Nikulás
Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913.
Pétur (Gunnar Helgason) narrates, recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a wedding. Flirtatious Sirsa (Pálína Jónsdottir) marries Harald (Dofri Hermannsson), son of a wealthy landowner on the island.
Offshore, a ship is sinking, so the men form a rescue party, returning with the captain, the engineer, and several sailors. With a storm gathering, the engineer dies. The clergyman requests an end to the festivities as a mark of respect. Sirsa protests, but her new husband brings the celebration to a halt. The group then fragments into different activities, drunken or otherwise, and the sensual Sirsa directs her attention toward the handsome Ívar (Baldur Trausti Hreinsson).
The film's score features traditional folk music.
Thomas
Devil's Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties. Life is rough in Reykjavik's post-war slum of Camp Thule, where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes. Struggling wives and their hard-working husbands try to make ends meet. The younger generation dreams of dollars, Rock'n'Roll and the American way of life. To celebrate or to drown their misery - they're never short of a good reason to booze. Devil's Island vividly depicts the everyday life of a wacky family, their neighbours and friends and shows how some of their dreams come true and others don't.
Siggi
Todo lo que el pobre Atsushi Hirata quería realmente es dejar atrás el frío invierno de Japón y poder tomarse una semana de vacaciones en la cálida Hawaii. Pero, desafortunadamente, Atsushi tendrá que hacer honor a una tradición y acabar en la aún más fría Islandia para rendir tributo a un pariente que murió 7 años atrás... Road movie que narra el viaje físico y espiritual de un hombre ordinario a través de un país muy extraño. Un viaje que cambiará su vida para siempre. (FILMAFFINITY)
Jósi
Emily is a young boy that dreams about owning a dog and he starts working so he can save up to buy one. Meanwhile his family are dealing with money problems.
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Þorgeir
An elderly couple leave their retirement home to make one last journey back to their home in the Western Fjords.
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