Iceland Movies

The Adventure of Jón and Gvendur is a silent comedy inspired by Charles Chaplin. It is regarded as the first Icelandic feature film as it was directed...

In Ófeigsfjord in North-West Iceland the old whetstone has been used to sharpen the knives for five generations. There are still some eccentrics like...

Throughout the span of this completely stop-motion short film, a mysterious figure transforms just a measly packs of sweets into a large meal.

This documentary focuses on the archaeological excavations at Skálholt in 1954 when the sarcophagus of bishop Páll Jónsson (bishop 1195-1211) was unea...

An extremely entertaining, playful and funny play about teenagers, written by Arnóri Björnsson and Óli Gunnar Gunnarsson, who also plays the lead role...

A portrait of Reykjavík in color.

A portrait of Reykjavík in color.

Why do thousands of whales commit collective suicide every year? A deep-sea diver thinks he has the answer.

Glaciers have been distinctive features of the Icelandic landscape ever since human settlement on the island 1200 years ago. But since the early 20th...

About the public interest in the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula. The eruption started on March 19, 2021, and...

A heartless man on the run with a mysterious box in search of a new beat.

Documentary about the Icelandic fisherman who lives on a boat in Ålesund, Norway. Ásgeir visits him and inquires about his life. He is the one who has...

The story of Jón

3 short films in a series based on ideas from an exhibition of 100 drawings in Gallery Langbrók in Reykjavík, 1983. The Concert: A devil is playing t...

A piano player is trying to find the one and only true note. He finds it.

An angel is on his way home from work and finds himself in trouble.

A short fast paced cut-out animation. It tells the story of Diane and Bob, the last two surviving Martians on Mars.

The film gives live to images and ideas from an old Icelandic manuscript written and illustrated by a man named Jón Bjarnason in the 19th century. It...