Jón Karl Helgason

Swimming Pool Stories is a visual presentation of the swimming pools around Iceland, the culture associated with them and the guests who use the outdoor pools daily, no matter the season or the weather condition. The social aspect of swimming pools in Iceland is one of their defining features.

It takes courage to move to a new and unfamiliar part of the world. The film portrays 15 years in the life of a family of five, coming from Thailand in search of work and a better life. The oldest daugther, Navinda, was left in Thailand.

It takes courage to move to a new and unfamiliar part of the world. The film portrays 15 years in the life of a family of five, coming from Thailand in search of work and a better life. The oldest daugther, Navinda, was left in Thailand.

It takes courage to move to a new and unfamiliar part of the world. The film portrays 15 years in the life of a family of five, coming from Thailand in search of work and a better life. The oldest daugther, Navinda, was left in Thailand.

It takes courage to move to a new and unfamiliar part of the world. The film portrays 15 years in the life of a family of five, coming from Thailand in search of work and a better life. The oldest daugther, Navinda, was left in Thailand.

It takes courage to move to a new and unfamiliar part of the world. The film portrays 15 years in the life of a family of five, coming from Thailand in search of work and a better life. The oldest daugther, Navinda, was left in Thailand.

Johanna Sigurdardottir became prime minister In Iceland following the financial crisis of 2008. She was the first openly gay prime minister in the world. In her final days as Prime Minister, Johanna tries to get the parliament to pass a new constitution that was approved in a national referendum.

Icelandic country boy Tómas R. Einarsson got hooked on rhythm in childhood, but couldn't imagine that anything so much fun could be a job. In his twenties passion finally took over and he threw himself head first into learning how to play jazz on the double bass. From there he moved on to the enticing rhythms of Havana. After decades on the road, Tómas returns to his weather-beaten birthplace, with a full Latin band and some hot rhythms of his own.

Icelandic country boy Tómas R. Einarsson got hooked on rhythm in childhood, but couldn't imagine that anything so much fun could be a job. In his twenties passion finally took over and he threw himself head first into learning how to play jazz on the double bass. From there he moved on to the enticing rhythms of Havana. After decades on the road, Tómas returns to his weather-beaten birthplace, with a full Latin band and some hot rhythms of his own.

Icelandic country boy Tómas R. Einarsson got hooked on rhythm in childhood, but couldn't imagine that anything so much fun could be a job. In his twenties passion finally took over and he threw himself head first into learning how to play jazz on the double bass. From there he moved on to the enticing rhythms of Havana. After decades on the road, Tómas returns to his weather-beaten birthplace, with a full Latin band and some hot rhythms of his own.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A documentary about the soil erosion in Iceland, the creation of the largest man made desert in Europe.

Lighthouse keepers are a dying breed all over the world, as automated equipment has been making their job obsolete. The story of Óskar- Iceland´s last lighthouse keeper, is the unique story of a recluse who has spent all his life in Storhofdi - lighthouse, the windiest weather station in Iceland, besides setting a world record in bird tagging.

Lighthouse keepers are a dying breed all over the world, as automated equipment has been making their job obsolete. The story of Óskar- Iceland´s last lighthouse keeper, is the unique story of a recluse who has spent all his life in Storhofdi - lighthouse, the windiest weather station in Iceland, besides setting a world record in bird tagging.

Lighthouse keepers are a dying breed all over the world, as automated equipment has been making their job obsolete. The story of Óskar- Iceland´s last lighthouse keeper, is the unique story of a recluse who has spent all his life in Storhofdi - lighthouse, the windiest weather station in Iceland, besides setting a world record in bird tagging.

Lighthouse keepers are a dying breed all over the world, as automated equipment has been making their job obsolete. The story of Óskar- Iceland´s last lighthouse keeper, is the unique story of a recluse who has spent all his life in Storhofdi - lighthouse, the windiest weather station in Iceland, besides setting a world record in bird tagging.

Lighthouse keepers are a dying breed all over the world, as automated equipment has been making their job obsolete. The story of Óskar- Iceland´s last lighthouse keeper, is the unique story of a recluse who has spent all his life in Storhofdi - lighthouse, the windiest weather station in Iceland, besides setting a world record in bird tagging.

Lighthouse keepers are a dying breed all over the world, as automated equipment has been making their job obsolete. The story of Óskar- Iceland´s last lighthouse keeper, is the unique story of a recluse who has spent all his life in Storhofdi - lighthouse, the windiest weather station in Iceland, besides setting a world record in bird tagging.

She is shy, sincere, beautiful and provoking both as a person and on stage. She is one of our best contemporaray dancers in Europe and has received several awards for her works.

The logbook of a few Icelandic trawler-men in 1947-1970. It was dangerous to go on a drinking spree in those days — the Icelandic trawlers were short of crew, so skippers went back to the old way of manning their ships. Man-hunting, or 'Shanghaiing' was the name of the game.

The logbook of a few Icelandic trawler-men in 1947-1970. It was dangerous to go on a drinking spree in those days — the Icelandic trawlers were short of crew, so skippers went back to the old way of manning their ships. Man-hunting, or 'Shanghaiing' was the name of the game.

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Guðbergur Bergsson is an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík on 16 October 1932. He went to the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then went for further study in literature at the University of Barcelona. He is one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland. His first book came out in 1961. He has had twenty books in all including poetry and children's literature. He has won the Icelandic Literary Prize twice. In 2004, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'. In the film we see Bergssons super-8 films from Francos Spain and Lisboa during the revolution in 1974. Even his life as a writer and critic of the icelandic society.

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The story of an Icelandic man and his slow descent into madness. Along his journey he meets Dagný, the initial cause of his breakdown. Other people he meets in the asylum have been committed for various reasons, such as signing cheques for Adolf Hitler and, believing themselves to be writing songs for the Beatles and telepathically transmitting to the band.

Charming desperado Ossy, carrying a deadly secret, tracks down his childhood pal Jimmy in Iceland. But Jimmy, now with a family and a regular job, will do anything to hide his past.

A middle aged worker does all he can to provide his wife and daughter with good living conditions. They are ungrateful and do not return his affections. When he has an accident at work and goes home in the afternoon, he finds the time to think about how to solve the communication problems in his family. This takes however an unforeseen route.

Alexander, a twenty-year-old student, his girlfriend and a schoolmate discover the ins and outs of film-making while shooting a documentary about his family. A gallery of humorous, off-beat characters is revealed, who's seemingly ordinary lives conceal bitter divorces, passionate second marriages, vengeance, luck and misfortune, crime and punishment.

Alexander, a twenty-year-old student, his girlfriend and a schoolmate discover the ins and outs of film-making while shooting a documentary about his family. A gallery of humorous, off-beat characters is revealed, who's seemingly ordinary lives conceal bitter divorces, passionate second marriages, vengeance, luck and misfortune, crime and punishment.

아이스하키 선수로 날리던 고든은 뜻하지 않은 부상으로 은퇴하여 고향으로 돌아온다. 장래에 대한 막연한 생각을 하던 그에게 청소년 친선 세계대회의 미국팀 아이스하키 감독을 맡으라는 제의가 들어온다. 그래서 그는 옛날에 자신이 코치했던 청소년팀 마이티 덕을 다시 부른다. 그리고 미국 각지에서 선발된 다른 선수들도 몇명 합세하여, 미국 청소년 팀은 훈련을 마친 뒤 대회가 열리는 로스엔젤레스로 간다. 그러나 가뜩이나 말썽이 심한 이들은 운동보다는 관광과 쇼핑 그리고 여자친구 사귀기에 바쁘고 광고주의 꾀임에 제품선전하느라 연습할 틈도 없다. 드디어 경기가 시작되고 다행히 약한 상대를 만나 간신히 2승을 올리지만 강력한 우승후보인 아이스랜드팀에게 처참하게 패배하고 만다. 우승을 하기 위해서는 이제부터 전승을 하여 결승전에서 다시 아이스랜드 팀과 다시 싸워야 한다. 그러나 아이슬랜드팀은 더 세고 더 크고 털도 더 많은 강적이다. 결국 선수와 감독은 최선을 다해야만 간신히 승리할 수 있다는 것을 깨닫고 팀웍을 갖추려고 안간힘을 쓴다. 이들은 풀어진 정신을 가다듬고 아이스하키의 절묘한 묘기를 연마하고 승리를 위한 갖가지 작전을 준비한다. 드디어 결전의 날에 임한다. 과거의 화려했던 마이티덕스 팀은 눈부신 활약을 펼치며 아슬아슬하게 드라마틱한 승리를 일군다.

A documentary about downtown Reykjavík through the years.

Follows the adventure of a group of kids and a paper boy named Peter. Plane ride, box car racing and bad neighbours are all included. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990

A young widow moves from abroad to an isolated farm in Iceland.

A young widow moves from abroad to an isolated farm in Iceland.

Rainbow’s End tells the story of inter-generational family conflict. Is a haunting work that remains as affecting and original today as when it was first released.

Rokk í Reykjavík (Rock in Reykjavik) gives a thorough overview of the powerful and expanding rock scene in Iceland. Most of the film consists of performances by a wide variety of rock-groups in various clubs in Reykjavik in 1981-82. There are also interviews with members of the groups representing different views on such features of the rock scene as sex, drugs and politics. 19 groups appear in the film.

The growing up of a Reykjavík boy.

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