Movies: Iceland

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...

Trausti returns home after an absence of seven years. He discovers that his brother is tangled into a dangerous underground crime organization which is slave trafficking young women ... ... things progress and the effect is more brutal than anyone co...

In 1995, an avalanche struck the small village Súðavík. The documentary intertwines the tales of three survivors with the community's collective heart and courage, honoring their unyielding spirit amidst disaster....

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Obsessed with searching for the origins of a scene from an old film, an Australian man and his friend visit Iceland. Punk music, politics and elves provide the backdrop to his search....

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

On the island of ice and fire, "Once upon a time in Iceland" portrays fascinating landscapes encountered while strolling along the Diamond Circle, one of Iceland's most popular travel routes, accompanied by the magical music of Sigur Rós, Hoppípolla....

Set on a remote farm on the west coast of Iceland in late summer 1936. Hrefna, encouraged by her grandmother’s stories, begins to mix past and future in her imagination, travelling back to the 14th century....

Julia Bradbury heads for Iceland to embark on the toughest walk of her life. Her challenge is to walk the 60 kilometres of Iceland's most famous hiking route, a trail that just happens to end at the unpronounceable volcano that brought air traffic ac...

Documentary showing the horses of Iceland and the people who work with, train, and love them....

Iceland's favorite Places is a unique DVD with short films of over 100 Icelandic locations renowned for their natural beauty and cultural interest. You will discover the amazing contrast in Icelandic landscape, from majestic glaciers and active volca...

A landscape either prehuman or post-apocalyptic. The movement of the waves, the circling of the birds, the lifting of the cloud cover. A moment of complete disorientation created by the landscape’s sheer endlessness....

Features volcano watches in Iceland from 1984-91, showing the country's highlands, Askja, Kverkjoll, Herdubreidarlindir, Sprengisandur, and Jokulsa Canyon. Presents Landmannalaugur and the popular trek from this Myvatn, Skaftafell, and glacier bursts...

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Beautiful documentary by Osvaldur Knudsen about the eruption on Heimaey in the Vestmann Islands in 1973 (South of Iceland). The eruption destroyed some 30% of the town's houses and lasted for more than 5 months. Nice narration like in the old days a...

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

Tímamót, or Changes in English. An upbeat, heartwarming story about Gudjon, Sigurbjorn and Steinthor who lived together for decades along with several other inhabitants in the Tjaldanes Institution, in a peaceful valley close to Reykjavik. When a dec...

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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....

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...