Cool Jazz and Coconuts

The Sea

Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. Bu

2002

Nichts als Gespenster

Episodes about different stages of relationships: from flirtation to falling out of love.

2006

Skinny Love

When Emilý, a twenty-five year old content creator, learns that her long-distance girlfriend wants to move to Iceland and make their open relationship

2024

The Dance

Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913.

1998

Islandia

2025

Gústi the Strong vs The Merman

Fishing, friendship, and wrestling with your new favorite superhero.

2024

Fullveldisdagskrá VHS

2022

Inside Björk

Following the career of Björk, this documentary looks at her early musical career with local icelandic bands, her acclaimed stint in The Sugarcubes, a

2003

Small Mall

A Eurovision singer, Iceland's strongest woman, a male model, a plumber who wants to direct movies. They all work in the shopping mall that this docum

2004

Woman at War

Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she lov

2018

Webcam

A college student begins working as a cam girl, with support from her best friend.

2015

Ahead of Time

More than twenty years after the premiere of one of the most beloved Icelandic films (On Top/Med allt a hreinu 1982) a sequel appears. A band which fo

2004

Pop in Reykjavik

Popp í Reykjavík (Pop in Reykjavik) is a film about the vibrant Icelandic music culture of the late '90s. It was released in 1998 and features intervi

1998

Choked Up

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 coughi

2023

Under the Glacier

Our hero is Umbi (an acronym for emissary of the bishop), sent by him to undertake an important investigation at Snæfell-glacier. In particular he is

1989

Reverse

Two childhood friends decide to drive around Iceland backward to raise money for charity. Soon after they set out, however, they discover that perhaps

2015

King's Road

After 3 years abroad Junior returns to Iceland with his set of problems hoping that his father can sort them out but his homecoming isn't quite what h

2010

Summerland

An art-house comedy about an ordinary family running the unusual business of elf tourism and spiritual sessions. Their house is built around an elf st

2010

Behind Schedule

A French man from an international record company is sent to Iceland where he is supposed to find the next big hit.

1993

Tónlist

What is it about Icelandic culture that produces such a rich vein of music? Tónlist features Icelandic musicians, music industry experts, journalists

2014