Helgi Sverrisson

Movies

Ravens, Buttercups and Myrrh
Producer
After Lára, 13, loses both her father and brother in an accident, she discovers that her father used to be a member of a theatre group at a local theatre. In order to keep his memory alive, she joins the company. The company consists of eccentric and playful elders who introduce Lára to the magic of theatre and the importance of play. While Lára struggles to piece together the fractured life she now shares with her mother, she decides to help the company in their attempt to save the theatre with a big hit play. But evil and corrupt forces want it gone forever.
Ravens, Buttercups and Myrrh
Writer
After Lára, 13, loses both her father and brother in an accident, she discovers that her father used to be a member of a theatre group at a local theatre. In order to keep his memory alive, she joins the company. The company consists of eccentric and playful elders who introduce Lára to the magic of theatre and the importance of play. While Lára struggles to piece together the fractured life she now shares with her mother, she decides to help the company in their attempt to save the theatre with a big hit play. But evil and corrupt forces want it gone forever.
Ravens, Buttercups and Myrrh
Director
After Lára, 13, loses both her father and brother in an accident, she discovers that her father used to be a member of a theatre group at a local theatre. In order to keep his memory alive, she joins the company. The company consists of eccentric and playful elders who introduce Lára to the magic of theatre and the importance of play. While Lára struggles to piece together the fractured life she now shares with her mother, she decides to help the company in their attempt to save the theatre with a big hit play. But evil and corrupt forces want it gone forever.
Act Normal
Producer
Robert T. Edison was born and raised in Nottingham, England. When he was fourteen years old he began to practice Buddhism. Eighteen years old he became a monk and went to Thailand where, for a decade, he spent his time in monasteries around the country. He became the first Buddhist monk in Iceland when he moved here in 1994 and founded a Buddhist sect. Five years later Robert decided to "derobe" and get married. After sixteen years of celibacy Robert had to deal with being "normal" - getting employment, paying his bills and dealing with the needs of his partner. After four years in "the real world" Robert travelled back to Thailand to become a monk again. Act Normal is filmed from 1994 to 2006 and is a unique exploration of one man´s twelve-year search for some kind of love.
Didda & the dead cat
Director
Through a series of mishaps Didda loses her need for glasses, and gains the power of superhuman vision. A power that comes to good use when Didda starts trying to find the men who kidnapped her brother and his friend.
Umhverfis jörðina 80 ára
Director
A film about the life of pater Jón Sveinsson, author of the books on Nonni and Manni.
Rumenatomia
Sound
Diseases caused by environmental pollution include Rumentomia, a blockage of digestive organs in rumenants who have consumed synthetic waste. Shot on a farm in Iceland, Rumentomia describes a surgical operation on a cow who had eaten plastic trash scattered on the farmland.
Þeli
Producer
A man isolates himself from his environment and finally disappears into a white wall in his home.
Þeli
Screenplay
A man isolates himself from his environment and finally disappears into a white wall in his home.