The actress is to produce a play with the local amateur group and old romantic flames are rekindled. At the same time an American army unit is making experiments with a new and powerful energy source in the vicinity, promising the community a prosperous future.
Ragnar, straight out of hospital, orders a taxi-driver around Reykjavik in order to find a three layered chocolate box. He wants to repay a nurse for her good service at the hospital. After each unsuccessful stop at various grocery stores, his daughter, Hrönn, gets increasingly agitated in the back seat of the cab. Tension between father and daughter build to a peak, and it becomes crucial for Hrönn to confront her father for the first time in her life.
Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.
When Gunnar's son returns from vacation with a new girlfriend, Gunnar is forced into a dilemma that threatens to expose a dark family secret.
Clutch Powers ventures on a mission assigned to him by his boss to solve the chaos that occurred on the Space Police prison planet.
When his mother relapses, Oliver is forced to go look for his younger brother in the world of crime throughout the night.
An Oscar nominated Icelandic short film about an old man who might leave his farm but keeps a secret.
Young Joel doesn’t quite fit in anywhere so he desperately tries to make friends with a local motorcross gang. On a bright summer night Joel gets the chance to get accepted into the gang, but without knowing what kind of sinister process lies ahead.
The imagination of children leads us into a fantasy narrative of play, where adults are nowhere to be found and the harsh reality of nature and imagination takes over. Soon enough, however, we are brought back to earth when playtime comes to an end, in this case with the devastating closure of a unique Icelandic kindergarten.
A man seeking death and a woman escaping life attempt to reconcile a decades-long cycle of vengeance with more violence, contrary to the cosmic plan.
The film tells the story of a young farmgirl moving to Reykjavík after the second world war, and her attempts to adapt to the city life.
An elderly man goes about his daily routine until his grandson shows up and is eager to play football with him. Their mismatch on the football pitch is quickly apparent, with the youngster running rings around his senior. The old man with a bruised ego and full of reminiscence of his youth begins to prepare for their next encounter.
A band's and their crew's miscommunication leading them to being on the opposite sides of the country leads to comic consequences.
A film about a woman named Sesselja
Sigga, an Icelandic artist, is performing abroad at a high end party. Afterwards she goes to the hotel bar and runs into an Icelandic flight crew there on a stopover. Sigga decides to party with them with unforeseen consequences.
Icelandic personal trainer and body builder Egill Einarsson or "Gillz" teaches us how to live life his way, the right way.
Tells the story of the last day in the life of a dictator who knows that this time he won't be victorious.
If the world has an edge, then it is almost certainly visible from Iceland. On the outermost cape, beyond which there is only the inhospitable Arctic Ocean, lies a farm belonging to Úlfar and his wife. This autumn will be the last time their grandchildren come from the city to drive the sheep back down from the hills. An almost tangible cinematic fabric that weaves a tale of an abandoned place where the mist clings to the steel-blue surface of the sea and where the occasional human visitor is sometimes welcome.
A young woman is about to marry into a cult, but before the wedding she has a hen's party where her girlfriends show her what she will be losing once she gets married.
Felix and Gunni have to search for Völundur the smith, as he is the one who makes the Christmas presents. The search is like an adventure, as the friends enter one labyrinth after another and meet all sorts of villains. But they carry on undaunted, overcoming fear and other obstacles.
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.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, relations between the former allied eastern and western powers deteriorated fast. Suddenly, the small island nation found itself in the midst of the ensuing “cold-war”, which it used to its full benefit to catapult into the modern world. A founding member of the NATO alliance, Iceland provided an important base for forward operations in protection of NATO’s northern flank and Scandinavia and the approaches to North America by U.S. and allied forces.
An Icelandic drama series about German Karl Krautz, who has the important job of traveling the world and producing television content for the German state. He is forced to spend the summer in Iceland with his assistant, Heinrich, producing cultural programs about the small village of Seltjarnarnes.
Gunnar Karl Gíslason, Michelin chef, travels around Iceland, meeting interesting people and learning about culture, art, food and innovation in the utilization of resources.
A thrilling and entertaining series about two teams racing around the world in a race against time, trying to collect points by solving adventurous and extremely diverse puzzles. The teams consist of the geniuses Auddi, Steindi, Sveppi and Pétur Jóhann.
A one-night stand goes awry when the participants realize the morning after that their bodies have switched.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
This is the Icelandic equivalent of The Office, with a much more interesting twist: the protagonist is a woman.
The series follows the life of an elementary school principal with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is turned upside down when an unruly music teacher shows up at work. The series is a romantic comedy and deals with the loves and fates of teachers.
