Gunnar Konráðsson

A former police officer gets an unexpected guest on Christmas day.

A former police officer gets an unexpected guest on Christmas day.

The Journey Home is a new Icelandic documentary about the people living in the most remote shire in Iceland. We follow the photographer María Gudmundsdóttir, who was born and raised in Árneshreppur, throughout the film and see the livelihood of the people living in this shire. María shot most of the film from 2009 till 2014 and the author Vigdís Grímsdóttir took the majority of the interviews.

Iceland's first non-narrative full-feature film's focus is set on presenting Iceland in a way it has never been presented before, using various elements of high-end cinematography. There are places everyone knows, but there are also thousands of well hidden places. To find these locations one has to be adventurous or a local, and to capture them right, one has to be creative and extremely patient.

My grandmother, Stella was born in the early 20th century. She has lived to see amazing changes around her, from steam engines to satellites, from dirt roads to asphalt and she has lived to see so many descendants that she has stopped counting. Granny tells her story and the story of a whole generation, a generation that is now disappearing.

My grandmother, Stella was born in the early 20th century. She has lived to see amazing changes around her, from steam engines to satellites, from dirt roads to asphalt and she has lived to see so many descendants that she has stopped counting. Granny tells her story and the story of a whole generation, a generation that is now disappearing.

My grandmother, Stella was born in the early 20th century. She has lived to see amazing changes around her, from steam engines to satellites, from dirt roads to asphalt and she has lived to see so many descendants that she has stopped counting. Granny tells her story and the story of a whole generation, a generation that is now disappearing.

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