myrin

2011

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ADEQUATE BEINGS - dir. OLAF DE FLEUR

Locals and neighbouring farmers in a small town in Iceland try to scrape a living out of a system that has left them behind. The residents of Budardalur stick together in their fight for survival, continually threatened by bankruptcy and market middlemen pushing for lower prices of their produce.

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ANTI-AMERICAN WINS NOBEL PRIZE - dir. HALLDÓR THORGEIRSSON

The film is about the man, his religion and politics and how they molded the artist, who won the highest literary prize, in spite of powerful adversaries. Read more
 
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BALDUR FROM BAKKI - dir. THORFINNUR GUDNASON

Baldur is a shy, soft-spoken man and a local legend of his remote valley in Iceland. He has a dream: Meeting his long-lost friend who is living on a distant shore on an Island in the Pacific ocean. Who is Baldur’s friend? What magnificent experiences do they share from the past?

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BALANCE - dir. GUDBERGUR DAVIDSSON

Balance is a documentary about Bryndís Pétursdóttir, geopathic stress, electromagnetic waves and the effects on these invisible and untouchable phenomenae on the well-being of people. Bryndís senses those waves and makes them harmless with the Balance cube she invented. We meet people she assists and hear explanations and counter-arguments from specialists who research those waves. Read more
 
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DREAM OF THE WAY: PART 2 - HERITAGE IN YOUR PACK - dir. ERLENDUR SVEINSSON

80 years old writer goes on a 800 km pilgrimage along the St. James Way in northern Spain to fulfill a 40 year old dream. He wants to find out what happens to him within on the way. Read more
 

EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME - dir. PIERRE-ALAIN GIRAUD

Musicians Nico Muhly, Ben Frost, Sam Amidon and Valgeir Sigurðsson contributed to the others’ performances on trek through Europe. The film gives you a chance to meet these colorful characters and explore the vision behind their label, Bedroom Community, as well as introducing the heart of its operation, the Greenhouse studios.

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GRANDMA LO-FI: THE BASEMENT TAPES OF SIGRÍDUR NÍELSDÓTTIR - dir. ORRI JÓNSSON, KRISTÍN BJÖRK KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR, INGIBJÖRG BIRGISDÓTTIR

At the tender age of 70 she started recording her own music – and then she just couldn’t stop! 7 years later she had 59 albums to her name. The Danish/Icelandic artist Sigrídur Níelsdóttir is an adored figure in the Icelandic music scene, and this film is a tribute to her boundless creativity, created by the young musicians and artists that she inspired. Read more
 
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ICELAND FOOD CENTER - dir. THORSTEINN J.

The Icelandic government decides to open an Icelandic restaurant in London. It turns out to be a colossal failure.

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LAST DAYS OF THE ARCTIC - dir. MAGNÚS VIDAR SIGURDSSON

He is an adventurer who loves it when the cold creeps in and people are struggling with nature in its most extreme form. He blends in with forgotten people like just another force of nature. He has found his diamond mine, capturing the faces of the North.

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NO BONE NO SKIN: A ROCK BAND AT SEA - dir. INGVAR A. THÓRISSON

On board a factory trawler from a small village in the north of Iceland, a group of fishermen have found an unusual way to deal with the rough life at sea. They put together a band – No Bone No Skin.

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