The documentary deals with volcanic eruptions in Iceland and the ash from them, causing damage to vegation and effecting global climate. The main part deals with the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull 2010. Furthermore the eruptions in Surtsey 1963, Heimaey 1973 and finally Skaftáreldar 1783.
This film explores the beautiful and honest relationship between two women, of a different age, running a catering service in downtown Reykjavík. How did they meet? How do they get along? What keeps them together?
For a week over the summer every year an art festival for young people takes place at Seyðisfjörður on the east coast of Iceland.
This film follows the Icelandic musical icon Bubbi Morthens as he lays the ground for his umpteenth solo album. Originally a live recording of the album was to mark the return of the troubadour and raconteur he was known as in the beginning of his career. Following the recordings this film presents a portrait of a national icon we all think we know, but few of us really, truly do.
An existential mediatation on a womans life as a musician.
Everywhere Elva goes, people stare at her. And it´s no wonder, because she turns in circles, stamps her feet and twists her body in every other step. She is thirty years old and has the worst case of Tourette syndrome her doctor has ever seen. At the same time she has excessive amounts of wit and humour, and constantly makes fun of herself. This documentary is made at the point where Elva has reached her limit. Her ticks have grown so powerful she can no longer take care of herself and her little son. Her last chance is a risky brain surgery where electrodes are planted deep in her brain, an operation which is still in the experimental phase for Tourette´s.
Faceland is a documentary where young Icelanders express their views on the ever-growing, popular online connection program called Facebook. What does the belly dancing, horror movie fanatic, Guðrún think about the endless relationship status updates? How does the nurse student Gunnar describe how users can discover your superhero match?. Does Facebook really connect different people with similar interests? Or are its users guilty of cyber-stalking and spying? Six young Icelanders tell about their lives on- and offline, how Facebook has become a major factor in their social communications. Even if the cyber-world is here to stay, viewers can’t help but wonder how long this fast-growing communication program will last. The movie was shot in March 2009, at which time 45% of Icelandic population were facebook users. Almost all individuals between the ages 20-30 were active users and in every café, every bus and school people were talking about it.
The film touches on a variety of subjects including finance, corruption, cronyism, nepotism, the privatisation of the Icelandic banking system, tax havens, connections between politics and business, the Kitchenware Revolution, the Citizens' movement, and how the Icelandic government reacted to warning signs leading up to the collapse of the banking system in 2008. People who are interviewed include Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson, William K. Black, Robert Wade, employees at Transparency International, Eva Joly and Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson. In their search for answers the filmmakers travel extensively and among the locations they visit are London, Guernsey, Luxembourg and Road Town in The British Virgin Islands.
Birgir Andresson is an artist that does not explain his work; instead he tells stories related to it. His collected work describes a deep thinker that never did preen on his work.
Devastating powers deep beneath the Earth crust emerge. This documentary takes you there capturing the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull in spring 2010. The volcanic eruption is filmed from air and ground, and these breathtaking shots and especially composed Icelandic music give you the eruption of the decade.
Close to the Artic Circle, Iceland offers exotic landscape and eccentric people. We offer a highly entertaining sports-program focusing on fun, human interest and extreme situation. The programs are youth oriented with fast edits and loads of music. We will fallow athletes from different types of actionsports as the perform exciting acts with amazing landscapes from Iceland as backdrops. It looks scary to us but for them it's just fun! Why do they do it and what kind of a kick do the get out of it? We cover snowboarding on several locations in Iceland, mostly on glaciers which are very extreme locations. River rafting or kayaking down powerful rivers originating from melting glaciers is another adventure. Among other adventures will be downhill mountain biking, ice climbing, cave-diving, surfing and similar extreme sports. We find those people fascinating and the camera loves them for what they do!
