Gunnar Jónsson

Lili has left everything behind to travel to the edge of the earth and accomplish her dream, fishing the Northern seas. She persuades Ian, the captain of a trawler by the name of Rebel, to give her a chance and let her join the crew. The only woman on board, they call her Sparrow. Hidden behind a frail appearance is a will of steel, and her courage and determination ultimately win over their respect. Adopted into this world of often unfortunate individuals, Lili will conquer her right to live differently, free. Debut film.

The story is centered on the stubborn farmer Ernst and his wife Louise who are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a traditional Danish gold wedding for friends and family. However, the family carries several secrets and Ernest holds on to the biggest one of them all. Through one long joyous, intoxicating, surprising, gripping and melancholic night, the truths creep out and the family is put to the ultimate test.

At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.

Na Islândia, a população de ovelhas é maior que a de seres humanos. Os animais têm grande importância no país, em boa parte composto por grandes fazendas destinadas a criá-los. Um dia, após ser derrotado no concurso anual do melhor cordeiro, o fazendeiro Gummi (Sigurour Sigurjónsson) decide investigar o animal vencedor e logo desconfia que ele tenha scrapie, uma doença contagiosa entre os animais. Quando a ameaça se confirma, todas as fazendas das redondezas são obrigadas a matar suas ovelhas, o que para muitos é considerado uma verdadeira tragédia. Só que, decidido a proteger seus animais prediletos, Gummi elabora um plano para que eles escapem da matança.

Fusi (Gunnar Jónsson) é um homem que já passou dos quarenta anos de idade, mas ainda não teve coragem de entrar na vida adulta. Ele vive uma pacata rotina morando com sua mãe até que um encontro com uma mulher vivaz e uma menina de 8 anos afeta seu equilíbrio, obrigando-o a fazer mudanças.

A young man has to go to the hospital for an operation. Upon his arrival he watches paramedics roll out a deceased person from the hospital room he is about to be checked in to. Lying in bed with nothing to do his mind starts to wander. He strikes up a conversation about life with an old man who paints a rather dark picture of what can happen during one’s stay in a hospital. The old man shares his ironic philosophy on life, causing him great anxiety. Will he make it out alive?

The film revolves around Hildur, a national celebrity and socialite who has to look for a job when her boyfriend Jolli is sent to prison. She finds a job at Astrópía, a store that sells role playing books and her immersion into geek culture changes her outlook on life.

To start with we are led to believe the setting is a country-hotel of some sort. In the end we discover this is a State Rehabilitation Facility and everything that happens is a carefully orchestrated escape plot by some of the inmates. The film was shot on location at an isolated boarding school in Saelingsdalur in the west of Iceland. The school is used as a hotel during the summer months but the film takes place in the wintertime.

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.

Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.