Iceland

“All we need to do, is to find a new planet, and keep the party going.”

The film takes places in the near future, following the trajectory of the 1990’s. Rampant consumerism, neoliberalism, globalization and American cultural imperialism have all reached their peak. Robbie and Stella come from different, but equally dysfunctional backgrounds. By happenstance, they find themselves together on the road, running away from their responsibilities, while being hunted down by the drugged-up mad dog, Ulfur. This film is fast-paced, filled with stunning visuals and great music, and is as free-roaming as the characters themselves.Read More »

Three separate stories of children’s adventures from three countries in the North Atlantic area. From Greenland, a story based on the traditional legend of the Mother of the Sea, a powerful spirit who controls the ocean creatures. A brother and sister from Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, head to one of the smaller islands to spend their summer holiday with their grandmother. Growing up on a typical horse farm in Iceland the young boy Siggi develops an extraordinary friendship with a wild foal. When the horse is to be sold, Siggi opens the fence and the foal runs away. In the middle of nowhere the foal manages to save Siggi’s life – and alters both of their futures.Read More »

Like a fish on a dry land, Kristofer is stuck in a dull everyday routine, working as a security guard. He got fired from the freight ship he worked on, when he was caught smuggling alcohol. Faced with money problems, he is tempted to accept the help of his friend, Steingrimur, who manages to pull some strings to get his old job back. He decides to take his chances one last time on a tour to Rotterdam.Read More »

Synopsis: Jed and Chloe, in their early 20’s, live a very simple life in the city. They love each other, find happiness in the smallest things and plan to get married. One day the death of Chloe’s cat triggers inconsolable sadness and a deep confusion in the meaning of life for both Jed and Chloe. Chloe’s tears keep her home but Jed begins a fruitless search for the meaning of life, hoping he can bring back Chloe’s smile. Alone at night he sees a tramp Max on TV whom he believes may hold the key. Jed visits him in the city dump. The awkward duo starts a journey that unexpectedly brings newfound hope to both men and Chloe.Read More »

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Icelandic Film Centre wrote: The film is based on the novel by Indridi G. Thorsteinsson, which is set in a remote valley in the North of Iceland in the year 1937.The slump and sheep disease are crippling farming; young peple are streaming to the centres of urban expansion in this period of rapid economic and social change in Iceland. One farmer and his sons live in the valley alone with their debts and anxieties. The ties which bind the father to the land he has cultivated and lived upon are unbreakable.Read More »

Old Thorgeir must leave his home far off in the Icelandic ‘countryside’ and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavik. There he meets his long-lost love from his childhood, Stella. Thorgeir soon becomes unhappy living there and together with Stella he steals a jeep. Together they leave the city for Stella’s old home in northwestern Iceland.Read More »

For his sophomore feature, “Beautiful Beings,” playing in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama, Icelandic helmer-writer Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson returns to the subject of his prize-winning first feature “Heartstone” (2016): fraught adolescent friendships and difficult family lives. In “Beautiful Beings,” a horrendously bullied youth forms a tentative rapport with a trio of tough outsiders. Together, the boys experiment with aggression and violence, but also learn about loyalty and love.Read More »

The west Coast of Iceland, late summer 1936. On a desolate farm, believed to be cursed since the 14th century, a tragic fate is about to befall the French exploration ship Pourquoi-pas. When the ship is wrecked just offshore it seems the crew is witnessing the old curse in full force. Hrefna, a young girl on the farm, projects herself and her family, with all the power of a child’s imagination, back to the 14th century in order to change the course of destiny.Read More »

PLOT: In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.Read More »