Iceland Movies

  • 2019
    Language of Light

    Language of Light

    Language of Light

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    For the first time the history of lightouses in Iceland is traced in a unique documentary. Over them rests mystery as they stand in a magnificent...

    Language of Light
  • 2018
    Christmas in the Life of a Nation

    Christmas in the Life of a Nation

    Christmas in the Life of a Nation

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    In the run up to Christmas 2017 Iceland's public broadcaster RUV invited people to submit videos about their lives during the holiday preparations...

    Christmas in the Life of a Nation
  • 2016
    Poor Iceland

    Poor Iceland

    Poor Iceland

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    When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film...

    Poor Iceland
  • 2015
    Grace of God

    Grace of God

    Grace of God

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    Grace of God is a documentary reflecting on the complex relationships between humans and domesticated animals. Thirteen individuals share their...

    Grace of God
  • 2015
    The Journey Home

    The Journey Home

    The Journey Home

    02015HD

    The Journey Home is a new Icelandic documentary about the people living in the most remote shire in Iceland. We follow the photographer María...

    The Journey Home
  • 2015
    Women Rock

    Women Rock

    Women Rock

    02015HD

    The band Dúkkulísur (English: Paper Dolls) is the oldest operating all-female band in Iceland who are still playing after its...

    Women Rock
  • 2015
    Black Peak: A War Story

    Black Peak: A War Story

    Black Peak: A War Story

    02015HD

    In the Fossvogur Military Cemetery in Reykjavik Iceland there are 6 gravestones with the names of the crew of a Wellington bomber that in 1941...

    Black Peak: A War Story
  • 2015
    We Are Still Here

    We Are Still Here

    We Are Still Here

    02015HD

    The tiny village of Flateyri in North West Iceland is a community in crisis. The young people have moved away, the fish factory and the recording...

    We Are Still Here
  • 2013
    The General Store

    The General Store

    The General Store

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    The small shop Verzlun H. Júlíusson in the town of Sauðárkrókur located in North Iceland. is not just a small grocery...

    The General Store
  • 2012
    Doxwise

    Doxwise

    Doxwise

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    Young people in the ages of 19-24 years old, record themselves and their every day lifes, their experiences, thoughts and daily routine in a 10 week...

    Doxwise
  • 2012
    Elephant Whisp­erer

    Elephant Whisp­erer

    Elephant Whisp­erer

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    This is a personal story of one small woman’s fight to save one of the planet’s largest animals. Lek has saved hundreds of Asian...

    Elephant Whisp­erer
  • 2012
    The Wish

    The Wish

    The Wish

    02012HD

    This film follows the Icelandic musical icon Bubbi Morthens as he lays the ground for his umpteenth solo album. Originally a live recording of the...

    The Wish
  • 2012
    Haunted Trails: The Fate and Apprehension of the Reynistadurbrothers

    Haunted Trails: The Fate and Apprehension of the Reynistadurbrothers

    Haunted Trails: The Fate and Apprehension of the Reynistadurbrothers

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    Haunted Trails is a drama documentary about the relationship of Icelanders with history and histories, the relationship of the living with the dead,...

    Haunted Trails: The Fate and Apprehension of the Reynistadurbrothers
  • 2011
    On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat

    On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat

    On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat

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    Four experienced boatbuilders join forces in building a clinkboat of the type that was once predominant in the Breidafjord Bay archipelago in the...

    On Northern Waters: The Story of a Boat
  • 2010
    Granny

    Granny

    Granny

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    My grandmother, Stella was born in the early 20th century. She has lived to see amazing changes around her, from steam engines to satellites, from...

    Granny
  • 2010
    Burkina Faso 8600 km

    Burkina Faso 8600 km

    Burkina Faso 8600 km

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    Burkina Faso 8600 km
  • 2010
    Ice-Sar in Haiti

    Ice-Sar in Haiti

    Ice-Sar in Haiti

    02010HD

    In September 2009 the Icelandic Search and Rescue team receive an emergency call from the Republic of Thule. An earthquake has destroyed the capital...

    Ice-Sar in Haiti
  • 2010
    Pendulous Chances; the life and work of singer performer Ragnar Bjarnason

    Pendulous Chances; the life and work of singer performer Ragnar Bjarnason

    Pendulous Chances; the life and work of singer performer Ragnar Bjarnason

    102010HD

    Ragnar Bjarnasson career spans 60 years. Now at 75 he is ready to examine his career and allow us access to the idol Ragnar Bjarnason who is much...

    Pendulous Chances; the life and work of singer performer Ragnar Bjarnason
  • 2010
    Sleep in Heavenly Peace

    Sleep in Heavenly Peace

    Sleep in Heavenly Peace

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    Sleep in Heavenly Peace
  • 2010
    Spoils of War: The Saga of the Coventry Stained Glass Windows

    Spoils of War: The Saga of the Coventry Stained Glass Windows

    Spoils of War: The Saga of the Coventry Stained Glass Windows

    02010HD

    The Stained Glass Windows had been salvaged from Coventry’s medieval cathedral before it was bombed out by German forces but in 1942 they...

    Spoils of War: The Saga of the Coventry Stained Glass Windows