Iceland Movies

A documentary about the pedagogic theories of Loris Malaguzzi and their application in Icelandic primary schools.

The river Laxá in Laxárdal valley is considered to be one of the best rivers in the world for brown trout. It is definitely the best in...

This film is about the largest work of art ever produced in Iceland, the mural on the front of the Búrfell hydro-electric power station....

A film about the life and work of the Icelandic poet Matthías Jochumson.

A film about a concert tour of the Icelandic pop group Sykurmolarnir (The Sugarcubes) to Japan

The coastal "motorway" that links the Icelanders together is usually referred to less euphemistically by continental tourists who are used to asphalt...

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

An important and stunning documentary on whales and modern whaling with historical and scientific background. Most of the footage was shot...

Fishing on board a modern stern trawler is the subject of this film. It is shot in the North Atlantic from 1979-1982, in all seasons and includes...

A documentary about the disastrous consequences of a volcanic eruption known as "Skaftáreldar", which took place in 1784.

A film about the life and work of the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and his relations with Iceland

This documentary shows how Icelanders maintain the salmon stock in their rivers. It includes scenes from salmon fishing in the river Laxá...

The five thousand inhabitants of the Westman Islands were evacuated during the 1973 volcanic eruption and relocated in various towns on the mainland....

A film about the "Icelanders' Day" in Gimli in Manitoba in 1975, commemorating the 100 year settlement of Icelanders in Canada.

A documentary film about the remote island of Grímsey, the people that live there and the islands copious birdlife.

A guided tour to places to Hallgrímur Pétursson. (A famours Icelandic poet of psalms.) The film includes some staged sequences from his...