Iceland Movies

Understated Icelandic humour and breathtaking landscapes in a charming and picturesque film about birds and people – and about a deeply lovable...

A documentary about teachers' strikes in Iceland in the latter half of the 20th century with a special focus on 1995.

Waste takes place in an imaginary civil war in the hitherto peaceful and pacifist Icelandic society. The film tells the story of a soldier who...

A promising high school kid is unjustly sent to the notorious juvenile prison of Iceland where he faces increasingly severe abuse from the head guard...

Four years in the making, the film features interviews and footage never seen before, as well as older scenes of John and Yoko together, in private...

This corporate documentary was made for the 70th anniversary of the Icelandic Federation of Labour, and shows the structure and development of this...

A young woman takes her first pregnancy test.

A man's struggle fighting the system he lives in.

A good couple on a Sunday drive has a car accident.

A woman named Brynja frantically searches for her 7-year-old daughter after she doesn't return home from school on time. She suspects that she has...

A group of middle-aged women decide to go out to a cabin in the countryside to relax and forget about the struggles of daily life. But under the nice...

The Pitch tells the story of Melavöllurinn, Reykjavík’s main sports arena and meeting place until the 70’s. The Pitch served...

Thor and Denni's desperate search for tobacco along the south coast of Iceland during a shortage due to a prolonged strike in the country.

The short film Godspeed is an introspective and poetic exploration of memory, love, and reconciliation. It tells the story of two men who meet in a...

When politics and the power structure fail to embrace equal rights in the 1980s, women take matter into their own hands and permanently change how...

The morning after a drunken party, a young man is interrupted by all sorts of sounds. He finds a way of dealing with them.

Diseases caused by environmental pollution include Rumentomia, a blockage of digestive organs in rumenants who have consumed synthetic waste. Shot on...

In the summer of 1984, Iceland's king of country music, Hallbjörn Hjartarson, arranged the first and only Icelandic cowboy-festival. This...

A young man in the Viking Age faces his past and desires only to avenge his brother

Icelandic personal trainer and body builder Egill Einarsson or "Gillz" teaches us how to live life his way, the right way.