Iceland Movies

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The film is about travelling on horseback across the Icelandic interior on the main route, which once connected the north of Iceland with the shout. T...

Educational film about the freezing industry in Iceland in 1981. This documentary illustrates the diffrent stages in processing of fish, from the mome...

For centuries driftwood from the European mainland and all teh way from Siberia has washed up on the shores of Iceland. This film shows a driftwood ex...

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An educational film about birdlife in Iceland, with a main emphasis on birds that nest in swampland.

A documentary on the inhabitants and unique natural environment of the Western Isles of Breidarfjördur bay, Iceland. Photographed in 1975-1980, the fi...

A film from the west fjords of Iceland which tells the story of a young students returning from abroad to visit the place in which he was brought up.

Shot on board a boat from the Westman Islands, this film covers a typical fishing trip. Follows the three-man crew of this small vessel at their work:...

A film about Einar Guðmundsson, the poet (Einar Guðmundsson, litlaskáld)

A film about a typical winter season on board an Icelandic fishing boat. The boat, Gunnar Jónsson, starts off from the Westman Islands and is at first...

A film about the work of Icelandic painter Þorvaldur Skúlason and his views on art.

About three Icelanders living in London, leading very different lives. The film concentrates on the events of one day in June, culminating in an indep...

A film about scientific research on the glacier Vatnajökull with excerpts from films taken on the glacier by various film makers in the past.

A documentary about a pioneer of Icelandic film making, Óskar Gíslason, with excerpts from some of his most famous work.

A film about a revolutionary road-protection system from the Icelandic inventor Einar Einarsson. This film won the audience award at Techfilm-Czechosl...

The five thousand inhabitants of the Westman Islands were evacuated during the 1973 volcanic eruption and relocated in various towns on the mainland....

A film about the "Icelanders' Day" in Gimli in Manitoba in 1975, commemorating the 100 year settlement of Icelanders in Canada.

This film is about the traditional puffin catch in the Westman Islands and shows the fowlers in action, often performing breathtaking feats in the soa...

A documentary film about a garbage collector and his views on life.