Arnar Þórisson

Filmes

New Hands - Within Reach
Director of Photography
Gudmundur Felix lost both arms in a horrible work accident in 1998, when he climbed a high voltage mast for repair work. His biggest wish is to hug his daughters and Felix is set on getting an arms transplant. He swims against the current for 20 years to make this happen. The waiting is endless and the health care system is not in favor of revolutionary methods needed for a transplant of this magnitude. In the end a miracle is within arms reach, thanks to cutting edge progress in modern medicine.
We Are Still Here
Director of Photography
The tiny village of Flateyri in North West Iceland is a community in crisis. The young people have moved away, the fish factory and the recording studio have been sold to make holiday homes, and one third of its residents are now Polish people who came only for the work. Nestled inside the West Fjords, this quaint outpost is perched upon a narrow finger of land which juts out into Önundarfjörður, situated well within striking distance to the fertile fishing grounds that ultimately gave rise to this settlement.
Kitchen Sink Revolution
Director of Photography
When politics and the power structure fail to embrace equal rights in the 1980s, women take matter into their own hands and permanently change how things are done, and the face of Icelandic society as a whole.
You and me
Cinematography
Girl meets boy on a cold winter night. She's a single mom, and he becomes less charming than she thought he was after she invites him home. As things are getting out of hand, her young daughter wakes up, and roles become reversed as they deal together with the aftermath.
Black Peak: A War Story
Director of Photography
In the Fossvogur Military Cemetery in Reykjavik Iceland there are 6 gravestones with the names of the crew of a Wellington bomber that in 1941 crashed into Svartahnjúk (Black Peak) mountain in the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in West Iceland. But the rescue team only found 4 bodies. The documentary Black Peak - a war story, tells us how the Second World War collided with the peaceful countryside in Eyrarsveit county and how the legend of the crew and the airplane have lived on for more than 70 years.
Fiskar á þurru landi
Cinematography
Gummi and Gúa live together in a fishing village when everything in their lives start to change.
Canvas and Curtains
Camera Operator
Canvas and Curtains is a documentary about the icelandic artist and scenographer, Steinthor Sigurdsson. This biography narrates Steinthors story from his childhood years in his native town Stykkisholmur, until present time. Steinthor recently celebrated his 80th birthday and has in the past few years continued his work as exhibition planner and designer. In this film we follow his present time work, designing the Icelandic Seal Center in Hvammstangi and the Volcano Museum in Stykkisholmur. Steinthor goes to visit an old friend in Stockholm. The trip brings back memories from their school years at Stockholms art academy and in Spain in the fifties.
The North Atlantic Miracle
Color Grading
A lyrical documentary on the miraculous lifespan of the North-Atlantic Salmon. Shot in pristine Iceland in and around one of the few rivers in the World that are home to the migrating Salmon and have not been manipulated in any way. No dams - no salmon fry stocked by man - everything in the river regarding the Salmon is untouched by man. In these unspoiled conditions the filmmakers shot hundreds of hours over a period of more than two years. Now the fruit of their labor is in your hands - prepare to immerse in the beautiful world of the North-Atlantic Salmon. Be one with this magnificent creature - swim with the Salmon - die with the Salmon and experience the rebirth through the next generation of the King of fishes.
The North Atlantic Miracle
Co-Producer
A lyrical documentary on the miraculous lifespan of the North-Atlantic Salmon. Shot in pristine Iceland in and around one of the few rivers in the World that are home to the migrating Salmon and have not been manipulated in any way. No dams - no salmon fry stocked by man - everything in the river regarding the Salmon is untouched by man. In these unspoiled conditions the filmmakers shot hundreds of hours over a period of more than two years. Now the fruit of their labor is in your hands - prepare to immerse in the beautiful world of the North-Atlantic Salmon. Be one with this magnificent creature - swim with the Salmon - die with the Salmon and experience the rebirth through the next generation of the King of fishes.
The North Atlantic Miracle
Director of Photography
A lyrical documentary on the miraculous lifespan of the North-Atlantic Salmon. Shot in pristine Iceland in and around one of the few rivers in the World that are home to the migrating Salmon and have not been manipulated in any way. No dams - no salmon fry stocked by man - everything in the river regarding the Salmon is untouched by man. In these unspoiled conditions the filmmakers shot hundreds of hours over a period of more than two years. Now the fruit of their labor is in your hands - prepare to immerse in the beautiful world of the North-Atlantic Salmon. Be one with this magnificent creature - swim with the Salmon - die with the Salmon and experience the rebirth through the next generation of the King of fishes.
The North Atlantic Miracle
Director
A lyrical documentary on the miraculous lifespan of the North-Atlantic Salmon. Shot in pristine Iceland in and around one of the few rivers in the World that are home to the migrating Salmon and have not been manipulated in any way. No dams - no salmon fry stocked by man - everything in the river regarding the Salmon is untouched by man. In these unspoiled conditions the filmmakers shot hundreds of hours over a period of more than two years. Now the fruit of their labor is in your hands - prepare to immerse in the beautiful world of the North-Atlantic Salmon. Be one with this magnificent creature - swim with the Salmon - die with the Salmon and experience the rebirth through the next generation of the King of fishes.
Babybird, Unborn
Cinematography
In an unknown place a young boy dreams of a better place for him and his mother, but everything changes once a stranger arrives.
In a Heartbeat
Director of Photography
This is a story of a little girl overcoming her fear. When we see her for the first time she is at her home, scared of the world that surrounds her. She is an observer when she watches her parents argue and other kids play. She has no friends and other kids often laugh at her. That causes her to shut off and makes her shy and afraid to become visible to others. But when she sees a classmate bullied by two older boys, she is the only one who takes a stand and causes other kids to acknowledge her. She overcomes her shyness and fear.
Rajeev Revisited
Assistant Director
Rajeev Revisited is a documentary about Birta’s journey to India to attend a weeding of her childhood friend, Rajeev. 8 years have passed since their last meeting, when Birta tracked Rajeev down in India, and found him in poor circumstances. Since then, apparently lots of things have changed in their lives. With Rajeev´s “arranged wedding” as a story line the film reflects the great cultural difference the two friends live under today. Without a doubt, the Icelandic girl Birta sticks out among Hindus and elephants in this colorful wedding in south India. A sincere film about friendship that crosses the cultural difference between two continents.
Rajeev Revisited
Editor
Rajeev Revisited is a documentary about Birta’s journey to India to attend a weeding of her childhood friend, Rajeev. 8 years have passed since their last meeting, when Birta tracked Rajeev down in India, and found him in poor circumstances. Since then, apparently lots of things have changed in their lives. With Rajeev´s “arranged wedding” as a story line the film reflects the great cultural difference the two friends live under today. Without a doubt, the Icelandic girl Birta sticks out among Hindus and elephants in this colorful wedding in south India. A sincere film about friendship that crosses the cultural difference between two continents.
Rajeev Revisited
Director of Photography
Rajeev Revisited is a documentary about Birta’s journey to India to attend a weeding of her childhood friend, Rajeev. 8 years have passed since their last meeting, when Birta tracked Rajeev down in India, and found him in poor circumstances. Since then, apparently lots of things have changed in their lives. With Rajeev´s “arranged wedding” as a story line the film reflects the great cultural difference the two friends live under today. Without a doubt, the Icelandic girl Birta sticks out among Hindus and elephants in this colorful wedding in south India. A sincere film about friendship that crosses the cultural difference between two continents.
The Box of Chocolates
Director of Photography
Ragnar, straight out of hospital, orders a taxi-driver around Reykjavik in order to find a three layered chocolate box. He wants to repay a nurse for her good service at the hospital. After each unsuccessful stop at various grocery stores, his daughter, Hrönn, gets increasingly agitated in the back seat of the cab. Tension between father and daughter build to a peak, and it becomes crucial for Hrönn to confront her father for the first time in her life.
Col Tempo
Director of Photography
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The Heart
Director of Photography
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A Day's Work
Director of Photography
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Gudbergur Bergsson - Writer with a Camera
Camera Operator
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.
The Rooties
Lighting Artist
A band's and their crew's miscommunication leading them to being on the opposite sides of the country leads to comic consequences.
The Rooties
Cinematography
A band's and their crew's miscommunication leading them to being on the opposite sides of the country leads to comic consequences.
Oiko Logos
Director of Photography
Oiko logos takes place in an ecosystem which is totally silent. But the inhabitants use sounds as a basic nourishment and therefore they have to travel to other ecosystems to collect sounds. In the film we see how particular sounds affects the life of the ecosystem.