Father
The film shows a strong bond between two brothers that live in a remote fjord with their parents. We look into their world through the eyes of the younger brother and follow him on a journey that marks a turning point in the lives of the brothers.
A short film about a young boy's escape from reality, the search for love and security, about cryptic messages from outer space and an invisible friend in the cellar. Based on the director's own memories, this is the story of a young boy's world filled with fantasies and dreams of distant worlds. His eccentric grandmother is his best friend and his partner in the world of the imagination.
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A documentary about the Icelandic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson
Pilot
Película compuesta de dos historias basadas en la novela criminal de Arnaldur Indriðason: la primera, sobre un hombre que irrumpe en una base de datos genética de una información médica sobre gente islandesa. Tras haber perdido a su hija por una enfermedad hereditaria, intenta trazar sus propias raíces. La segunda historia trata sobre la investigación del asesinato de un anciano que conduce a una prueba forense poco común, desvelando secretos guardados en la genética de toda la nación.
The fate of a crosseyed sheep in the highlands of Iceland.
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Hjalmtyr
A seven-year-old boy is sent to a farm on a remote island, when his mother goes abroad. On the island the boy gets to know a twenty-year-old woman who seems willing to take on a mother's role. But the boy is reaching an age of sexual awareness and instead of regarding her as a mother figure; he falls obsessively in love with her.
Kristjan
Set on a remote farm on the west coast of Iceland in late summer 1936. Hrefna, encouraged by her grandmother’s stories, begins to mix past and future in her imagination, travelling back to the 14th century.
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Johann
Margit (Björk) y su hermana mayor, Katla, huyen de su patria en Islandia después de que su madre es asesinada por practicar la brujería. En su camino, Katla hechiza a Jóhann, un viudo campesino que tiene un hijo, Jóhas. El hechizo hace que Jóhann se enamore de Katla para luego casarse, pero Jóhas ve las intenciones de Katla y trata de convencer a su padre para que la abandone. Por otro lado, la madre de Margit, que quiere ayudar a Jóhass, se le aparece a Margit en visiones y le da un amuleto para proteger al joven, y juntos luchan para deshacerse de Katla.
Willy, seven years old, is more interested in books than sports while his father, ex-football star, is determined to make a football player out of him. Willy realizes that he cannot live up to his father's expectations but feels compelled to give him what he always wanted. One day, Willy finds a solution to the problem.
12 hours in the life of a young man who has just received bad news which change everything.
A story based on the folk tale of the ghost Djákninn from Myrká set in modern day Iceland.
Kiddi
Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.
A pop opera with a moralistic undertone.
