost My Head 2005

1

When the heroine of the film gets what she always hoped for, she becomes miserable and unhappy and really misses what she had.

2005

The Adventures of Paper Peter

The Adventures of Paper Peter 1990

3.00

Follows the adventure of a group of kids and a paper boy named Peter. Plane ride, box car racing and bad neighbours are all included. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990

1990

Feedback

Feedback 2023

1

A documentary about teachers' strikes in Iceland in the latter half of the 20th century with a special focus on 1995.

2023

Anna Afastelpa

Anna Afastelpa 2004

7.00

The film is about a girl who is having a hard time at home and dreams of going to her grandfather's house in the countryside. When she gets there, however, a strange woman is pestering her, and she takes matters into her own hands.

2004

Intrusion

Intrusion 2023

7.30

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.

2023

Polyorama

Polyorama 1970

1

On opening night at the Reykjavík City Theatre, veteran actress Ingrid is thrown into turmoil when a foreign journalist arrives, igniting a backstage confrontation laced with regret, secrets, and decades-old wounds.

1970

Lobster Soup Included

Lobster Soup Included 2015

1

Comedian Þorsteinn Guðmundsson travels from Reykjavik to Hrísey, a small island in the North of Iceland to do stand-up in the middle of the winter. On the way he sings, eats fast food, and thinks out loud about sex and Christmas. When being on the road in Iceland you're forced to expect the unexpected and be ready to make serious compromise to lodging. The groupies are also mostly adolescent boys with bad skin.

2015

Undying Love

Undying Love 2011

1

What lengths does a man go to hold on to love.

2011

The Hero's Journey to the Third Pole

The Hero's Journey to the Third Pole 2020

7.00

Part road movie, part musical, part serious inquiry into the caverns of the mind. Þriðji pólinn follows Anna Tara Edwards, an Icelander raised in Nepal, and legendary musician Högni Egilsson, as they journey to Anna’s childhood home in the mountain jungles to explore the afflictions and superpowers that come with bipolar disorder.

2020

Viktor

Viktor 2000

1

Victor is the story of a conscientious if somewhat withdrawn traffic warden who through a series of mishaps finally finds his place in life. While the setting is unusual the film addresses a wide range of emotions and morality; Love, deceit, frustrated longings and human dignity. Victor, the eponymous hero of the film, is torn between his desire for the supermodel Kate le Font and the genuine affection of his co-worker Herdis. Victor's story comes to a head when a crooked traffic warden accuses him to hide his own crimes. With Herdis' help our hero narrowly avoids disaster. In a surprisingly complex plot, the film illustrates the dangers of repressed emotions, the liberating power of love and the ultimate triumph of good. All this takes place within the microcosmic context of the traffic warden's world which becomes a reflection of all human drama.

2000

Running With the Herd

Running With the Herd 2004

1

Running with the Herd is a unique and beautiful film. Director Thorfinnur Gudnason and his team bring to life a dramatic tale with sharply defined characters – all of them horses. Stretching the limits of the nature documentary has been Gudnason´s forte and his earlier film, Woodmouse: Life of the Run, has been shown around the world. Here he takes us into the world of horses running wild in the stark but majestic highlands of Iceland. Without humanising the animals in any way, the film tells a story full of drama and emotion, character, danger, and resolve.

2004

Áramótaskaup: 2002

Áramótaskaup: 2002 2002

1

2002's Áramótaskaup, an annual 50-minute TV movie, satirizing the events of the past year.

2002

Ahead of Time

Ahead of Time 2004

5.50

More than twenty years after the premiere of one of the most beloved Icelandic films (On Top/Med allt a hreinu 1982) a sequel appears. A band which folded twenty years ago (they were even considered old-fashioned then) sees fit to stage a comeback. Indications point to a great future until the ghosts of the past catch up with the band in the form of a single mother and a jolly roadie. We follow the band not only through the magnificent Icelandic landscape but also through two continents and a brief spell in the other world.

2004

In Front of Others

In Front of Others 2016

5.70

Hubert is a shy and introverted graphic designer who hasn't been too successful when approaching women. When he falls in love with Hanna, he tries to impress her by resorting to mimicking his boss, a notorious womanizer. This tactic works as an ice-breaker, but soon things get out of control, with unforeseen consequences.

2016

On Top

On Top 1982

7.20

Two rock groups, one male, the other female, decide to do a combined effort to hit the road of stardom by doing a show together. As the show is getting on the road, the lead singers of the two groups have a disagreement which brings about a parting of ways, in love as in life. A historic tour of the country begins, which through the music and performances of the two groups as well as the reactions of their audiences, reveals, beneath the comedy, glimpses of today's real competition between the sexes, seen against the background of Icelandic life.

1982

White Whales

White Whales 1987

6.00

A whale-boat is making its final whaling tour of the season. It pursues and catches a whale, and then proceeds home. The men working on the boat have to find themselves different employment now that the season is over. Among the crew are two friends, Grímur and Bubbi. The film mainly concerns itself with their efforts to make some kind of contact with what is going on in Reykjavik.

1987

Foxtrot

Foxtrot 1988

4.00

Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.

1988