Iceland Movies

Our hero is Umbi (an acronym for emissary of the bishop), sent by him to undertake an important investigation at Snæfell-glacier. In particular...

PALE STAR is about the possessiveness of love. About how that possession peels back to expose power and control until we can see, in its dark heart,...

An artist, haunted by visions, leaves Iceland to chase the ghost of her father.

Two childhood friends decide to drive around Iceland backward to raise money for charity. Soon after they set out, however, they discover that...

A meditation on memory around Iceland's famous Ring Road.

The pro-Palestinian, anti-capitalist, BDSM-provocative, techno-punk performance art ensemble Hatari unsurprisingly drew attention to themselves with...

The story of an Icelandic power lifter, Jón Páll Sigmarsson who was four times the World's Strongest Man.

Stranded in a small village during Earth's final days, a man seeks solace in the brief human connections he encounters.

The young and fanatical Jon is appointed pastor to a remote church in 15th century Iceland. As is custom, he marries the widow of his predecessor, a...

Hildur, a young girl from a small fishing village in a remote corner of Iceland, falls for her sister's boyfriend while being stranded with him when...

Raquela is a transsexual, or lady boy, from the Philippines, who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order...

In the early summer of 1980, eleven-year-old Hanna and the rest of her childhood band aim to bring criminals to justice when a threat to destroy the...

Pétur is an optometrist happily married to Ásta. They are expecting a child but already have a 10 year old boy named Örn. On...

An elderly woman returns to her home after a violent break-in that has robbed her of her husband and her peace of mind. Now alone, only she can...

In search of kicks in Reykjavik in the year 2000, a pretty teenager, Stella, teams up with a handsome alcoholic, Robbi, and in a stolen car careers...

Ragnar Alexsson, a.k.a. RAX, is among the most celebrated photographers in the world. His series Faces of the North are a living document of the...

A postal worker falls in love with the Chinese waitress at a Chinese restaurant. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress...

Various events of importance to the nation and to individual persons during the cold war and from about 1960 emerge as fragments of the memory of a...