Jóhann Máni Jóhannsson

Elín Methúsalemsdóttir and her family, from the old farm Bustarfell, take us through the history of Icelandic food traditions, from the settlement period to the present day. In the beginning, Icelandic cooking was characterized by scarcity, and Icelanders had to be extremely resourceful with the little that nature provided. Now, however, the Icelandic kitchen exists in the modern world, influenced by immigration, food tourism, and global trends in farming and cuisine.

When 15-year-old Magnea meets Stella, everything changes. Stella's no-holds-barred lifestyle drags them both into a world of drugs, which brings serious consequences for each of them, and their relationship. Twelve years later their paths cross again, and a reckoning between them becomes unavoidable.

An Icelandic film about a high school student accused of raping a fellow student.

Best friends forever and ever revolves around an intensive friendship between two women and the blurry lines between friendship and love.The movie explores the emotions of a young woman who believes she has found her soulmate: Her best friend. She refuses to seek further, -why would you need anyone else in your life than your best friend?

Gudjón has led a safe life. Suddenly faced with retirement and growing older, he is forced to take a good, hard look at his marriage. A dramatic but often lighthearted story about life at a crossroads and the meaning of it all.

Hemmi is keeping a secret from Anna. She suspects what it is but hopes at the same time that she’s wrong. She decides to confront him, ask him straightforward, no matter what the consequences.

A student in politics, Jón, is covering for his friend from school as an assistant in the kitchen of a remotely situated home for the disabled for one weekend. Strange working procedures at the home come to Jón´s attention. Disputes seem to be resolved by a secret voting and Jón thinks democracy is threatened. But all is not what it seems.

Ragnar, straight out of hospital, orders a taxi-driver around Reykjavik in order to find a three layered chocolate box. He wants to repay a nurse for her good service at the hospital. After each unsuccessful stop at various grocery stores, his daughter, Hrönn, gets increasingly agitated in the back seat of the cab. Tension between father and daughter build to a peak, and it becomes crucial for Hrönn to confront her father for the first time in her life.

A guy gets caught while sneaking out of bed after a night with a blonde beauty. Caught is a short story which contains a little bit of love, considerable violence, but mainly humour. It gives us an insight into a situation that most people can relate to, a situation that a lot of people have already experienced, but everyone desperately wants to avoid… or don’t they? Though the film is short, it’s larger than you expect.

A guy gets caught while sneaking out of bed after a night with a blonde beauty. Caught is a short story which contains a little bit of love, considerable violence, but mainly humour. It gives us an insight into a situation that most people can relate to, a situation that a lot of people have already experienced, but everyone desperately wants to avoid… or don’t they? Though the film is short, it’s larger than you expect.