Movies: Iceland

A remarkable film from the National Geographic's daring EXPLORER series, ICELAND RIVER CHALLENGE follows twelve modern-day pioneers on a treacherous expedition down a remote Icelandic river. Crash through waterfalls and glide through sparkling glaci...

A glacier. Icebergs. Cold fog gliding through the folds....

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

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh explores the untold story of the Irish in Iceland. It's a tale of pilgrim fathers, marauding Norsemen, pillaging Vikings and Irish slaves. Maireád steps from that past into the present, and discovers that Ireland's historic conne...

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

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Experimental film of a trip around Iceland, filmed on the circular highway with a wide angle lens camera registering one frame every 12 seconds....

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 last dance of school comes their way. Their ensuing adventure pits good vs. evil and disco vs. punk, ...

What is it about Icelandic culture that produces such a rich vein of music? Tónlist features Icelandic musicians, music industry experts, journalists - while utilising the breathtaking scenery from across the island for some truly stunning visuals th...

A solo bikepacking adventure across Iceland....

The Queen's cat goes on an adventure in the countryside where he discovers that love, in its many forms, surrounds him....

13 years ago, they didn't know what it was like to cycle in a harsh country. What it means to be knocked off their feet by winds. What it's like to wade through cold glacial rivers. For Algirdas, Iceland was the start of his travels, which led to tri...

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 dying cultures of the far northern reaches of the planet. His photo essays of farmers and fishermen in Ic...

After the death of his father, a private investigator in Iceland leads his own search to discover what really happened....

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

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With the highest concentration of waterfalls in the world, Iceland is one of the most challenging places for kayaking. The plan is to explore, but entering unknown rivers always brings big surprises....

A politician learns just how quickly things can go terribly wrong when a career-defining live TV interview goes off the rails due to a surprise coughing attack....

Anjaniputra, a teacher, is given a desktop computer to be installed at home. His life takes an unexpected turn when he befriends an Icelandic woman on the internet and witnesses her murder....

The pro-Palestinian, anti-capitalist, BDSM-provocative, techno-punk performance art ensemble Hatari unsurprisingly drew attention to themselves with their performance at the Icelandic qualifiers for the Eurovision Song Contest. So much so that they w...