Iceland Movies

This film explores the option of home birth in Iceland, as seen through the lens of a female filmmaker who is forced to come to terms with her...

Newsreel depicting the second visit of Christian X, king of Denmark and Iceland, to Iceland in 1926. Iceland was from 1918 - 1944 a sovereign state...

This film tells the story of a young man who finds a wallet outside his home. This wallet gives him a strange feeling he seldom feels, if felt...

A documentary film about the Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness, who received the Nobel Prize in 1955 for "... renewing the Icelandic tradition...

Icelandic comedian Jón Gnarr talks about sports, the dangers of airplanes, sheep and many other hilarious things in this classic 1998 stand up.

A close-up on their characters and their unique art.

An old, dying man and his daughter make one final attempt to save him from imminent death.

In a little Icelandic island, 15 years after a volcanic eruption, the inhabitants remember the events but also their premonitory dreams. Outside, the...

An Icelandic film about a high school student accused of raping a fellow student.

Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him...

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,...

Brynja is having the time of her life in a foreign country when all of a sudden her world is turned upside down. She finds herself standing at a...

This film tells the story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and fairground attractions, showing rarities and never-before seen footage of...

The battle of two great chess players to mentally overpower one another takes on a dimension of life-or-death physicality as their duel begins to...

A film about the Icelandic artist, Leifur Breiðfjörð. He mainly works with glass in his art.

Dora has been unemployed for some period of time and she and her family are therefore facing financial difficulties. One day she receives an...

When Sveppi gets a old wardrobe made by his great grandfather, magical things start happening, Sveppi, Villi and Gói go deep into the...

When the family dog dies, a father and son bury the dog’s gift and must face grief, love, and their bond.