Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

In 1945, a German bomber crash-lands in Iceland during a blizzard. Puzzlingly, there are both German and American officers on board. Flash forward to the present. The U.S. Army is clandestinely trying to remove the wreck of an airplane from an Icelandic glacier. A young Icelander, Elías, inadvertently stumbles upon the excavation and then promptly disappears. But before he vanishes, he manages to contact his sister, Kristín. She embarks on a thrilling and perilous adventure, determined to discover the truth of her brother's fate

The village is brimming with stories and if you listen closely it might tell you a few. Perhaps the one about the businessman who dreams in Latin, or the one about the delicate boy who carves moorland birds, or maybe the one of the open-air sexual affair that has explosive consequences.

The village is brimming with stories and if you listen closely it might tell you a few. Perhaps the one about the businessman who dreams in Latin, or the one about the delicate boy who carves moorland birds, or maybe the one of the open-air sexual affair that has explosive consequences.

Balli es un chico de catorce años inadaptado, que vive con su madre drogadicta y es acosado por sus compañeros de clase. Balli conoce y hace amistad con tres chicos violentos de su misma edad, Konni, Siggi, y especialmente Addi, cuya madre se considera psíquica. A medida que los problemas crecen, una voz interior se despierta en Addi.

A soldier, which army, which era, unclear. What’s clear is the evil he’s done. Faced with his impending mortality, he fears being judged in the afterlife. Only immortality will do. He meets a talking rock who promises just that - but he’ll first have to face his fiendish deeds...

Dos cantantes luchan por convertirse en estrellas del pop en un importante concurso musical, donde la presión, los rivales y otros percances ponen a prueba su relación.

Tras quedarse viudo, Frank Fogle se embarca a regañadientes en un viaje para cumplir el último deseo de su difunta esposa: esparcir sus cenizas en un remoto lago de su país natal, Irlanda, y hacerlo junto a Sean, un hijo ex convicto con el que prácticamente ambos habían perdido el contacto. Aunque al principio ninguno de los dos está por la labor, el viaje no tarda en convertirse en algo más que en una simple aventura.

Unos recién casados estadounidenses que visitan Europa en su luna de miel, quedan atrapados en el misterio de un asesinato después de presenciar un crimen.

Tres fareros llegan a una isla abandonada. Thomas, James y Donald comienzan sus rutinas, hasta que algo inesperado ocurre: topan con algo extraño, algo que no es exactamente lo que un farero debería vigilar. Las cosas se complicarán cuando avistan un barco que podría tener todas las respuestas, desatando un thriller psicológico basado en la leyenda de la isla de Flannan.

Lo que comenzó como la inesperada amistad entre un joven vikingo y un temible dragón, Furia Nocturna, se ha convertido en una épica trilogía que ha recorrido sus vidas. En esta nueva entrega, Hipo y Desdentao descubrirán finalmente su verdadero destino: para uno, gobernar Isla Mema junto a Astrid; para el otro, ser el líder de su especie. Pero, por el camino, deberán poner a prueba los lazos que los unen, plantando cara a la mayor amenaza que jamás haya afrontado... y a la aparición de una Furia Nocturna hembra.

Cumpliendo con su amenaza, Grindelwald escapa de su custodia y ha comenzado a reunir seguidores, la mayoría de los cuales no sospechan sus verdaderas intenciones: alzar a los magos purasangre para reinar sobre todas las criaturas no mágicas. En un esfuerzo por frustrar los planes de Grindelwald, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) recluta a su antiguo estudiante Newt Scamander, quien accede a prestar su ayuda, sin conocer los peligros que aguardan. Las líneas quedan marcadas mientras el amor y la lealtad son puestos a prueba, incluso entre los amigos más cercanos y la familia, en un mundo mágico cada vez más dividido.

La vida de la adolescente Magnea cambia cuando ve a Stella por primera vez. Magnea, una estudiante brillante y deportista, deja atrás su entorno acomodado, por la fascinación, personalidad y la existencia poco convencional de Stella.

Un sumergible de aguas profundas que forma parte de un programa internacional de vigilancia submarina, ha sido atacado por una enorme criatura que se creía extinta. Ahora está averiado en el fondo de la fosa oceánica más profunda del Pacífico con su tripulación atrapada en el interior. El tiempo se acaba y, en contra de los deseos de su hija Suyin (Li Bingbing), un visionario oceanógrafo chino (Winston Chao) contrata a Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham), un especialista en rescate en aguas profundas. Su misión será salvar a la tripulación y también al océano de una amenaza imparable: un tiburón prehistórico de 23 metros conocido con el nombre de Megalodón.

Audrey y Morgan son dos amigas que se ven involucradas en una conspiración internacional cuando una de ellas descubre que su ex-novio era en realidad un espía.

Djata es un niño de 12 años sin preocupaciones que crece en una dictadura brutal aislada del mundo exterior. Cuando el gobierno encarcela a su padre, Peter, Djata y su madre Hannah son etiquetados como traidores, el niño no descansará hasta que vuelva a ver a su padre.

La película se centra en el Dr. Marcus, un psiquiatra de renombre que ha seleccionado a 6 pacientes con enfermedades mentales graves y peligrosos del Hospital Spring Valley Mental de la entrevista como parte de la investigación para su nuevo libro. Como entrevistas Dr. Marcus cada paciente, uno a uno, los horrores que han cometido comienzan a desarrollarse. Sin embargo, el Dr. Marcus pronto se entera de que hay un paciente que lo une todo - Paciente Siete.

A single father wants to fulfil his young daughter's wish to throw a slumber party for her friends, but it turns out to be more of a challenge than he thought due to the rules of modern society.

Adaptación del cuento de Roald Dahl sobre una niña que se alía con la Reina de Inglaterra y con un gigante bonachón para impedir una invasión de malvados gigantes que se preparan para comerse a todos los niños del país.

Diez años después de conocerse entre pasarelas y sesiones de fotos, Derek y Hansel han caído en el olvido. Deciden entonces emprender una nueva aventura en busca de la fama y el éxito que perdieron. Para ello, viajan a Europa para enfrentarse a las nuevas celebridades. Secuela de "Zoolander" (2001).

The lives of two sisters change forever one winter morning.

En plena guerra de las brujas contra los humanos, los cazadores de brujas están dispuestos a pararles los pies. Uno de estos valientes cazadores es Kaulder (Vin Diesel), que consigue matar a la todopoderosa Reina Bruja, diezmando así a sus devotos seguidores. Sin embargo, antes de morir, esta malvada bruja consigue maldecir a Kaulder con el don de la inmortalidad. De esta manera, el cazador verá morir a todos sus seres queridos, separándose de su amada esposa y de su hija, y quedándose solo con el paso de los años. Década tras década, Kaulder seguirá buscando y matando brujas, mientras no para de añorar ni un segundo a sus difuntas mujer e hija. Uno de sus mayores enemigos es Belial (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), un malvado hechicero al que trata de detener con la ayuda de la joven y buena bruja Chloe (Rose Leslie).

A film inspired by real events in the Icelandic underworld. A young man has a one night stand with the former girlfriend of a violent criminal and is kidnapped by said criminal and his gang in an effort to blackmail him. When that doesn't work they decide to bring him to the countryside to the home of an old friend. There they proceed to torture the poor man...

A boy from a small town has never kissed a girl. One day he and his friends decide to go to the 'big city' to see if they have more luck there. In the city, the boys get much more than they bargained for.

Matt Scudder, un expolicía de Nueva York, trabaja como detective privado a pesar de que no tiene licencia. Cuando accede a regañadientes a ayudar a un traficante de heroína a cazar a los hombres que secuestraron y asesinaron brutalmente a su esposa, descubre que no es la primera vez que esos hombres han cometido este tipo de crímenes. Entonces decide recorrer las calles de Nueva York para detener a los asesinos antes de que vuelvan a matar.

Remake de "La vida secreta de Walter Mitty", película estrenada en 1947 y que fue dirigida por Norman Z. McLeod. La historia se basaba en un relato de James Thurber que giraba en torno al tímido empleado de una editorial que consigue evadirse de su gris existencia imaginando que es el héroe de grandes aventuras; un día, su sueño se hace realidad cuando conoce a una misteriosa mujer que le implica en una peligrosa misión.

Ex-family man, avid womanizer, heavy-drinking, parliamentarian, Leifur, is forced to go into rehab by his political rival, following a well publicized art exhibition brawl. Full of denial, Leifur throws a party before checking in, but when it´s time to leave – very few do, turning the night into an adventure exclusively for those old enough to vote.

Ex-family man, avid womanizer, heavy-drinking, parliamentarian, Leifur, is forced to go into rehab by his political rival, following a well publicized art exhibition brawl. Full of denial, Leifur throws a party before checking in, but when it´s time to leave – very few do, turning the night into an adventure exclusively for those old enough to vote.

The film follows the brave attempts of two men to be the first Icelander to swim the English Channel, the Mount Everest of swimmers, their failures and eventually the success of one of them. Interwoven with the story of the amazing endurance of these two men, is the history of swimming in Iceland and in particular the long and hard struggle to re-introduce the skill after it had been almost totally lost to this seafaring nation. By the 19th century it is reckoned that in the whole of Iceland no more than 6 individuals of a population of 50.000, knew how to swim. With references to the ancient Icelandic sages, we learn through staged scenes how a local hero took on and defeated the Norwegian kin in a bout of the popular Viking sport of sea wrestling and how a mother fled after her husband was viciously killed, swimming to land with her two children.

Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.

Hace tiempo que Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) dejó el mundo de la delincuencia, pero cuando su cuñado Andy (Caleb Landry Jones) mete la pata en un asunto de drogas encargado por su implacable jefe Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), Chris se ve obligado a volver a hacer lo que mejor se le da, pasar contrabando, para pagar la deuda de Andy. Chris es un legendario contrabandista y no tarda en reunir a un equipo de primera con la ayuda de su mejor amigo, Sebastian (Ben Foster), y realizar un último viaje a Panamá para traer millones de dólares en billetes falsos. Pero las cosas no salen como estaba previsto y con solo unas horas para hacerse con el dinero, Chris deberá hacer uso de sus oxidadas habilidades y superar una traicionera red criminal con brutales narcos, polis y sicarios, antes de que su esposa Kate (Kate Beckinsale) y sus hijos se conviertan en objetivos.

What lengths does a man go to hold on to love.

The tragicomic story of lone rebel Boddi Steingrimsson who lives in a small town in Northern Iceland. Boddi hates materialistic modern society in its entirety and on his blog-page he comically criticizes everything and everyone. Before long he has become an outlaw in his own hometown, just like his viking hero, Grettir. After a series of dramatic mishaps, he snaps and goes riding down south to the big city on his sturdy steed Nietzsche. He's got a gun in his pocket. He's ready for the revolution.

Erik likes to have a drink once in a while. The day after a good party, sitting with his girlfriend having a chat, he meets people he doesn't remember. Has he arrived at a crossroads? Is Erik in deeper trouble than usual?

Erik likes to have a drink once in a while. The day after a good party, sitting with his girlfriend having a chat, he meets people he doesn't remember. Has he arrived at a crossroads? Is Erik in deeper trouble than usual?

The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid crew members commits suicide. To fill his gap, a young woman takes his place on the next tour and gradually the fragile balance is tipped, and personal issues that should be left on the mainland cause dangerous friction between the crew members

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 he had expected.

Epic Fail is based on true events that happened in Reykjavik, Iceland not so long ago. It is a 14 minute short film about a guy that finds himself in extraordinary situations and has to take matters into his own hands and put his trust in strangers that under normal circumstances, he never would have met and for sure never talked to. But when people find themselves in a situation and have to ask strangers for help then interesting things happen and we see that we are not so different after all and we should not judge the book by its cover.

La trama del film se centra en un guardia de seguridad y ex-contrabandista de alcohol en la ruta de Islandia-Países Bajos que, tras atravesar difíciles problemas financieros, se siente tentado de volver a sus negocios ilegales al reencontrarse con un viejo amigo. Seleccionada por Islandia como candidada al Oscar 2010 en la categoría de película de habla no inglesa.

Jon, a middle-aged professor is going to get married tomorrow, for the second time, to one of his ex-students half his age. But it's not all roses. First, there's his cranky mother-in-law-to-be who violently opposes the marriage and who demands repayment of Jon's loan before the wedding night. Second, his plans to build a golf course on the little island of Flatey where they live aren't going at all to plan. Third, his extremely drunk best man is on the loose without any shoes and lastly, the continual presence of his emotional first wife is haunting his every move. When the guests start flocking to the island, Jon starts getting cold feet. After a very long night of drinking and thinking, will Jon be able to make it to the church on time?

When Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson set upon Iceland to film Beowulf & Grendel starring Gerard Butler and Stellan Skarsgard in 2004, they expected the usual complication involved in making a movie, but what they encountered made them wonder if the Norse gods were actually working against them.

The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When he finds out that his wife has been deceiving him all these years he decides it's time for a change. Einar is a stockbroker who is very successful at work but not in his personal life. For the last couple of months Einar has been living at a hotel waiting for his wife to realize the terrible mistake she made by throwing him out. Katrin Rose returns from Sweden where she has lived for eight years. In Iceland Katrin has an eleven-year-old son, brought up by his grandmother and now Katrin wants him back. Katrin gets a job as a dentist's assistant intending to make a fresh start but her troubled past catches up with her.

Icelandic writer-director Ragnar Bragason's dark, brooding ensemble drama Börn (AKA Children) follows the entangled lives of a group of lower-rung citizens of Reykjavik as they struggle to just barely keep their heads above water, but all too often succeed in spiritually drowning, through a constant stream of poor decisions.

Pétur is an optometrist happily married to Ásta. They are expecting a child but already have a 10 year old boy named Örn. On coincidense Pétur finds out that he is not Örn's biological father.

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Adaptación de un poema épico anglosajón, esta gran aventura medieval narra la historia del guerrero Beowulf y su batalla contra un troll asesino y sediento de sangre, Grendel. En nombre del Rey Hrothgar, respetado Señor de Danes, Beowulf lidera y guía a un ejército de guerreros a través del mar hasta el lugar donde se encuentra el monstruo. Pero éste no es una criatura de poderes míticos, sino un ser de carne y hueso aparentemente lleno de venganza y ansias de sangre. Pero a medida que Beowulf se dispone a matar en nombre de Hrothgar, comienza a descubrir que su Rey es más responsable de la ira del troll de lo que pensaba.

A short film about how everything that can go wrong goes so bad that going wrong takes on a new meaning.

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Hlynur tiene 28 años y vive con su madre. Cuando ésta se enamora de una profesora de flamenco lesbiana, su vida cambiará.

Set in present-day Reykjavík, Fiasco draws a narrative circle of interconnecting stories in which three members of the Bardal household deal with the secret loves in their lives. Karl, an old age pensioner, is busy chasing after an amnesic old screen legend. Julia, Karl's granddaughter, is torn between a mediocre bank manager and a wild sailor, and tells them both she is pregnant. But is she really? Steingerdur, Julia's mother, has a wild crush on a preacher who has a serious drinking problem, and ends up with a dead stripper in his Jacuzzi. The characters cross each other as the film progresses, until the three interwoven strands of the story finally come together in an explosive and hilarious crescendo full of surprises.

A streetsweeper finds a unconscious woman while cleaning the streets and decides to help her out by bringing her to his home, but little does he know that the woman is lives a life of crime.

A band's and their crew's miscommunication leading them to being on the opposite sides of the country leads to comic consequences.

Lisa wants to take a cruise, hubby Finnbogi schemes to make money. He buys a dilapidated bakery. They get lucky when Karolina, who bakes great cakes, offers to work for them. She's the mother of Marta, head of the area's largest bakery, and the two have quarreled. Marta can't abide mom's rebellion or the rival bakery's success, so she inveigles Finnbogi to invest in porn toys without telling Lisa. Where does he get the cash? From his son Bjartmar, who has promised Russian sailors he'll arrange the purchase of ten Landas. The Russians are coming to collect their cars, Finnbogi hasn't sold a single dildo, hard-bitten Marta plans one more nasty trick. How can Lisa get her cruise?

The film tells the tale of a man named Kalli, a scruffy looking 30 year old, that lives in his brother’s garage. As he wakes up hung-over on the morning of his birthday. He finds to his surprise an over sized box in his living room. Inside the box is a very unusual birthday present from his brother Teitur. As Kalli opens the box, he discovers that the gift is a woman from East-Europe, that was mailed to him. As Kalli struggles to convince his brother that giving someone a mail-order bride on their birthday is not the right thing to do, he realizes what a sociopath his brother really is. And though he doesn’t want to admit it to himself, he too has some serious women issues and does not respect them as human beings. In the end the film shows how so many men treat women like objects. Although the film deals with serious issues it does so in a light and absurd way so the laughs are plenty and never far between.

The film tells the tale of a man named Kalli, a scruffy looking 30 year old, that lives in his brother’s garage. As he wakes up hung-over on the morning of his birthday. He finds to his surprise an over sized box in his living room. Inside the box is a very unusual birthday present from his brother Teitur. As Kalli opens the box, he discovers that the gift is a woman from East-Europe, that was mailed to him. As Kalli struggles to convince his brother that giving someone a mail-order bride on their birthday is not the right thing to do, he realizes what a sociopath his brother really is. And though he doesn’t want to admit it to himself, he too has some serious women issues and does not respect them as human beings. In the end the film shows how so many men treat women like objects. Although the film deals with serious issues it does so in a light and absurd way so the laughs are plenty and never far between.

Guti (35, Slovenian) and Sig (50, Icelander) wake up naked and handcuffed to one another on a riverbank near Ljubljana. Sig suffers from memory loss, while Guti recalls a fight with skinheads Sid drunkenly participated in and Guti tried peacefully to intervene in. Sig has no passport or any clue about his identity—the skinheads have taken everything he owned. Guti is trying to build a new home for himself on a river raft after losing his house to the bank and his life to his ex-wife. He introduces Sig to his friends—suburban misfits, who remind Sig of a legend of the hidden people.

Bavaria, 1812. A lovelorn young poet banished from society is forced to wander across mountains, ice and snow, on a dangerous journey which will either lead him to death or to a new life.